Back from a mini tour of Yorkshire and Stockport and cheering for supporting act Indignation Meeting
Hitting the spirits
PETER MASON mixes with Shinto spirits that are eccentric and querulous rather than downright menacing
spirited
ALISTAR FINDLAY is mesmerised by this multiple ‘Visions of Scotland’ assault on the audience’s eyes and senses
The Star's critics ANGUS REID, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA reviews I Am Love, The Penguin Lessons, Freaky Tales, The Thicket
MAYER WAKEFIELD has reservations about the direction of a play centered on a DVLA re-training session for three British-Pakistani motorists
New releases from Steve Knightley, Jupiter & Okwess, Jason Palmer, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Driver, Kin'Gongolo Kiniata, Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Dan Sealey, Simin Tande, PAZ
JOHN GREEN relishes photography that unfolds a longstanding and poetic relationship with Leeds
A uncomfortably misogynistic authorial voice that sometimes seems to lack insight troubles FIONA O’CONNOR
Spirited Away
London Coliseum
MOUNTING a stage version of one of the most popular films of all time is a daunting challenge, but this John Caird-directed version of the Studio Ghibli classic pulls off the trick with poise.
Wisely faithful to the original and featuring all of the beloved characters that made the animated movie such a hit, it sticks firmly to the plot as 10-year-old Chihiro tries to rescue her parents from the spirit world into which they have become locked.
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