ANDY HEDGECOCK is entertained by a playful novel that embeds a fictional game at its heart
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Daughterhood, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Real people living real lives the focus as two women cope with the ties that bind
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The Bard pays homage to Hull’s finest promoter and venue, and awards Douze Points to Laibach
KEVIN DONNELLY outlines how the bourgeois institutions inhibit our ability to to view art in revolutionary ways, and suggests some tactics to overturn it
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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