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Chafing against society’s upright and uptight mores
SUSAN DARLINGTON recommends an innovative production of Oscar Wilde’s classic
NO WEAK LINKS: (L to R from top) Daniel Jacob as Lady Bracknell, Adele James, Valentine Hanson, Anita Reynolds, (front row) Abiola Owokoniran, Joanne Henry and Phoebe Campbell
[Mark Senior]
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
The Importance of Being Earnest
Leeds Playhouse
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that The Importance of Being Earnest possesses some of the most famous aphorisms in the English language.
It’s therefore to director Denzel Westley-Sanderson’s credit that his production for English Touring Theatre manages to bring fresh life to Oscar Wilde’s “trivial comedy for serious people.”
Supported by a pop-up exhibition showing studio portraits of black Victorians — by London gallery Autograph — he uses the social satire to challenge stereotypes of the period.
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