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The Ice Cream Boys ★★★★

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The Ice Cream Boys ★★★★

When two ruthless power players clash, things are seldom as black and white as they seem. Noted Jewish playwright Gail Louw brings together – South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma and his one-time fellow freedom fighter Ronnie Kasrils – confining them in a hospital ward with…

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The Silver Lake (Der Silbersee) ★★★★

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The Silver Lake (Der Silbersee) ★★★★

The Silver Lake was the last collaboration between playwright Georg Kaiser and composer/librettist Kurt Weill, before they fled Germany in 1933. The Nazis banned this ‘story for Winter’, as its creators subtitled it, and it’s easy to see why in James Conway’s timely production. Subversive…

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Tales of Amazing Animal Heroes

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Tales of Amazing Animal Heroes

It’s time to talk about the elephant in the room. Lizzie the elephant that is. The story of this helpful giant, who carted steel around Sheffield for use in World War I when all the horses were at war, is just one of many in Tales of Amazing Animal Heroes: Real Life Stories of Animal Bravery…