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Recalling Michael Clark’s hairless Caliban in Prospero’s Books, Brookes coils himself around and jolts about his stage in a fearless display of physicality that shape-shifts from tomfoolery to menace. The trigger for this uncompromising Bleed is that his commitment
15–27 Aug 2018 THE LIST FESTIVAL 43 15–27 Aug 2018 THE LIST FESTIVAL 43