MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Female genital mutilation drama cuts deep
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
Cuttin’ It
Young Vic, London SE1
4/5
CHARLENE JAMES’S striking two-hander about female genital mutilation in Britain pulls absolutely no punches.
Through the stories of two young women, James affectingly and frankly charts the effects that FGM has on their lives.
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