MATTHEW HAWKINS witnesses a contemporary ballet that represents human life as subjected to artificial intelligence
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Susan Darlington reviews She Stoops to Conquer at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
by Marwa Paikan
A misfit couple unhappily ever after, a dead man walking, dodgy journos, and trench art trucking
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PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
EWAN CAMERON marvels at the impossible ambition, realised with dreamlike finesse of translating Italo Calvino to the stage
TONY BURKE speaks to JOEL McIVER, co-author of the biography of bluesman John Mayall
She Stoops to Conquer at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
2/5
If it’s not damning the company with faint praise, Northern Broadsides are usually dependably capable.
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