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Katherine M Graham reviews The Kid Stays in the Picture
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PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
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CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
The Kid Stays in the Picture, Royal Court Theatre, London SW1
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THE KID Stays in the Picture tells the story of the rise, fall and rise again of Robert Evans, legendary Hollywood producer and executive, actor and seller of “women’s pants.”
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