MAYER WAKEFIELD applauds Rosamund Pike’s punchy and tragic portrayal of a multi-tasking mother and high court judge
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Misbehavin’ brilliantly
MICHAL BONCZA sees a musical based on the music of Fats Waller that's about as good as it gets
Ebullient: Wayne Robinson and Carly Mercedes Dyer
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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
New releases from Paul Weller, Wet Leg, and Dino Saluzzi
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
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Southwark Playhouse, London
THE FIRST thing that hits you as you enter the horseshoe arena housing Ain’t Misbehavin’ are the onstage arches glittering with lights. A master stroke from designer Takis, they joyfully invoke the “Harlem Renaissance” of the 1920s when Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong were all the rage.
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