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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
Mystery Plays
York Minster
3/5
PLAYS don’t get much more epic than depicting the biblical fall of the rebel angels through to the last judgement in three hours.
But designer Max Jones and writer Mike Poulton have confidently risen to the occasion with a production of the York Mystery Plays that’s ambitious yet relishes minor detail.
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