To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
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A vibrant exposition of a political double-edged sword
PAUL DONOVAN recommends a play that looks at the fraught process of selecting Labour parliamentary candidates
(L to R) Catherine Adams as Safia Peters, Antonia Beamish as Sally Finch, Michael Palmer as Jim Marr and (seated) Carrie Cohen as June Wright
[White Bear Theatre]
If you can see past the relentless commodification you will be rewarded by enormously powerful work, suggests JENNY MITCHELL
CHRIS SEARLE revels in the one-off collaboration between an American polymath and a British Muslim, and detects the presence of their revolutionary forebear
GORDON PARSONS revels in an ebullient production of Shakespeare’s magical comedy
BRENT CUTLER welcomes a thoughtful analysis of the Erdogan regime, viewed through the evolving history of a neighbourhood in Istanbul
GORDON PARSONS regrets the price, but is dazzled by an outstandingly ambitious study of the way art restoration in particular, and culture in general was weaponised by the Nazis
Triggered
White Bear Theatre
Kennington, Greater London
(L to R) Catherine Adams as Safia Peters, Antonia Beamish as Sally Finch, Michael Palmer as Jim Marr. Seated: Carrie Cohen as June Wright.
THE triggering of sitting MPs has been a subject of much controversy. It is a proces brought in during the Corbyn years to democratise the party, making MPs more accountable to members.
The reality over recent times has seen the right using the process to deselect sitting left MPs.
It is against this background that Emma Burnell brought forth this excellent entertaining play, that encapsulates the whole process.
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