GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield
Sarah, Lowry Theatre Salford
Play highlights importance of talking therapy in tackling mental health issues
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an excellently crafted new musical that explores the life and death of Ruth Ellis
PAUL DONOVAN is tickled by the excruciating take-downs of one of the funniest, wittiest, political writers around.
RON JACOBS points out, via a transcription of Kissinger’s secret recordings, that Trump could never have existed without Nixon and Kissinger
ELLIS RAE is persuaded that the advantages of the ‘talking cure’ are superior to the treatment of mental illness with drugs
JOHN GREEN, MICHAL BONCZA and BELLA KATZ review The Good Boy, Broken English, and Don't Be Prey
SARAH is a troubled young woman. Unsure where she fits in, her world is spinning out of control. Happiness would be a kind word from her mum but her mother has other concerns, like how to get Sarah out so she can give her room to her new cat.
An exploration of how the difficulties of modern life can affect a person’s mental well-being, Sarah is written, directed and produced by Stevie Helps, whose previous play Rachel dealt with his own experiences of living with mental health problems and the inadequacy of the support systems.
In this play Helps, a vocal campaigner for mental health rights, examines the pernicious impact of a masculine culture on women but the overarching theme is communication or, more accurately, the lack of it.
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