EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
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BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
Hail, Caesar! (12A)
Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
3/5
THIS Coen brothers love letter to post-war Hollywood is a homage to the golden age of film but it isn’t as smart or as funny as it believes it is.
Set in the early 1950s, it brilliantly captures the ruthlessness and omnipotence of the studio system, where the bosses control every aspect of their stars’ professional and private lives.
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Angus Reid speaks to JAZZ BHALLA about the genesis of his superb feature debut, Never Had A Chance, in cinemas this weekend
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
LEO BOIX, ANGUS REID and MARIA DUARTE review Night Stage, Two Women, Kim Novak’s Vertigo, and Fuze
Although this production was in rehearsal before the playwright’s death, it allows us to pay homage to his life, suggests MARY CONWAY