MATTHEW HAWKINS witnesses a contemporary ballet that represents human life as subjected to artificial intelligence
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Queenstown, New Zealand
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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
Mr Peacock’s Possessions
by Lydia Syson
(Zaffre Publishing, £12.99)
LYDIA SYSON’S earlier books for young adults, A World Between Us, about British involvement in the Spanish civil war and the Paris Commune in Liberty’s Fire, were rightly praised for their historical accuracy and dramatic narratives.
Her latest appears to straddle both young and adult fiction but cannot decide which age group it wishes to address.
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