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See West End shows with religious themes
Heavenly London shows, from The Southbury Child to The Book of Mormon. Read my full London Theatre article here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged bad jews, bob marley, book tickets, christian, church, come from away, faith, get up stand up, god, jewish, les miserables, london, london theatre, mormon, musical, play, religion, religious, sister, sister act, the book of mormon, the southbury child, theatre, west end
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The Man in the Woman’s Shoes, Tricycle Theatre
Where else can you find a spot-on impression of a dog who thinks she’s a cockerel? That’s just one member of the menagerie conjured by the extraordinary Mikel Murfi, who also summons chickens, bees, seagulls, pigs, sheep and a dying … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged church, drama, ham and high, ireland, irish, london, love, Mikel Murfi, play, review, rural, seventies, sligo, the man in the womans shoes, theatre, tricycle theatre
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A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes, Tricycle Theatre
Molière’s 1664 comedy Tartuffe transplanted to present-day Atlanta, Georgia: it sounds like an inspired idea. The hypocritical religious devotee becomes a charlatan preacher fleecing his flock, offering salvation in exchange for hard cash and a distinctly unpriestly grope. But Marcus … Continue reading
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Tagged a wolf in snakeskin shoes, america, atlanta, bible, christian, church, comedy, deep south, drama, empire, faith, faith healer, family, farce, gay, georgia, god, gospel, homosexual, marcus gardley, moliere, music, noises off, play, poetry, preacher, religion, review, sex, singing, tartuffe, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tricycle theatre, verse
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Luna Gale, Hampstead Theatre
Can we really distinguish between experience-based judgement and personal bias? Caroline, the social worker at the centre of American writer Rebecca Gilman’s latest “issue” play, trusts a gut instinct informed by her 25-year career, but those decisions – which shape … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged abuse, america, american, austerity, budget, child, child protection, children, christian, church, cuts, drama, drug addict, drugs, evangelical, faith, family, father, foster care, hampstead theatre, iowa, luna gale, meth, michael attenborough, mother, neglect, north london, parent, play, rebecca gilman, rehab, religion, review, sharon small, social services, social worker, theatre, welfare
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Thriller asks big questions
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
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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
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Labour isn’t working
Britain is becoming increasingly secular. Last year, a ComRes poll showed that the number of people identifying as atheist has risen from 14% in 1963 to 42%, with 54% of those surveyed saying they would visit a Church of England … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged arco, arnold schwarzenegger, broadway, christianity, church, church of england, god, greek, herakles, hercules, history, iris theatre, kabuki, labours, lost, mummers, music, musical, mythology, religion, soundscape, theatre
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