MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Chafing against society’s upright and uptight mores
SUSAN DARLINGTON recommends an innovative production of Oscar Wilde’s classic
NO WEAK LINKS: (L to R from top) Daniel Jacob as Lady Bracknell, Adele James, Valentine Hanson, Anita Reynolds, (front row) Abiola Owokoniran, Joanne Henry and Phoebe Campbell
[Mark Senior]
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
The Importance of Being Earnest
Leeds Playhouse
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that The Importance of Being Earnest possesses some of the most famous aphorisms in the English language.
It’s therefore to director Denzel Westley-Sanderson’s credit that his production for English Touring Theatre manages to bring fresh life to Oscar Wilde’s “trivial comedy for serious people.”
Supported by a pop-up exhibition showing studio portraits of black Victorians — by London gallery Autograph — he uses the social satire to challenge stereotypes of the period.
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