A shifting world order and new waves of global authoritarianism are addressed in two plays to have caught Joyce McMillan's eye – one a bold and immensely vivid hour about the oppressed young people of Hong Kong, the other an imaginative leap into the minds of two Russian people with different experiences of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Our latest round-up of reviews includes a powerfully personal combination of performance poetry, music and sword-swallowing, and a bold piece about the struggles of young Chinese people living under authoritarian rule. Words by Joyce McMillan, David Pollock and Ben Walters.