MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
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‘This has a soul now, it’s going to be incredible’
We Shall Overcome is a fast-growing phenomenon in the swelling musical movement against austerity, with events planned across Britain and in the US on the weekend of Oct 2-4. PAULINE TOWN, one of its prime movers and shakers, tells Matt Hill how and why she got involved
PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
What made you want to get involved in We Shall Overcome?
I wanted to help the people I love who are suffering such real hardship and make a positive statement that enough is enough.
Musicians are so often willing to step up when people are in real need — this is an amazing chance to make music so loud across the whole of Britain that we give the people who are being so seriously harmed by these cuts a real voice and also help the charities, foodbanks and groups that are going to very seriously have to save lives if things don’t change.
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