WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
Going Through Bush Theatre, London
With a unique use of non-verbal language, Going Through tells a moving story of migration
Signing the times: Charmaine Wombwell and Nadia Nadaraja
[Ali Wright] 
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
THE AIM of Paris-based theatre company Hippolyte a mal au coeur is to connect with as many people as possible, particularly those with a hearing impediment, and to develop bilingual productions, initially in French and Sign Language.
Now translated into Spanish and English, and showing across the globe, Estelle Savasta’s play tells the tender story of the relationship between Nour (Charmaine Wombwell) and the profoundly deaf Youmna (Nadia Nadarajah), who communicates through sign language and a wonderful visual expressiveness.
A celebration of women and the profound transference of love from mother to daughter, it charts the progress of one gentle girl as she migrates from her own poverty-stricken country to a land of plenty, crossing borders and keeping hope alive through love.
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