RITA DI SANTO draws attention to a new film that features Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn, and their personal experience of media misrepresentation
Latest editorial
Gypsy, Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester
Everything comes up roses in stunning production of Sondheim classic
SUPERLATIVE: Ria Jones as Rose
[Johan Persson]
JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
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
THIS is a stunning production of Stephen Sondheim and June Styne’s musical Gypsy.
Based very loosely on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, the one-time “Queen of Burlesque,” the show follows Gypsy’s mum Rose as she drags her kids, Louise and June, from state to state with their dreadful vaudeville act.
Rose is determined to make 10-year-old June a star. But eventually it’s the neglected older sister, Louise, who succeeds.
Similar stories
JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
As part of the 2025 London Jazz Festival Rich Mix offered intriguing sessions titled 'Persian Jazz,' CHRIS SEARLE was there
PAUL FOLEY picks out an excellent example of theatre devised to start conversations about identity, class and belonging
PAUL FOLEY recommends an extraordinary double bill that packs a punch and leaves you reeling