Peeling back the onion
In a socialist workers paradise, no one, not even children, can be complacent. Fortunately, the Department of Propaganda and Agitation
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Author: Jason Whyte
Still a bit green
According to director Iris-Edwige Gaillard’s notes, Banana Republic, a live performance in which a roving video camera relays certain aspects
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I get excited by the idea of a cabaret show that promises to teach me something about an artist. What
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On a dim stage with only a piano and two chairs, veteran performer Chuck Mallett ambled on stage with the
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Performer Mike Daisey presented The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs in the US in March 2012. Termed a “protest-play”
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As carbon under the right conditions might form an appealing – but not always perfect – diamond, the elements of
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Tribes originally offered protection from the elements and now afford a supportive space that allows us to be ourselves. An
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According to popular reckoning, the calendar of the Mayan civilisation tells us that 21 December 2012 is the last day
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In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the eponymous prince calls Denmark a prison and when his childhood friends disagree he remarks “Why then
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