WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
Daughterhood, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Real people living real lives the focus as two women cope with the ties that bind
From the grassroots: Charlotte Bate and Charlotte O’Leary
[Rebecca Need-Menear] 
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
ROUNDABOUT, the brainchild of highly admired theatre company Paines Plough, is not only a touring company but a portable theatre-in-the-round which can be erected in the remotest of places.
It is currently in situ right under the walls of the Theatre Royal Stratford East and Daughterhood is just one piece in its repertoire.
At first “Sisterhood” would seem a better title, for it’s about the relationship between two sisters. But then we see how the pair are forever locked into the roles created for them by their parents and perceptions change.
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