DENNIS BROE observes how cutbacks, mergers and AI create content detached from both reality and history itself
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Walled in
DENNIS POOLE sees a disturbing drama on the blinkered mindset of a Trump fanatic
SAHAR MARANLOU explores a novella, newly translated and republished in English that tells the history of Iran through women’s bodies
DAVID NICHOLSON applauds the revival of a joyous production that deals with choirs, competitions and communism
New releases from Peruvian Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical, Leve Leve: Sao Tome & Principe, and South African BCUC
MARY DAVIS welcomes a remarkable documentary about the general strike — politically spot on, and featuring accounts from the strikers themselves — that is available for screenings
MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review The Stranger, Undertone, and Outcome
Building The Wall
Park Theatre, London
SET in the near future, Robert Schenkkan’s Building The Wall pursues the trajectory of Trump’s hostile policies in controlling immigration in the aftermath of a terrorist attack in New York's Times Square.
His administration ramps up the ante by declaring martial law and pursuing policies of enforced deportation with catastrophic consequences and, enmeshed in these events, Rick (Trevor White) — operations manager for a privately run prison — finds himself in El Paso jail.
Awaiting sentence, he accedes to a request from African-American academic historian Gloria (Angela Griffin) to tell his side of the story.
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