MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Different, but still the same
Magnificence, set in a class-divided Britain 40 years ago, bears an uncanny resemblance to the state of the nation now, says MAYER WAKEFIELD
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
Magnificence
Finborough Theatre,
London SW10
4/5
IT’S a real surprise that it has taken 40 years for Howard Brenton’s Magnificence to find its way back onto a London stage.
Luckily, the Fat Git theatre company have revived it at an optimum time and in an ideal setting.
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