RITA DI SANTO assesses the winners of the most politically charged festival to date
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Rich picking for the inquisitive
GORDON PARSONS believes the Traverse Festival offers a treasure trove for the casual theatre-goer
KATARZYNA KOSMALA introduces a retrospective by one of the most significant figures in contemporary US photography
MAYER WAKEFIELD is entertained but let down by an audacious production that, sadly, doesn't ring true
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by drama that, despite accomplished performances, cannot overcome an unfocused script
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The Traverse provides a safe bet for the wandering and wondering Festival punter.
In David Ireland’s Ulster American, an initial meeting between an ambitious British theatre director and Jay, a brash US Oscar-winning star of Irish Catholic descent, here to appear in his new play, seems to signal a fairly standard comedy.
When the female Northern Irish playwright Ruth arrives, things take on a cutting edge as religion, culture, politics and nationalities clash.
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