DENNIS BROE finds much to praise in the new South African Netflix series, but wonders why it feels forced to sell out its heroine
549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War
Dynamic young theatre company commemorates the International Brigades
ON A JOURNEY: Wonder Fools
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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
GAVIN O’TOOLE welcomes the reissue of a seminal work of revolutionary theory that have genuine relevance in the current context
INCREASINGLY creating their own work, young writers, actors and directors are not afraid to tackle some hefty stories based on real life.
Bringing alive radical history and recalling the lives of ordinary people achieving extraordinary things is the mission of small companies such as Townsend Productions with their play Dare Devil Rides to Jarama and, pre-lockdown, acapella group The Young ’Uns were touring The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff.
Both pieces focus on a febrile time and complex events, when the Spanish civil war broke out in the summer of 1936.
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LYNNE WALSH previews the Bristol Radical History Conference this weekend
