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Dancing at the Disco at the End of the World/Fire Below (A War of Words)/Lives in Translation

“Memorable new work”

ReviewsOct 31, 2017by Jane CoyleVarious venues, Belfast

Julie Maxwell and Raquel McKee in Kabosh's Lives in Translation

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Jane Coyle is an award-winning Belfast-based arts journalist and critic. She is a regular contributor to the Irish Times, The Stage, Culture Northern Ireland and BBC Northern Ireland.

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