MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Tasters, A Pale View of Hills, How To Make a Killing, and Reminders of Him
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Dem Times, Omnibus Theatre Clapham
Bitter-sweet tale of a British-born troublemaker’s re-education in Ghana
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SYLVIA HIKINS celebrates the chance that a new memoir offers to explore Frieda Brewster’s remarkable life story
JOHN GREEN is intrigued by an explanation of irrational behaviour from the point of view of brain science
PAUL DONOVAN enjoys a somewhat rose-tinted survey of Brown’s achievements and legacy, as well as his moments of political cowardice
GUILLERMO THOMAS recommends an important, if dispiriting book about the neo-colonial culture of Uganda under Yoweri Museveni
SUSAN DARLINGTON applauds the sensuality and strong characterisation of an unconventional ballet about an unconventional woman
THE award-winning Omnibus Theatre in London, under the dynamic artistic direction of Marie McCarthy, describes itself as “a home of storytelling — a small place to encounter big ideas.”
And in the current climate of shock and stillness, that need for storytelling could never be more urgent.
One such story is that of Samuel Adjei in Jacob Roberts-Mensah and Rhys Reed-Johnson’s Dem Times, directed by Poppy Clifford, bow available on a podcast.
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