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Review: Mandela

Review: Mandela

Mandela, a new musical starring Michael Luwoye as Nelson Mandela at the Young Vic, is brilliantly performed but blandly written
Review: PLAYLAND

Review: PLAYLAND

Dolly Busby reviews PLAYLAND, the last play written by Athol Fugard under Apartheid
Preview: PLAYLAND

Preview: PLAYLAND

Elysium Theatre return to Manchester with an adaptation of Athol Fugard’s PLAYLAND
MIF19: Tree

MIF19: Tree

Jay Darcy reviews Idris Elba’s latest play, Tree, as part of the Manchester International Festival which was embroiled in controversy just before opening
Steve Biko: Life, Death and Legacy Exhibition

Steve Biko: Life, Death and Legacy Exhibition

Jack Greeney visits the SU Steve Biko exhibition, and contemplates the University’s history of divestment with regards to current divestment campaigns
Review: ‘Thick Time’ by William Kentridge

Review: ‘Thick Time’ by William Kentridge

Frank Radcliffe-Adam considers the impact of Time upon a nation recovering from Apartheid, reviewing William Kentridge’s mixed-media exhibition ‘Thick Time’ at The Whitworth

My Political Hero: Joe Slovo

In recognition of UMSU’s Black and Ethnic Minority Week, Lucy Hall pays homage to one of the great anti-apartheid activists, Joe Slovo