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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
Briefing for a descent into hell
Zinnie Harris’s How to Hold Your Breath is a dark vision of a Europe on the verge of collapse, says Len Phelan
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
How to Hold Your Breath at the Royal Court Theatre, London SW1
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What happens next if you have sex with a devil? Some may have metaphorically been there at one time in their lives and subsequently wish they hadn’t.
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DENNIS BROE recommends two new series on Apple TV for their examination of inequality and skewed morals
LEO BOIX, ANGUS REID and MARIA DUARTE review Night Stage, Two Women, Kim Novak’s Vertigo, and Fuze
JAN WOLF enjoys a British revival of the 1972 come of age farce/panto Pippin
Gin Lane by William Hogarth is a critique of 18th-century London’s growing funeral trade, posits DAN O’BRIEN