STEVE JOHNSON recommends a protest album with a harder edge than many in the genre
Laugh a minute under the stars
A FIELD OF HER OWN: Esther Manito
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DENNIS BROE finds much to praise in the new South African Netflix series, but wonders why it feels forced to sell out its heroine
CARL DEATH introduces a new book which explores how African science fiction is addressing climate change
In his second round-up, EWAN CAMERON picks excellent solo shows that deal with Scottishness, Englishness and race as highlights
Fiery words from the Bard in Blackpool and Edinburgh, and Evidence Based Punk Rock from The Protest Family
MATTHEW HAWKINS is mesmerised by a performance that dissolves the line between audience and performer
MATTHEW SHARPE recommends the essays of a Renaissance politician that instruct and unnerve after 400 years
Brighton Comedy Garden
Preston Park
DOES comedy make sense outside? This correspondent has a romantic idea of stand-up as an intimate, subversive thing, best suited to a sweaty room and an inkling that the usual rules of society have been temporarily suspended.
Which, understandably, is a difficult conceit to maintain in a fenced off bit of a public park festooned with corporate sponsorship.
Ah well. This is a really well-run event, with kind and friendly staff and a more interesting booking approach than most gigs of this size.
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