KATHRYN JOHNSON recommends the work of Norman Kaplan that was a tool in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa
Talvin Singh, Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester
The virtuoso percussionist takes tabla-playing to another exhilarating level in Manchester
Collaborator: Talvin Singh
GAVIN O’TOOLE welcomes a bold feminist subversion of classic folktales that are ubiquitous in the Irish imagination
A novel by Mexican Juan Pablo Villalobos, poetry by Mexican Ingrid Bringas, and a biography by Argentinian Mercedes Halfon
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an entertaining dramatisation of the famous dispute that gives insight into the struggle, and Murdoch’s unscrupulous mendacity
ELLIS RAE is disappointed by the revival of a nihilistic play that fails to offer alternatives for social change
STEVE JOHNSON recommends an exceptional album that explores the narrative folk tradition often with a strong political message
TALVIN SINGH changed the face of music when he married Indian classical and electronic music in spectacular fashion on his award-winning debut album OK.
The hugely accomplished tabla player shows why as he amps up his drums, an array of gongs and other percussion instruments for this intimate, collaborative performance at the Royal Exchange’s in-the-round space.
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