GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield
Gagging for it
SUSAN DARLINGTON sees a uniquely comic dispatch from the front line in support of Palestine
[Steve Ullathorne]
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
Showtime From The Frontline
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds/Touring
AT FACE value, there isn’t much comedy potential in Mark Thomas’s Showtime From The Frontline.
Similar stories
GEORGE FOGARTY is captivated by a brilliant one-man show depicting life in HMP Strangeways
SUSAN DARLINGTON is bowled over by an outstanding play about the past, present and future of race and identity in the US
Farringdon looks ahead to this weekend's races