Tag Archives: black

One Night in Miami, Donmar Warehouse

Posted on October 15, 2016 by mkmswain

“I shook up the world.” So says young gun and new heavyweight champion Cassius Clay (shortly to become Muhammad Ali) in those heady moments after his shock defeat of Sonny Liston in February 1964. But a meeting that same night … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged african-american, america, black, broadwayworld, cassius clay, donmar warehouse, jim brown, kemp powers, malcolm x, muhammad ali, one night in miami, race, review, sam cooke | Leave a comment

Torn, Royal Court Theatre

Posted on September 14, 2016 by mkmswain

Family is the ideal, the necessity, the burden and the war zone of Nathaniel Martello-White’s intricate new play, alternately elusive and confrontational. It’s group therapy – Ultz provides the community hall plastic chairs and tea table – with no safeguards, … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged abuse, black, broadwayworld, child, family, father, gay, mother, nathaniel martello-white, parent, poverty, race, racism, review, Richard Twyman, royal court, therapy, torn, white | Leave a comment

BWW Interview: Leon Lopez

Posted on September 7, 2016 by mkmswain

Leon Lopez has had an unusual career trajectory, from pop group A:M and TV soaps like Brookside and EastEnders to musical theatre (including Rent and We Will Rock You) and directing independent films. He’s currently working with the RSC, celebrating … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged aphra behn, bame, black, blanche mcintyre, broadwayworld, brookside, classical, diversity, eastenders, film, fletcher, gay, hermione, interview, jk rowling, leon lopez, liverpool, mixed race, music, musical, Noma Dumezweni, royal shakespeare company, rsc, shakespeare, singer, stratford, swan theatre, the rover, the two noble kinsmen | Leave a comment

Red Velvet, Garrick Theatre

Posted on February 3, 2016 by mkmswain

Lolita Chakrabarti’s impassioned debut has only gained topicality since its 2012 Tricycle incarnation. Trevor Nunn’s all-white Wars of the Roses and #OscarsSoWhite, among others, have fanned its flames, while quips about a paranoid Russian regime and the limits of English … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged abolition, actor, adrian lester, backstage, black, cameron, drama, european referendum, garrick theatre, history, ira aldridge, kenneth branagh, london, oscars, oscarssowhite, othello, period drama, play, prejudice, race, racism, red velvet, review, slavery, theatre, theatre royal, tricycle theatre, trump, west end | Leave a comment

10 Questions For Actress Pippa Bennett-Warner

Posted on May 18, 2015 by mkmswain

At just 26, Pippa Bennett-Warner has already achieved many actors’ goals, from treading the boards at the National and having a part written specially for her to sharing scenes with luminaries like Derek Jacobi and Eddie Redmayne. She debuted aged … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged abi morgan, acting, actor, actress, black, colour blind casting, comedy, corset, costume drama, derek jacobi, diversity, doctor who, drama, eddie redmayne, farquhar, female, feminism, hamlet, interview, king lear, london, love, michael grandage, national theatre, olivier, part, patrick marber, period, pippa bennett-warner, play, race, rada, restoration comedy, richard ii, river, role, romance, royal court, samuel barnett, school, shakespeare, south bank, susannah fielding, the beaux stratagem, the lion king, theatre, tis pity shes a whore, tv, women | Leave a comment

The House That Will Not Stand, Tricycle Theatre

Posted on October 21, 2014 by mkmswain

Bigger is better in the Tricycle’s latest piece of reclaimed black history. African-American writer Marcus Gardley’s stimulating play, which transports Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba to 1836 New Orleans and a significant shift in the evolving racial hierarchy, begins … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged africa, african, african-american, america, black, drama, family, free, freedom, heritage, history, house of bernarda alba, husband, Indhu Rubasingham, london, lorca, louisiana, magic, marcus gardley, marriage, marry, mistress, music, new orleans, placage, play, prejudice, race, racial, review, singing, sister, skin colour, slave, slavery, song, spirit, spiritual, the arts desk, the house that will not stand, the louisiana purchase, theartsdesk, theatre, tricycle theatre, usa, voodoo, wife, yankee | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: black

One Night in Miami, Donmar Warehouse

Torn, Royal Court Theatre

BWW Interview: Leon Lopez

Red Velvet, Garrick Theatre

10 Questions For Actress Pippa Bennett-Warner

The House That Will Not Stand, Tricycle Theatre

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