EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
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Burning issues come to the fore in the story of a young mother horrifically disfigured by an abusive partner, says MARIA DUARTE
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
Dirty God (15)
Directed by Sacha Polak
AFTER the explosion in acid attacks in Britain over the last couple of years comes a timely and poignant drama exploring the long-term effects on victims soon forgotten by the media.
Dirty God centres on Jade (Vicky Knight), a young mother living in London whose ex threw acid in her face, leaving her with severe burns and the drama begins as she is picking up the pieces following his brutal assault.
It has left her badly scarred, in spite of the numerous surgeries she has undergone to correct the damage.
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