BenchMarx Friday 17th May 2024 BenchMarx The socialist well-springs of popular genre fiction ANDY HEDGECOCK celebrates the way that US writers have always used crime and sci-fi to explore and express dissident ideas
Attila the Stockbroker Friday 17th May 2024 Attila the Stockbroker Attila the Stockbroker Diary: May 17, 2024 Breaking news: Tories routed in Costa del Geriatrica! Bob Crow honoured in Wakefield! Anti-fascists promoted to the Bundesliga!
Theatre review Friday 17th May 2024 Theatre review It’s not what you say, it’s the way that you say it GORDON PARSONS relishes a play that reveals how language carries much more than simple communication
Cinema Thursday 16th May 2024 Cinema Film round-up: May 16, 2024 Menstruation, rock-chick biopic, mid-life crisis and infantile schlock: the Star’s film critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Tiger Stripes, Catching Fire, Two Tickets To Greece and IF
Film of the week Thursday 16th May 2024 Film of the week Young Eve The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE admires the debut of a new English director that examines the sexual awakening of a young woman amid foster care and poverty
Theatre Review Wednesday 15th May 2024 Theatre Review Top-notch biblical folk-tale SIMON PARSONS recommends a musical retelling of the Old Testament story of the sexual awakening of a young childless bride
Theatre Review Thursday 16th May 2024 Theatre Review Virtuoso exposure of colonialism DAN GLAZEBROOK recommends an outstanding one-man show that explores the colonial history of Sierra Leone
Theatre Review Wednesday 15th May 2024 Theatre Review When you can’t breathe, it ain’t funny MARY CONWAY relishes a magnificent performance and the rich street language in a flawed depiction of racist police violence in downtown New York