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Philippe Genty presents Derives. See
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PHILIPPE GENTY Miranda France talks to French surrealist and choreographer Philippe Genty about his staged world of dance where puppets and men become interchangeable.
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DEREK JARMAN Linking the current AIDS crisis with religion, Jarman’s new film, The Garden, promises to be as fiercely controversial as his previous ones. Duncan J. Petrie, who was on location. reports.
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SPIKE MILLIGAN Nowadays, Spike likes to pick up the phone and say ‘This is your friendly neighbourhood rapist, have you registered yet?‘ Ross Parsons finds out why.
ROSANNA AROUETTE In the flesh, Rosanna Arquctte is mousily pretty, vulnerable, and capricious — or so says Andrew Burnet. Together they talk about how America and Britain differ in their acting techniques.
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JOOLS HOLLAND ‘I’ll have a week when the family aren’t there when I just go frenzied and crazy. Which I tend to do in Edinburgh for some reason. I wake up on the floor of pubs and things two days later.” Jools Holland confesses all to Julie Morrice.
REVIEWS
THEATRE: NEW PLAYS ........ .. 15 CABARET ........... .. 29 WORLD ............. .. 37 CLASSICS .......... .. 41 MUSICALS ......... .. 45 KIDS ................ .. 46 DANCE/MlME/CIRCUS 47 BOOKS ................... .. 49 MUSIC: JAZZ ................ .. 51 FOLK ................ .. 57 CLASSICAL ........ .. 59 ART ....................... .. 61 FILM FESTIVAL: PREVIEW ........... .. 67 LISTINGS .......... .. 7O CLUBS .................... .. 71 FOOD ..................... .. 7O SURVIVAL ............... .. 74
FABULOUS FREELOADERS: see pages 85 and 87 for your free tickets.
See page 75 tor regular Listings sections.
PLUS OXYGEN HOUSE
Oxygen House’s new play Depravity concerns the life and curious times of the infamous occultist Aleister Crowley. In a cartoon feature. J. Smith pays tribute to the comic-book imagination of Grant Morrison.
The List I7 — 2? August 19901