The work of the Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett has long prompted a profound sense of unease among left wing literary critics, even among those sympathetic to his work.
"Eyes of the Wizard", Ojos de Brujo in Spanish, are a group of friends who jammed together and turned into a band. They have become known for a sound rooted in flamenco, but mixed with everything – North African rai, rap, Cuban and Indian music.
SarabandDirected by Ingmar Bergman The last film that Ingmar Bergman directed before he retired, Saraband is quite a film to end on.
Imprint exhibition Socialist Worker photographer Angela Stapleford is one of the contributors to the Imprint photography exhibition. Angela is exploring issues of power production. Other contributors include Joe Hall and Molly Lock.
Stephen Sondheim’s musical Assassins is a nightmarish vision of a US system which generates inequality and despair. Originally performed as George Bush senior attacked Iraq in 1991, the show was condemned by many theatre critics as sinister, dangerous and of glorifying terrorism.
This docudrama looks at the attempts, between 1998 and 2000, to extradite former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet from Britain to face trial for the torture and murders that took place under his regime.
The annals of US soul music are littered with singers who should have been contenders. With a voice that had echoes of Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding, Charlie Whitehead ought to have made the breakthrough.
Witness: Highlights of First World War ArtImperial War Museum North, Manchesteruntil 23 April
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WOW Film Festivalon tour www.wowfilmfestival.org This is a small touring programme of films from Africa, Asia, and Latin America that are rarely shown in Britain.
This is a film about a young gang leader named Tsotsi who lives on the dangerous and crime-ridden streets of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Resurrection BluesDirector Robert AltmanThe Old Vic theatre, LondonUntil 22 April www.oldvictheatre.com This was Arthur Miller’s last play, completed just a month before his death.
