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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
David MacLennan: Theatre writer, director and producer (June 19, 1948–June 13 2014)
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
David MacLennan lost his short battle with Motor Neurone Disease last month.
Co-founder of 7:84 Theatre Company and Wildcat Productions, MacLennan was one of the founders of Glasgow’s MayFest and creator of the hugely popular “play, pie and a pint” format. He was in a new ascendancy with the National Theatre of Scotland (NToS), who commissioned him and David Greig to co-curate The Yes, No, Don’t Know, Show as a contribution to the independence debate in Scotland.
His death leaves a huge hole at the centre of Scottish theatre, particularly in its political and popular strands.
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