SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
While the others suffered
LYNNE WALSH is spell-bound by a production of Beckett’s classic that weaves the big themes of alienation into the warp and weft of humour and friendship
POST-TRAUMA SCENARIO: Ben Whishaw (Vladimir), Lucian Msamat Estragon)i. Tom Edden (Lucky) and Jonathan Slinger (Pozzo) in Waiting for Godot
[Marc Brenner]
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
Waiting for Godot
Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
IS this really a play in which nothing happens — twice, as so many critics have claimed?
Is it all nihilistic gloom, or is there a tale of comradeship against the odds?
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MARY CONWAY applauds the success of Beth Steel’s bitter-sweet state-of-the-nation play
WILL STONE foresees the refashioning of Beckett’s study of bitter nostalgia given the plethora of self-recording we make in the digital age
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a play about AI that results in a deadening disconnect for its audience
A nervous year, showing that the theatre, like the world, stands on a precipice and seems uncertain where to jump