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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: Little Revolution at the Almeida Theatre
A well-intentioned play on the 2011 riots sheds little light among all the heat, says GILLIAN PIGGOTT
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: 2/5
If any event in our recent history requires urgent political analysis, then the August 2011 riots do.
They are the focus of Alecky Blythe’s new play and her approach to theatre — verbatim recordings of events, the voices of bystanders and local residents edited together into a script — ought to prove thought-provoking and revelatory in relation to the shameful events of three summers ago.
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