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The government’s attitude to Fatima and the arts will put them on the wrong side of history – they just don’t know it yet

Posted on October 12, 2020 by mkmswain

The latest tone-deaf salvo from our government to the creative sector is a CyberFirst campaign (belatedly removed after an outcry), one part of which depicts a ballet dancer called Fatima. The text reads: “Fatima’s next job could be in cyber (she just doesn’t know it … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged ad, advert, advertisement, arts, ballet, ballet dancer, campaign, culture, cyber, cyber first, dance, dancer, dancing, dido harding, economy, fatima, funding, government, independent, industry, oliver dowden, pandemic, rescue package, retrain, test and trace, theatre | Leave a comment

I’m Not Running, National Theatre

Posted on October 10, 2018 by mkmswain

Britain’s foremost political playwright David Hare returns with a new play examining the current state of the Labour Party. Or not exactly – this is a world with no Brexit, no Corbyn, nothing, in fact, to anchor it to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alex hassell, book tickets, broadwayworld, campaign, David Hare, doctor, female leader, hospital, i'm not running, joshua mcguire, labour party, mp, national theatre, nhs, politician, politics, review, sian brooke, women | Leave a comment

Ticking, Trafalgar Studios

Posted on October 12, 2015 by mkmswain

There’s nothing like a death to bring a family together. In Simon’s case, that death is his own – impending execution by firing squad in an unnamed Asian country, unless he can win a reprieve from the Prime Minister, President … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged anthony head, british, brothel, campaign, child, comedy, condemned, death, death row, deirdre barlow, drama, english, execution, family, father, firing squad, gallows humour, jail, justice, london, marriage, middle class, mother, murder, niamh cusack, parent, Paul Andrew Williams, play, prison, prostitute, review, secret, The Sun, theatre, therapy, ticking, tom hughes, trafalgar studios, west end | Leave a comment

Lippy, Young Vic

Posted on February 28, 2015 by mkmswain

How do we respond to a tragedy of infinite mystery? We investigate, we speculate, and we seek to impose meaning, to produce a story that safely contains unfathomable horror. However, those hoping for such reassurance via a traditional theatrical narrative … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 2001 a space odyssey, absurdist, america, beckett, campaign, casino, catholic, country music, death, drama, family, film, ireland, irish, leixlip, lip reader, lip reading, lippy, london, meta, mitt romney, movie, not i, play, police, president, religious, review, suicide, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, young vic | Leave a comment

The victims are not the problem

Posted on August 1, 2013 by mkmswain

I have a confession to make. While following coverage of the horrific gang rape and murder in Delhi, which included shocking statistics showing this was part of a wider culture (a rape reported on average every 18 hours; reported rape … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, TV | Tagged bbc, bomb, campaign, caroline criado-perez, delhi, everyday victim blaming, fifty shades of grey, gang rape, grace dent, hadley freeman, jimmy savile, newsnight, police, rape, stella creasy, threat, toby young, troll, twitter, victim, walthamstow | Leave a comment

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I’m Not Running, National Theatre

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