Back from a mini tour of Yorkshire and Stockport and cheering for supporting act Indignation Meeting
Sweet melodies and cracking lyrics
MIK SABIERS relishes an evening with an artist that has set her stall on challenging tradition
Nash
ALISTAR FINDLAY is mesmerised by this multiple ‘Visions of Scotland’ assault on the audience’s eyes and senses
The Star's critics ANGUS REID, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA reviews I Am Love, The Penguin Lessons, Freaky Tales, The Thicket
MAYER WAKEFIELD has reservations about the direction of a play centered on a DVLA re-training session for three British-Pakistani motorists
New releases from Steve Knightley, Jupiter & Okwess, Jason Palmer, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Driver, Kin'Gongolo Kiniata, Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Dan Sealey, Simin Tande, PAZ
JOHN GREEN relishes photography that unfolds a longstanding and poetic relationship with Leeds
A uncomfortably misogynistic authorial voice that sometimes seems to lack insight troubles FIONA O’CONNOR
Kate Nash
EartH Theatre, London
DISCOVERED on MySpace, signed up and spat out by the music industry, a fervent feminist empowering community and challenging industry and political norms, Kate Nash continues to evolve.
Appearing on a set dressed like some kind of warped Wonka factory, with the Pure Imagination theme as the taped intro, Kate Nash receives a more than warm welcome as she takes to the stage ahead of the release of new album, 9 Sad Symphonies.
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