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REVIEW: Desert Thirsts and Jerusalem Winds

Reading Time: 2 minutesDesert Thirsts and Jerusalem Winds is based on the real-life story of Muhammad Asad, born Leopold Weiss, an Austrian Jewish journalist who travelled across the Arab world in the 1920s, who interrogated the early Zionist movement, converted to Islam, and later became one of the most influential Muslim thinkers of the twentieth century.

REVIEW: Ghost Grandma

Reading Time: 2 minutesAnd therein lies the main issue with Ghost Grandma. Marketed as a comedy, it struggles to maintain any consistent comedic impact. Despite the cast’s evident commitment, the script and direction leave many jokes falling flat, and the actors’ often overstated delivery of punchlines makes the tonal shifts that come later in the play all the more jarring and uneven.

REVIEW: Pierre Novellie

Reading Time: 2 minutesPrecise observations, as funny as they are well constructed Pierre Novellie’s business suit and florid tie are incongruent with Soho Downstairs’ crammed-in seating and smell of stale beer. But this exceptionally well-pitched show is unimpeded, and delivers…