The Star's critics ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARTIN HALL, MICHAL BONCZA, ANGUS REID reviews Holy Cow, One to One: John and Yoko, King of Kings, Panda Bear in Africa
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WILL STONE is left wanting more by an immersive show that is within reach of greatness but doesn't quite grasp it
punchdrunk
PATRICK JONES recommends a vital anthology from Afghan and Iranian poets where the political and personal fuse into witness-bearing and manifesto-making
WILL STONE is impressed by Hania Rani who is already making a name for herself in the male-dominated world of modern classical music
MIK SABIERS enjoys the theatrical feminist six piece who have a lot of fun that the audience feeds off as the set rolls on
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MARY CONWAY is disappointed by characters so un-nuanced as to be unreal, a stereotypical plot and a conceptual vampire
WILL STONE appreciates an artist who can swerve from industrial noise to clubby trance pop without missing a step
Viola’s Room
The Carriageworks, Woolwich
PUNCHDRUNK, the vanguard of immersive theatre, has made the giant Carriageworks — two former arsenal buildings in Woolwich — their headquarters since launching their last big work, The Burnt City, there in 2022.
The wildly ambitious and atmospheric production of The Burnt City, themed around the fall of Troy, saw punters donning masks as they followed any actors they chose around the cavernous site.
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