No excuses can hide the criminal actions of a Nazi fellow-traveller in this admirably objective documentary, suggests MARTIN HALL
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To re-enact, or not to re-enact?
MATTHEW HAWKINS revels in the metaphor — and the spectacle — of a group of argumentative medieval re-enacters caught at a crossroads
HEROIC TABLEAU AND MYTHOLOGICAL SPOOFS: Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young’s imaginative new dance work Assembly Hall
PAUL DONOVAN relishes a fascinating exploration of the leading lights of the Labour right in the 1970s
BEN LUNN alerts us to the creeping return of philanthropy and private patronage, and suggests alternative paths to explore
A novel by Argentinian Jorge Consiglio, a personal dictionary by Uruguayan Ida Vitale, and poetry by Mexican Homero Aridjis
MIK SABIERS savours the first headline solo show of the stalwart of Brighton’s indie-punk outfit Blood Red Shoes
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STEVEN ANDREW is moved beyond words by a historical account of mining in Britain made from the words of the miners themselves
I LIKED this show before it started. Crystal Pite is known for her insight into the resources of big theatres. She mobilises these with assurance and flair. The powers-that-be rightly queue up to engage her. Here she is at Edinburgh International Festival vaunting a piece of dance-theatre in which “a group of medieval re-enactors gather for their annual general meeting.”
On paper alone, this is priceless.
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