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While the others suffered
LYNNE WALSH is spell-bound by a production of Beckett’s classic that weaves the big themes of alienation into the warp and weft of humour and friendship
POST-TRAUMA SCENARIO: Ben Whishaw (Vladimir), Lucian Msamat Estragon)i. Tom Edden (Lucky) and Jonathan Slinger (Pozzo) in Waiting for Godot
GORDON PARSONS steps warily through the pessimistic world view of an influential US conservative
HENRY BELL takes issue with the assertion that basic income is a remedy for poverty when it doesn’t address the inbuilt inequality of capitalism
RON JACOBS welcomes an investigation of the murders of US leftist activists that tells the story of a solidarity movement in Chile
RITA DI SANTO surveys the smorgasbord of films on offer at this year’s festival
Reviews of A New Kind Of Wilderness, The Marching Band, Good One and Magic Farm by MARIA DUARTE, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA
SCOTT ALSWORTH foresees the coming of the smaller, leaner, and class conscious indie studio, with art as its guiding star
Waiting for Godot
Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
IS this really a play in which nothing happens — twice, as so many critics have claimed?
Is it all nihilistic gloom, or is there a tale of comradeship against the odds?
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WILL STONE foresees the refashioning of Beckett’s study of bitter nostalgia given the plethora of self-recording we make in the digital age
A nervous year, showing that the theatre, like the world, stands on a precipice and seems uncertain where to jump
ANDREW MURRAY welcomes a sympathetic history of two waves of left advance within Labour and the contest between the support they could mobilise and the forces ranged against them
MARY CONWAY recommends you to see an outstandingly acted production of a great play that resonates with modern life