WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
A production doomed by lack of discernible purpose
A fantastical idea pushed way too far: (L to R) Ria Zmitrowicz, Rakie Ayola, Fisayo Akinade
[Manuel Harlan] 
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 Glow
The Royal Court
BASED on a premise originating in a little known book by Jessica Waites entitled The Woman in Time, the play attempts to personify an immortal female spirit erratically observed on our shores throughout history.
Usually bathed in a glowing light, her questionable presence in paintings, poems and written accounts was originally explained as a symbol or gauge of the time.
Alistair McDowall has turned this allegorical figure into a flesh and blood, supernatural agent unable to control her full powers. If this sounds a bit like another figure from one of the superhero franchises, you are not far off the mark.
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