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JAMES WALSH is relieved to see that Dolly Partonomics hold good in the present day
WHEN MEN WERE MEN AND WOMEN WERE SECRETARIES: the cast of 9-5 at The Polish Theatre Hammersmith
[Phil Conran]
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
9-5: The Musical
The Polish Theatre, London
A LINGERING life regret: passing up the opportunity to go to Dollywood, the Dolly Parton-themed attraction in the Tennessee Smoky Mountains.
Driving past the gates, thinking: what madness lies within there? Plastic surgery seminars? Malfunctioning animatronic country singers? Roller-coasters with two enormous humps? I suppose we will never know.
Dolly inhabits a larger-than-life position in the US “self-made” psyche, but she’s one of the good ones: when the revolution comes, we will need to renationalise Parton.
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