Poetry review – AMBUSH AT STILL LAKE: Rennie Halstead enjoys being taken to unexpected places by Caroline Bird’s poems
James Ensor and the Graphic Experiment. Review by Barbara Lewis. This year marks 75 years since the death of the painter and printmaker James Ensor, which has been the cue for a flurry of exhibitions in his native Belgium.
Poetry review – BELIEF SYSTEMS: Paul McDonald praises Tamar Yoseloff’s new collection of ekphrastic poetry for its imagination and inventiveness
Why Am I So Single?! Review by Barbara Lewis. From Jane Austen to “Friends,” the pursuit of heterosexual love has been the goal of romantic comedy. Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, the makers of the international musical hit “SIX,” have turned that on its head with a musical comedy that celebrates “love friendship” between a non-binary man and a woman.
Poetry review – A DISTANT ENGLISHNESS: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs examines a challenging but rewarding collection by John Whitehouse
Georgian art. Review by Barbara Lewis. Georgia is a country of less than 4 million inhabitants with a language its guides will tell you is unique. They might also mention that the word for hello “gamarjoba” comes from the word for victory.
Poetry review – MERMAIDS OF ALBUQUERQUE: Charles Rammelkamp enjoys the realistic optimism in Elizabeth Cohen’s poems
Poetry review – SMALL AND NECESSARY LIVES: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs admires Ron Scowcroft’s ability to capture moments that might easily be missed
Poetry review – THE POINT OF THE STICK: Thomas Ovans enjoys Neil Fulwood’s poetic sketches of famous conductors
Jazz Conversations. Review by Barbara Lewis. Choreographer Dollie Henry and jazz composer Paul Jenkins have for more than a quarter of a century led the Body of People Jazz Theatre Company (aka BOP) on the basis jazz is a life-affirming, always-contemporary, ever-adapting, all-inclusive, forgiving form.
The Valley of the Bees. Review by Alan Price. The opening of The Valley of the Bees is assured, startling and unforgettable. Set in 13th century Bohemia it records a violent and fateful incident.
Starve Acre. Review by Alan Price. At the beginning of Starve Acre a young boy named Owen cannot sleep. When his mother speaks to him he says that the whistling has gone now.
By Alan Price • film, year 2024 • Tags: Alan Price, film