To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
Best of 2019: Theatre
John Kani's Kunene and the King, set in post-apartheid South Africa, was a highlight of the year
THERE is always a place for skilful modern treatments of the classics and Tom Morris’s production of Cyrano de Bergerac, adapted by Peter Oswald, bubbled with a sparky contemporary wit.
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GEORGE FOGARTY is dazzled by a breathtakingly skillful puppet version of Shakespeare’s greatest love poem
GORDON PARSONS is blown away by a superb production of Rostand’s comedy of verbal panache and swordmanship
STEPHEN ARNELL looks back to when protesters took to the streets in London demand to Irish liberty, fair pay and free speech — and wonders what’s changed in 138 years


