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Monochrome, Tannery Gallery Machynlleth
Despite its title, this free exhibition is anything but colourless
(From left to right): Back-to-Back by Sarah Snazell, Portrait of Roy Jenkins by Marc Boxer, and Dylan Thomas by Mervyn Levy
STEVE ANDREW recommends a lively and often moving guide to once vibrant spaces that have been abandoned or swept away
GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
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
MONOCHROME is a selection from the MOMA Tabernacle permanent collection at the Tannery Gallery in Machynlleth, comprising over 360 paintings which are shown in continuous rotation.
It features work by well-known artists such as Augustus John, Stanley Spencer and Percy Wyndham Lewis, as well as works by artists who exhibit at MOMA Wales.
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