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Ahmed a consummate guide to thrilling musical destinations
STEVE ANDREW recommends a lively and often moving guide to once vibrant spaces that have been abandoned or swept away
GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production whose design and cartoonish acting overwhelms the close scrutiny of characters
SUSAN DARLINGTON enjoys the raucous familiarity of a traditional topsy-turvy pantomime
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La Saboteuse
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YAZZ AHMED'S new album La Saboteuse is astonishing in the scope of its collaborative unity and the power and beauty of the sounds it expresses.
They were brought together from 10 different locations over a decade and mixed by the brilliant sound engineer Tom Jenkins, audio supervisor for the London Olympics' opening and closing ceremonies.
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