Jobsworth. Review by Barbara Lewis. Libby Rodliffe is not only a performer, she is a writer. As a performer, she takes on more than ten roles, one of which is Bea, who has four jobs.
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Poetry review – BRIDGING TIME 1944-2024: Thomas Ovans is both intrigued and moved by Patricia Townsend’s sonnet sequence incorporating and responding to wartime letters from her father. . .
I Dream of Theresa May. Review by Barbara Lewis. As the nation is riven by Brexit and bitter arguments rage over immigration, the power of theatre to tackle the most divisive subjects in a non-confrontational way has never been more vital.
Drifting. Review by Barbara Lewis. Social divisions have only deepened in the decade since the Ardent company was founded to try to make the world of theatre, long dominated by the privileged classes, less exclusive.
Maurice Ravel: Critical Lives by Emily Kilpatrick. Review by Alan Price. My first introduction to Ravel was his (1907) Introduction and Allegro. I was 20 and working in a record shop and the piece enchanted me. I’d never realised that classical music could be so sensual, so seductive and so beautiful.
Poetry review – BELIEVING IN THE PLANET: Alwyn Marriage welcomes a new collection by Myra Schneider, dealing with many themes from the environmental to the personal
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