To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
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PETER MASON recommends a hugely entertaining musical version of Only Fools and Horses
Pride of Peckham: The cast of Only Fools and Horses Pic: Johan Persson
If you can see past the relentless commodification you will be rewarded by enormously powerful work, suggests JENNY MITCHELL
CHRIS SEARLE revels in the one-off collaboration between an American polymath and a British Muslim, and detects the presence of their revolutionary forebear
GORDON PARSONS revels in an ebullient production of Shakespeare’s magical comedy
BRENT CUTLER welcomes a thoughtful analysis of the Erdogan regime, viewed through the evolving history of a neighbourhood in Istanbul
GORDON PARSONS regrets the price, but is dazzled by an outstandingly ambitious study of the way art restoration in particular, and culture in general was weaponised by the Nazis
Only Fools and Horses
Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London
BONNET de Douche, as Del Boy would say.
This vibrant, endearingly chaotic musical version of one of Britain’s favourite sitcoms is well conceived, well wrought and, above all, great fun.
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