ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
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'Witty and highly entertaining without being didactic,' writes JAN WOOLF
(L to R) Oliver Sidney, Madeleine Morgan, Folarin Akinmade, Katherine Strohmaier, Robert Finlayson, Rhys Lambert, Emily Friberg
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
MICK McSHANE rubs shoulders with Mod legend Steve Craddock and joins in with the joyous Glasgow choir
DENNIS BROE sifts out the ideological bias of the newest TV series offerings, and picks out what to see, and what to avoid
Road Show
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
ANOTHER immaculate musical drama Upstairs at the Gatehouse for the annual holiday musical. Road Show, completed in 2008 is a collaboration of Stephen Sondheim’s music and lyrics and John Weidman’s book.
A cast of eight hoof, sing and act through this tale of “anyone can get rich’’ America, if you just have the balls, if you sell, and lie and cheat. It’s called creative ambition, not filthy lucre or profiteering.
Reece Richardson and Oliver Sidney play the Wisner brothers, Wilson and Addison respectively with terrific style. Spurred on by their dying father (Robert Finlayson) telling them to get rich – show ambition, take to The Road.
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