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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
Theatre review: A Streetcar Named Desire at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds
It’s easy to get lost in the contradictions of a new production of A Streetcar Named Desire, says SUSAN DARLINGTON, but it’s ultimately worth the trip
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
Rating: 3/5
Tennessee Williams’s classic play about lust, jealousy and pride is set in the swampy heat of New Orleans but here Secret Theatre company designer Hyemi Shin has reimagined the central cheap apartment as a kind of icebox — three stark white walls forming a set that’s lit by vertical neon strips.
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SIMON PARSONS applauds the timely revival of a play about solidarity and betrayal within Britain’s Pakistani community
RAMZY BAROUD and ROMANA RUBEO analyse how the US has consistently negotiated in bad faith to secure the element of surprise in military attack