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Theatre: Endgame
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
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IN A world consumed by war, destruction, cruelty and homelessness, with millions of destitute souls wandering the earth searching for a little humanity, you may well wonder about the meaning of life.
No surprise, then, that Samuel Beckett’s dystopian nightmare Endgame has a modern resonance.
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