MAYER WAKEFIELD has reservations about the direction of a play centered on a DVLA re-training session for three British-Pakistani motorists
New acts show promise and resolve
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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
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
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
BBC Introducing… Cody Frost and Daisy Brain
Lexington, London
AFTER yet another hiatus, London’s Lexington has reopened for live gigs, this time with a showcase from the BBC Introducing series.
Cody Frost — a former teenage contestant on TV talent show The Voice — opens the night.
She starts simple, pared back, with just keys and her voice to the fore, but soon segues into an emo metal melee that has much to offer.
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