MAYER WAKEFIELD has reservations about the direction of a play centered on a DVLA re-training session for three British-Pakistani motorists
Sinners told to get ready
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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
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A uncomfortably misogynistic authorial voice that sometimes seems to lack insight troubles FIONA O’CONNOR
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production that panders – if inadvertently – to Western prejudice against China
JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a history that excavates the enormous role played by agricultural workers in recent times
ALEX HALL recommends a book that places empirical evidence at the heart of understanding racism
Lingua Ignota
Earth, Hackney
★★★★★
KRISTIN HAYTER casts a phantom-like presence as she glides into view in a flowing green gown, occasionally carrying around various standing white beam lights that dot the stage while exorcising her pained lyricism in a spectacular showcase of latest album Sinner Get Ready.
The classically trained multi-instrumentalist, known as Lingua Ignota (“unknown language”), takes heretical aim at her now lapsed Catholic faith in much of her new release, with lyrics frequently touching on themes of God-fearing, judgment and atonement.
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