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Fighting her corner
MAYER WAKEFIELD sees grime poet Debris Stevenson score heavily in her battle against prejudice
Poet in the Corner
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
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TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
Poet in da Corner
Royal Court Theatre, London
GRIME poet, pansexual ex-Mormon and bashment-dancing social activist Debris Stevenson is not just speaking for herself when she states at this show's opening that Dizzee Rascal’s seminal Boy in the Corner gave her “permission to exist.”
From Alex Turner to Danny Brown, the ageless grime album has inspired artists across the board, but Stevenson takes things to another level by dedicating 75 minutes of full-throttle energy to a semi-autobiographical musical in homage to the 2003 masterpiece and its parent genre.
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