TheatreReviewRoyal and Derngate, NorthamptonThere is a brilliant moment at the end of Spymonkey's spoof, an evening which proves that in every tragedy there is a comedy trying to get out. Jocasta is dead by her own hand, Oedipus is blinded and bleeding. The company sit facing the audience on a row of chairs over a pool of fake blood. They look sweaty, broken and blank. Then the Eels' It's a Motherfucker begins to play. Read More...
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Tanisha Anderson’s family on the stairs of her mother’s home in Cleveland, Ohio. Photograph: Ricky Rhodes/The GuardianTanisha Anderson’s family on the stairs of her mother’s home in Cleveland, Ohio. Photograph: Ricky Rhodes/The GuardianCleveland This article is more than 8 years oldThis article is more than 8 years oldAnderson died during an encounter with Cleveland police as her family, who had called 911 seeking help, watched from their home. Like many of the 23 women killed by police this year, her story has been ‘erased’ from the spotlight Read More...
