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The Guardian - Culture Edit Unfollow Depp-Heard trial verdict condemned as a 'toxic catastrophe' for women by Edward Helmore in New York Jun 2, 2022 Heard’s lawyer says verdict sends ‘a horrible message’ while sexual violence experts say it’s a symptom of a culture that oppresses women A day after Johnny Depp largely won his defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard, Heard’s lead attorney said “lopsided” social media posts about the trial turned the courtroom into a “zoo” and influenced the jury’s verdict. Speaking to NBC, Elaine Bredehoft said the verdict sent “a horrible message”, adding that she believed the seven-member jury was not able to escape the social media frenzy that enveloped the six-week trial. Continue reading... Continue Reading The Cavalcaders review – soaring voices elevate nostalgic Irish drama by Helen Meany Jun 2, 2022 Mick Lally theatre, Galway Revival of Billy Roche’s sweet-sour memory play in which years of guilt and betrayal haunt friends in late-1980s Ireland The streets of Wexford form a self-contained world in Billy Roche’s memory play from 1993, in which reminders of the past are haunting rather than consoling. While Druid’s new production is lovingly nostalgic for the late 1980s, director Aaron Monaghan does not prettify the degrees of unhappiness experienced by its characters. Opening as the town’s traditional shoemakers’ shop is being handed over by its owner Terry (Garrett Lombard) to his young assistant Rory (Naoise Dunbar), this moment of generational change triggers a series of flashbacks. Returning to the days when the shop’s staff formed the barbershop quartet of the play’s title, the four men create harmony in song that belies the tensions of their friendships. While they’re performing, all is forgotten: the ebullient Rory is joined by debonair, all-seeing Josie (Sean Kearns) and the tense Ted on piano (Tiernan Messitt-Greene), with Terry’s low, rumbling notes adding ballast. Beautifully performed, the songs, composed by Roche, are integral to this drama of lives interconnected through a largely unspoken history of betrayal and sexual infidelities. At the Mick Lally theatre, Galway, until 5 June. Then touring Ireland until 2 July. Continue reading... Continue Reading

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