MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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PAUL FOLEY recommends a darkly comic portrayal of misfits in Germany whose escape into playful fantasy is no defence against rampant capitalism
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 Conquest of the South Pole at the Liverpool Everyman
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WHAT do you do when the world has turned its back on you? When you feel isolated and abandoned? When the sheer tedium of long-term unemployment gnaws at your bones?
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JAN WOLF enjoys a British revival of the 1972 come of age farce/panto Pippin
DAVID NICHOLSON recommends a dazzling production of Bernstein’s opera set in a world where chaos and violence are greeted by equanimity