New releases from Public Image Ltd, William Basinski, and John Luther Adams
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Walled in
DENNIS POOLE sees a disturbing drama on the blinkered mindset of a Trump fanatic
GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied the notion that women cannot paint like men
The Bard pays homage to Hull’s finest promoter and venue, and awards Douze Points to Laibach
KEVIN DONNELLY outlines how the bourgeois institutions inhibit our ability to to view art in revolutionary ways, and suggests some tactics to overturn it
ANDY HEDGECOCK welcomes an accessible - and optimistic - take on our relationship to new technology
JOHN GREEN suggests that a new, biased, and highly readable re-hash of the story of the Cambridge Five be taken with a large pinch of salt
BRENT CUTLER welcomes a timely reminder of the long history of protests and the outdoor spaces in which they takes place
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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