Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
Metro, June 2022 Every so often a young writer appears out of nowhere to recast the literary landscape. Leila Mottley is surely that novelist, a 20 year-old American who started her tale of injustice and […]
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Rock Paper Scissors at Sheffield Crucible/Lyceum/Studio
Metro, June 22 It’s easy to marvel at the technical feat of staging three inter-related plays around the same Sheffield square at the same time, actors moving from one venue to another as their scene […]
Anger Management at a Rage Room
Metro, June 22 As my sledgehammer smashes through the side of an ancient printer, all those ‘error, paper jam’ messages finally get their rage-fuelled comeuppance. An exposed chip-board shatters into smithereens, bouncing off the far […]
Rolling Stones at Anfield
The Rolling Stones UK tour review: 60 years on and still turned up to the max. Metro, June 22 The most telling moment in this quite remarkable display of rock’n’roll’s enduring power came when Mick […]
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Metro, May 22 A novel with the central conceit of a developing relationship between a widower, Tova, and a captive octopus writing his own diary entries will have to work harder than most to convince. […]