Tag Archives: berlin wall

Describe the Night, Hampstead Theatre

Posted on May 10, 2018 by mkmswain

American playwright Rajiv Joseph’s latest certainly doesn’t lack for ambition, spanning 90 years, three countries, and mixing history and fiction in its form to make a point about, well, mixing history and fiction. Storytelling through to the pertinent “fake news” … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged ben caplan, berlin wall, broadwayworld, david birrell, describe the night, drama, east germany, fake news, hampstead theatre, isaac babel, kgb, lisa spirling, london, moscow, nikolai yezhov, plane crash, play, poland, propaganda, putin, rajiv joseph, rebecca o'mara, review, russia, secret police, smolensk, soviet, spy, stalin, story, theatre | Leave a comment

Thriller asks big questions

Posted on November 21, 2014 by mkmswain

Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, David Edgar’s 1990s Iron Curtain Trilogy is staged together for the first time, offering wry, nuanced dramatisation of political and social upheaval. Middle play Pentecost addresses post-Soviet reconstruction and the complexity … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged america, art, art history, asylum, berlin wall, catholic, church, cockpit, cold war, david edgar, drama, eastern europe, fresco, giotto, ham and high, history, hostage, immigrant, immigration, iron curtain, london, north london, orthodox, pentecost, play, refugee, religion, renaissance, review, soviet, theatre, trilogy, western | Leave a comment

Listed: Wall Flowers – The Best of Berlin

Posted on November 8, 2014 by mkmswain

It divided a city, but the Wall produced great stories, dramas and films. We pick our favourites. Read the full post on theartsdesk

Posted in Art, Fiction, Film, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged america, anniversary, berlin, berlin wall, book, cold war, communism, communist, david bowie, David Hare, drama, east, fiction, film, germany, good bye lenin, heroes, ian mcewan, iron curtain, israel, john le carre, ken loach, mark ravenhill, music, palestine, play, royal court, russia, song, spy, stasiland, story, the lives of others, theatre, west | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: berlin wall

Describe the Night, Hampstead Theatre

Thriller asks big questions

Listed: Wall Flowers – The Best of Berlin

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