ALAN McGUIRE welcomes a biography of the French semiologist and philosopher
Scrounger, Finborough Theatre
Stereotypes sharply challenged in dramatisation of fight against injustice by activist with a disability
DYNAMIC DUO: Athena Stevens (left) and Leigh Quinn
[Lily McLeish] 
ALEX HALL is frustrated by a book that ducks a clear definition of terrorism and fails to perceive the role of the state in sponsoring it
JOE GILL wholeheartedly recommends an eloquent manifesto: how to change the world one local project at a time
Inspired by a photograph, a unique memorial in Michigan immortalises US true labour heroes. MICHAL BONCZA recalls a great story rarely told
MARIA DUARTE, LEO BOIX and ANGUS REID review Brides, Dead of Winter, A Night Like This, and The Librarians
MARIA DUARTE is entertained by a wry portrait of befuddled resistance to US authoritarianism
THE #FINBOROUGHFORFREE initiative continues apace with a show from one of the west London’s theatre’s playwrights-in-residence.
Inspired by a traumatising ordeal in which she was removed from a flight and had her wheelchair damaged beyond repair, Scrounger tells the full story of Athena Stevens’s fight for justice.
Adopting the character of Scrounger, Stevens bounces off her multi-roleing sidekick Leigh Quinn — PA as she is referred to in the cast list.
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