JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
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Political theatre and the Miners’ Strike
DAWN EVANS recommends the memoir of A39, the remarkable Cornish political theatre troupe
Paul Farmer in a Miracle Theatre street performance, Falmouth, Cornwall, Spring 1984; One & All! poster for A39’s first performance at The Crypt Centre, Truro, March 1985; One & All!–the Tinners’ Jig live at Geevor Mine, days before closure
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The bard joins the Carnival Against Fascism, which summer fun sends him down Memory Lane
FIONA O’CONNOR is bowled over by a stunning Welsh language drama
MARIA DUARTE and MICHAL BONCZA review Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day, Familiar Touch, Nino, and Toy Story 5
MATTHEW HAWKINS explores the initiatives proposed by HEALING ARTS SCOTLAND
ALEX HALL welcomes an analysis of how modern capitalism is deeply intertwined with emotions, and their manipulation
After The Miners’ Strike - A39 and Cornish Political Theatre Verses Thatcher’s Britain
Paul Farmer, Open Books, £23.99
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