EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
Wild Swimming, Bristol Old Vic
Off-the-wall exploration of changing identities and relationships over time
Inventive: Alice Lamb and Annabel Baldwin
[The Other Richard]
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
CELEBRATING the fragility of live performance is one of Fullrogue’s missions and with this inaugural production they consistently challenge the boundaries of theatre.
Marek Horn’s deliberately chaotic script follows the meetings of two friends on a Dorset beach over the last four centuries, loosely using history to explore their changing roles and expectations and wild swimming as the metaphor for their freedom.
The play ranges from the confines of restricting Elizabethan sexual identity through the dawning aspirations of women during the Romantic era and the social upheaval of 20-century inter-war Britain to the present day and troubled issues of identity.
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