by Omar Sabbagh

by Omar Sabbagh

MARY CONWAY applauds the timely revival of Miller’s study of people fatally deformed by the economics of survival

JAMES WALSH revels in a miscellany of beautifully observed characters, ranging from the parodic to the frankly batshit

MALC McGOOKIN appreciates a graphic novel that records the history of the legendary peace camp and surveys the state of the right to protest in contemporary Britain

Although this account of the Beatles’ manager is exquisitely drawn, MARY CONWAY wishes it embraced the bigger picture of the band’s explosive impact

New releases from Otherlands Trio, Isabelle Bodenseh, Kris Davis and the Lutoslawski Quartet

SYLVIA HIKINS recommends a fascinating, revealing, superbly acted evening of theatre

STEVEN ANDREW praises a beautifully written and enjoyable read

ROGER McKENZIE suggest this book is used as a resource to help spark resistance to the rise of nuclear power

The allies of the US, like our own country, end up dominated and cowed, concludes ALEX HALL

LYNDA GRAHAM looks at how successive government allowed the water companies take us all for a ride

DAVID NICHOLSON relies on 10-year-old SKYLAR and nine-year-old BEHATI’s insights when recommending this pirate cum sea monsters romp

Read my lips: Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn (Uninhabited Summer Houses), Rethink Everything

In the interventionist spirit of of Atelier Populaire Mazen Kerbaj Gaza in My Phone ‘notebook’ deeply touches JAMIE BRITTON

SUSAN DARLINGTON enjoys an imaginative revival of the dance classic

GORDON PARSONS salutes the apt return of Brecht’s vaudevillian cartoon drama that retains the vitality of the boxing or the circus ring

MARIA DUARTE and JOHN GREEN review Michael, The North, Exit 8, Rose of Nevada

ANDY HEDGECOCK recommends a gripping and touching drama, based on a true story, about a Serbian refugee rebuilding his life in Bristol

New releases from Public Image Ltd, William Basinski, John Luther Adams

By Sally Spiers

CHRIS SEARLE talks to the celebrated saxophonist COURTNEY PINE

DAVID YEARSLEY has fun recalling George Harrison’s mischievous Taxman, which was released 60 years ago

Banksy’s identity may have been published – but was the investigation in the public interest, asks PETER BENGTSEN

IAN SINCLAIR recommends a documentary that highlights the multifarious benefits of legalising access to land throughout England

New releases from Kneecap, Sam Blasucci, and Juni Habel

DAVID NICHOLSON recommends the staging of this Wagnerian classic minus one or two insignificant quibbles

CHRIS MOSS joins the hunt in Argentina for the works of Poland’s most enigmatic exile

SYLVIA HIKINS welcomes a survey of successful contemporary worker co-operatives and economy-based co-operative systems

RON JACOBS recommends a book that charts the disparate circumstances that defined the lives of two prominent black Afro-Americans — one a communist, the other an anti-communist

JOHN GREEN relishes the record of a life well lived in the service of the fight for justice and socialism

EWAN KOTZ got to the Jacaranda Baltic in Liverpool only to be taken by strong songwriting of the emerging all-women Lime Garden

TONY BURKE talks to Garth Cartwright author of Princes Amongst Men — Journeys With Romani Gypsy Musicians

The Star's critics ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review The Blue Trail, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Colours of Time, Glenrothan

JOHN GREEN has reservations about a film that tries hard to rise above the cliches but in the end fails to do so

Reviews of a compelling account of a tragedy that shook Chile in 2005, a poetry collection about home and belonging, and a bilingual poetry collection on migration, fire, and art, drawing on the work of Hieronymus Bosch