RITA DI SANTO draws attention to a new film that features Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn, and their personal experience of media misrepresentation
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Crime of the Century
Timely exposé of murderous violence among young people
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MARJORIE MAYO welcomes an account of family life after Oscar Wilde, a cathartic exercise, written by his grandson
KEN COCKBURN guides us through a survey of Chekov’s early short fiction, and the groundwork it laid for his later masterpieces
ANDY HEDGECOCK revels in a hugely enjoyable but deadly serious examination of the 1930s, that is an indictment of our own era
The bard distills our hellish times into fiery words
THE world of the teenager can be a lonely and frightening place.
And when your community is plagued with gang warfare and habitual murder, it’s a living hell.
Chickenshed Theatre’s inclusive troupe of splendid young performers take us into this hell and, in just under an hour, we see, hear and feel not only the desolation of their lives but the complex range of factors that cause their social alienation.
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