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CONTENTS FESTIVAL 2014 | ISSUE 2 | LIST.CO.UK/FESTIVAL
COVER STORY TIM KEY AND NICK HELM The two comedians gracing our cover this week don’t have much in common delivery-wise – Helm favours shouty, aggressive badgering while Key goes in for softly-spoken, self-deprecating poetics – but both have had phenomenal success in the 12 months since their last Fringe appearances. We sat them down together and let the sparks fly.
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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT In the centenary year of the start of WWI, we examine three events in which the influence of this anti- war novel is as strong as ever. BEY DANCE WORKSHOP Elvis Costello famously said, ‘writing about music is like dancing about architecture’. So we sent a writer to do some dancing as well.
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FEATURES
Tim Key & Nick Helm All Quiet on the Western Front Viv Albertine & Zoë Howe Bey Dance Workshop
FOOD & DRINK Food-related shows
BOOKS
Alasdair Gray Deyan Sudjic David Levithan COMEDY
Richard Herring The Pin Katherine Ryan Andrew Maxwell Susan Calman DANCE
Homme | Animal Circa: Beyond Brazouka KIDS
Emily Brown & The Thing Duck, Death & the Tulip The Sagas of Noggin the Nog MUSIC
Daniel Padden and Wounded Knee This is Ceilidh Peter Straker’s Black Magic
THEATRE Ganesh Versus the Third Reich My Name is Saoirse The Generation of Z The Trial of Jane Fonda Confirmation
VISUAL ART
Generation kennardphillipps Craig Coulthard CLUBS
Jackhammer with Ben Sims
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AROUND TOWN 102
Hendrick’s Carnival of Knowledge Museum After Hours 102 103
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THIS WEEK ON LIST.CO.UK/FESTIVAL Our Top Rated page – which aggregates reviews from loads of different publications, all over the Festival all – is now up and running, giving you an at-a-glance understanding of the hottest shows in the city. Plus, you can read extended reviews with the likes of Tom Loud (Hot Dub Time Machine) and Zoë Howe. .