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Sympathy for the devils
‘There's outrage aplenty in this production but we never quite get to the dark night of the soul,’ writes WILL STONE
HOMOSEXUAL REPRESSION: Kingsley Ben-Adir as Brick and Seb Carrington as Skipper
[Marc Brenner]
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by an incoherent show that fails to question stereotypical assumptions about the Soviet Union
JOHN McINALLY welcomes a rigorous class analysis of the history and exploitation of sectarianism by the Scottish ruling elite
WILL STONE, JAMES WALSH and MARIA DUARTE review Souleymane’s Story, Sunlight, Good Fortune, and After The Hunt
ALEX HALL recommends an exhaustive investigation of the means by which the Starmer faction assassinated the left
DAVID MORGAN recommends a refreshingly inspiring novel that features encounters with some tremendous women
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Almeida Theatre
TENNESSEE Williams’s favourite play is a masterpiece of richly drawn characters, open to seemingly endless interpretation.
Set on a cotton plantation in the Deep South, the original 1955 production had a white cast performing as the family of wealthy landowners with black actors playing servants.
Since then productions have featured an all-black cast and those set in the modern era complete with mobile phones and iPads.
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MARY CONWAY revels in the Irish American language and dense melancholy of O’Neill’s last and little-known play
WILL STONE appreciates an artist who can swerve from industrial noise to clubby trance pop without missing a step
PETER MASON points out that it takes more than a string of poppy power ballads to make a satisfactory drama