WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
Theatre: Random resonance at a time when knife killings are on the rise
Random
Leeds Playhouse
[Anthony Robling] 
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
CENTRING on one day and one pivotal event — a fatal stabbing — Debbie Tucker Green’s Random certainly is up-to-the moment as knife-crime statistics continue to rise.
In its single act, it skilfully manipulates emotions and challenges media stereotypes as it explores how an ordinary family deals with grief.
Kiza Deen (pictured) performs all of the roles in a patchwork of narratives punctuated by regular time checks, including the sassy sister, irritated by her colleagues, and the mother concerned that her family hasn’t eaten and her children are inappropriately dressed.
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