JAMES WALSH is moved by a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture, and a plea to work with, not against, the materials and minerals of our world
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Passionate flight of fancy from Kneehigh
An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance
EWAN CAMERON witnesses a political farce that lacks a clear message
EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
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
The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
London SE1/Touring
4/5
KNEEHIGH’S spellbinding production is a fitting contribution to artistic director Emma Rice’s inaugural “wonder” season at the Globe.
Focusing on the lives of artist Mark Chagall and his wife Bella, Daniel Jamieson’s play charts their romantic relationship and their extraordinary journey through the Russia and Europe of the early 20th century.
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PAUL FOLEY revels in the coolest, most joyful piece of theatre you’ll get this summer
GEORGE FOGARTY is dazzled by a breathtakingly skillful puppet version of Shakespeare’s greatest love poem
MARY CONWAY becomes impatient with the intellectual self-indulgence of Tom Stoppard in a production that is, nevertheless, total class