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Reviews of Real, Savage, The Broken Hearts Gallery, Max Richter’s Sleep, The Painted Bird, Memories of Murder and The Unfamiliar
TOM STONE urges you to catch the last dates of a New York singer/songwriter, never afraid to challenge her audiences musically or politically
JAN WOOLF examines work that aims to give viewers a material experience of the environments in the polar north and Britain equally affected by the climate crisis
The bard recalls advice received 50 years ago from his TRB muse, and sorts out appropriate legislation for football club ownership
MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review Facing War, Kontinental ’25, Bugonia, and Relay
MAYER WAKEFIELD is frustrated by a production of Ibsen’s classic study of an anti-heroine that fails to elucidate her motivations
PETER MASON tunes his ear into the domestic affairs of a Carribbean couple with a troublesome son
Real (15)
Directed by Aki Omoshaybi
★★★★
THE HARDSHIPS of dating and nurturing a relationship while struggling to make ends meet are laid bare in this poignant and insightful romantic drama.
Set in Portsmouth, it has Jamie (a phenomenal Pippa Bennett-Warner) and Kyle (a charismatic Aki Omoshaybi) encountering each other in the city centre. Looking their best, each incorrectly assumes that the other is a successful professional.
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