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Peter Culshaw |
With WOMAD not happening this year, where could one go for a feast of global sounds? Fes in Morocco has been presenting its sacred music festival for 29 years. I’ve been several times and although this wasn’t an absolute classic, it was as ever, full of extraordinary moments.
Guy Oddy |
No-one needs to be living in Trump’s USA to be aware that governments never feel that it’s in their interest to prioritise great art and music over attention-grabbing and ill-conceived populist policies. Mali’s Songhoy Blues, unfortunately, have now found themselves at the receiving end of such nonsense.
Markie Robson-Scott
“Do you know the name of the propaganda minister of England, or America, or even Stalin? No. But Joseph Goebbels? Everyone knows him.” The cynical,…
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Rachel Halliburton
It’s always a risk when a production changes venue. In the curious alchemy of live performance, no-one can be sure whether a shift in surroundings…
Heather Neill
Terence Rattigan's rehabilitation – some might almost say deification – as a leading 20th century playwright is complete. As well as academic studies…
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Peter Culshaw
A new Renaissance at this Moroccan festival of global sounds
Guy Oddy
Reduced Malian band take Birmingham by storm
Markie Robson-Scott
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Heather Neill
Unspoken emotion flows through this late work
Helen Hawkins
Sarah Ruhl turns her bond with a student into a lesson in how to love
Mark Sheerin
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Rachel Halliburton
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