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Best of 2019: Theatre
STANDOUT: BAC Beatbox Academy's Frankenstein
[Joyce Nicholls]
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
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
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
ANY round-up of theatre productions can throw up some strange bedfellows. This year's harvest is no different, highlighting the wonderful diversity of performers and themes on show in the last 12 months.
The Edinburgh Festival provided a cornucopia of live theatre, from the banal to the brilliant. Among the 63 countries represented in 753 shows, BAC Beatbox Academy's Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster stood out.
Six youngsters blew audiences away with a dynamic reinvention of Mary Shelley's classic which tackled contemporary social issues. Conceived as a "live concept album," the thrilling vocal soundscape, ranging from slick beatboxing and original rap numbers to haunting, soulful harmonies was inventive and mesmerising.
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GORDON PARSONS is blown away by a superb production of Rostand’s comedy of verbal panache and swordmanship
ANDREW FILMER welcomes the reopening of Glasgow’s landmark theatre after a seven-year transformation
SIMON PARSONS applauds a tense and thoughtful production that regularly challenges our political engagement and prejudices
A nervous year, showing that the theatre, like the world, stands on a precipice and seems uncertain where to jump