WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
All Hands on Deck, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield/Touring
Unconvincing plot torpedoes exploration of naval women's contribution in WWII
Admirable: The cast of All Hands on Deck
[Peter Boyd] 
JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
VASHTI MACLACHLAN’S last play Revolting Women was all about women’s suffrage and now she turns her attention to other trailblazing females.
All Hands on Deck, her new production for Mikron, pays tribute to those who served in the Women’s Royal Naval Service (Wrens).
Following the career of Ginger (Elizabeth Robin) and Lily (Rachel Benson), it explores how their friendship is strained by their different roles and attitudes towards war.
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