MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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A curious case of the stage and sound designs outperforming the actors
MISDIRECTED: (L to R) Safiyya Ingar and Debbie Chazen
[Nobby Clark]
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 Child in the Snow
Wilton’s Music Hall, London
THERE are some unquestionably chilly moments in this Piers Torday adaptation of The Old Nurse’s Story, a ghostly Christmas tale that relates the spooky experiences of a 12-year-old orphan, Hester, who is sent to live with an ancient aunt in a creaky old house on a lonely moorland estate.
Yet the telling of the story’s rather complicated plot is so cumbersome that it fails to make a successful transition to the stage.
With much of the dialogue taking the form of explanatory notes, it often feels as if we’re being told what’s happening rather than seeing it unfold in front of our eyes.
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