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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Rich picking for the inquisitive
GORDON PARSONS believes the Traverse Festival offers a treasure trove for the casual theatre-goer
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 Traverse provides a safe bet for the wandering and wondering Festival punter.
In David Ireland’s Ulster American, an initial meeting between an ambitious British theatre director and Jay, a brash US Oscar-winning star of Irish Catholic descent, here to appear in his new play, seems to signal a fairly standard comedy.
When the female Northern Irish playwright Ruth arrives, things take on a cutting edge as religion, culture, politics and nationalities clash.
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SIMON PARSONS is taken by a thought provoking and intelligent play performed with great sensitivity
GORDON PARSONS meditates on the appetite of contemporary audiences for the obscene cruelty of Shakespeare’s Roman nightmare
