GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
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DIY earworms from Denitto
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production whose design and cartoonish acting overwhelms the close scrutiny of characters
SUSAN DARLINGTON enjoys the raucous familiarity of a traditional topsy-turvy pantomime
RON JACOBS introduces the latest novel by the best writer of US working-class fiction writing today
HENRY BELL is fascinated by the underlying curiosities and contradictions of one of the great poets of the Mediterranean
DAVID RENTON recommends a books that explores the ways in which disabled people are made to feel both of and not part of this world
Jennifer Denitto
Trustfall
(Mole in the Ground Records)
TRUSTFALL proves again that the DIY scene can produce records that don't have to cost a fortune to sound good.
Jennifer Denitto's album, recorded on a handheld four-track over the last year after her daughter had been put to bed, is a classic example.
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