MARIA DUARTE is swept along by the cocky self-belief of a ping-pong hustler in a surprisingly violent drama
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Point Blank by Tony Kofi and the Organisation
Protean saxophonist Tony Kofi delivers another winner
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STEVE ANDREW recommends a lively and often moving guide to once vibrant spaces that have been abandoned or swept away
GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production whose design and cartoonish acting overwhelms the close scrutiny of characters
SUSAN DARLINGTON enjoys the raucous familiarity of a traditional topsy-turvy pantomime
RON JACOBS introduces the latest novel by the best writer of US working-class fiction writing today
ON POINT Blank Tony Kofi is joined by The Organisation, specialists in soul, jazz and funk. His pulsating baritone saxophone rocks the grooves of the album, with organist Pete Whittaker, guitarist Simon Fernsby and drummer Peter Cater contributing to the rhythmic impetus.
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