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Royal Exchange Theatre hosts an uprising
Theatre
No Pay? No Way!, a contemporary retelling of Dario Fo’s Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!, is having its UK premiere at the Royal Exchange Theatre
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Cannes 2022: Triangle of Sadness and ridiculing the rich
Film
Palme-d’Or-winning Triangle of Sadness is a wild, cynical satire ridiculing the rich in all possible ways.
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Review: The Wolf From The Door
Theatre
Alexia Pieretti reviews the University of Manchester Drama Society’s production of Rory Mullarkey’s The Wolf from the Door
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Grimmfest 2019: A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life
Film
Darkly comic and quintessentially British, Staten Cousins Roe’s A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life is a memorable addition to 2019’s Grimmfest line-up, writes Deputy Film Editor Josh Sandy
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Sundance London 2019: Corporate Animals
Film
Tobias Soar — Despite its underwhelming visual presentation, Corporate Animals is a hilarious dark comedy which might make you squirm in your seat
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Review: Thunder Road + Q&A
Film
Thunder Road is a captivating must-see, wild journey through the grief riddled unravelling of a police officer’s life
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Review: Mother Courage and Her Children
Theatre
Alfie Clark reviews Mother Courage and Her Children in its re-imagined dystopian form, at the Royal Exchange Theatre
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MIFTA Season: Abandon Ship
Theatre
Alexia Pieretti reviews Abandon Ship as part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA Season
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