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The aftermath of revolution
MAYER WAKEFIELD falls in love with a deft and hilarious portrait of Cairo after the Arab Spring
Front: Tarrick Benham as Osman. Back (L-R) Nezar Alderazi as Rafik, Hanna Khogali as Alia, Moe Bar-El as Tamer, Eleanor Nawal as Lina, Yasemin Özdemir as Maya
[Pamela Raith]
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
You Bury Me
Orange Tree Theatre
“THIS story isn’t even about 2011.
This story isn’t about that… dream.
This is a story about death.
The death of that dream.
This is about 2015”
The city of Cairo is not just the setting for You Bury Me but also the seventh character alongside six others who form an ensemble to voice the unrelenting energy of Egypt’s capital.
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