MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion
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Reasons to Stay Alive, Bristol Old Vic
Stylish and often amusing exploration of one man's battle with depression
Mike Noble and Dilek Rose in Reasons to Stay Alive.
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ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
MATT HAIG’S best-selling book gets an assured adaptation for the stage by April De Angelis in this production, during which The Older Matt (Phil Cheadle) acts as commentator, calmly taking us through the Younger Matt’s darkest days and gradual emergence from suicidal thoughts and hopelessness.
As the physical incarnation of the voice in his younger self’s head, he’s able to supply the insight to continue living that friends and family cannot.
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