MAYER WAKEFIELD applauds Rosamund Pike’s punchy and tragic portrayal of a multi-tasking mother and high court judge
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Heart and soul-felt moment in Miami
SIMON PARSONS sees a stirring theatrical recreation of an historic encounter between four iconic black figures in the 1960s
Boxing clever: Miles Yekinni (left) and Conor Glean
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FIONA O CONNOR recommends an unflinching depiction of child sexual abuse and its aftershocks, set in a working-class Liverpool family
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PAUL DONOVAN relishes the spectacle of a 1950s detective in pursuit of a 500-year-old murder mystery
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
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
IT’S February 25 1964 and Cassius Clay is celebrating becoming world heavyweight boxing champion in a Miami motel room.
With him are three other iconic black Americans in Kemp Power’s fascinating play, which speculates about a meeting between them that actually took place.
All are at decisive points in their lives. Clay is about to join the radical Nation of Islam and change his name to Muhammad Ali, while Malcolm X, Clay’s spiritual and political mentor, is on the verge of a break from the same organisation.
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