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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
Free for All - extract from a new verse play by Richard O'Brien
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
Free for All
An extract from a new verse play by Richard O'Brien
Kerry, a lifelong union rep, has been persuaded by her daughter Martha to attend an open evening for a new free school about to open in her area. Attempting to address some of her concerns, the school's headmaster has just compared his independent, 'Do-It-Yourself' approach to education to Kerry's own grass-roots activism.
KERRY
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