The Good Manners
Austere Spanish literary adaptation has formal beauty but a certain dramatic lifelessness
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Through Rocks and Clouds
Beautiful but overly muted drama sees a familiar battle between tradition and modernity
The Good Manners
Austere Spanish literary adaptation has formal beauty but a certain dramatic lifelessness
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Hugely impressive drama plays out an estranged family’s reconnection against real-world stakes
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New album from the Glasgow-based artist finds the sweet spot between beauty, gloom and the unknown
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Allbarone
Cynical and snarling – the reluctant party starter continues his search for meaning amidst hedonistic surroundings
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Debut from the Working Men’s Club frontman is a bucolic detour into folky musings
One-Man Poe
Less means more in a characterful interpretation of much-loved gothic tales
A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First
Boyish exuberance belies a wistful study of innocence lost
Buffy Revamped
Brendan Murphy delivers an energetic attempt at retelling all seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy Revamped
Brendan Murphy delivers an energetic attempt at retelling all seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Shy Vaudevillian
Engaging comic history defined by an inspired gimmick
Don Toberman: Ping Pong Champ
Champion clown delivers a physical comedy masterclass
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Ten Thousand Hours
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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Kim Brandstrup deliver an evening with fresh and unforgettable energy
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Nederlands Dans Theater and Complicité deliver a breathtaking alarm call to arrest our own extinction before it’s too late
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Through Rocks and Clouds
Beautiful but overly muted drama sees a familiar battle between tradition and modernity
The Good Manners
Austere Spanish literary adaptation has formal beauty but a certain dramatic lifelessness
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