Arts 
Neil LaBute trilogy (Citizens Theatre)(0)
Lauren Martin
Set in New York City in a post-9/11 world, three couples are tormented by events that ultimately destroy their relationships. The stage is simple and claustrophobic, allowing the starkness of these private moments to be laid out bare for the shock and discomfort of the audience. The Furies tells of a gay couple, Jimmy [...]
Backbeat (Citizens Theatre)
Dominic Maxwell-Lewis
A stage version of hugely successful film Backbeat is something that writer and director Iain Softley has said he has wanted to do since he made the film back in 1994. It’s easy to understand why, especially when performed so deftly by such a strong cast as this.
The story is of the love triangle [...]
The Unnamed
Tom Bonnick
Joshua Ferris’ first novel, 2007’s Then We Came To The End, announced a bold new voice in American fiction — one which lay somewhere between Don Delillo (whose own work of fiction, Americana, gave Then We Came to the End its title) and Jonathan Franzen. In that instance, Ferris’ reach did not quite exceed [...]
Child’s play it ain’t
Sage Pearce-Higgins discusses the importance of satire in Nabokov’s fiction
In 2008, Woolworths briefly stocked a range of children’s bedroom furniture with the brand-name Lolita. Initially baffled by the complaints that were made, the company subsequently withdrew the items from sale. It seemed that their marketing department was not only ignorant of the literary connotations of [...]
