Tag Archives: edward snowden

The Haystack, Hampstead Theatre

Posted on February 7, 2020 by mkmswain

With counter-terrorism an urgent concern – and specifically how best to find, track and use the data of suspected threats, without sacrificing our privacy and civil liberties – it’s excellent timing for a meaty drama about the surveillance state. And the … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged al blyth, counter terrorism, data, edward snowden, free press, gchq, government, guardian, hacking, hampstead theatre, james graham, journalist, london, mass data collection, media, nsa, play, press, privacy, review, roxana silbert, security, security services, source, spy, state, surveillance, terrorism, terrorist, the haystack, theartsdesk, theatre, thriller, whistleblower | Leave a comment

Wild, Hampstead Theatre

Posted on June 21, 2016 by mkmswain

Who do you trust? The EU Referendum campaign has exposed a mounting suspicion of the establishment, from financial institutions to press and politicians, and our sense of nationhood has never been murkier. But if we cease to believe in anything, … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged america, drama, edward snowden, government, hampstead theatre, james macdonald, julian assange, leak, Mike Bartlett, miriam buether, play, privacy, referendum, review, russia, security, spy, stage, surveillance, technology, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, trust, whistleblower, wikileaks, wild | Leave a comment

Ralph Fiennes’s Richard III Leads June’s Top 10 New London Shows

Posted on May 30, 2016 by mkmswain

From starry Shakespeare and Rattigan productions to big musicals and resonant new plays. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged aladdin, alexi kaye campbell, alfie allen, almeida, apollo theatre, best, book tickets, broadwayworld, disney, downton abbey, drama, edward snowden, elizabeth mcgovern, film, game of thrones, globe, greece, hampstead theatre, helen mccrory, henry v, hobsons choice, hollywood, iqbal khan, jesse eisenberg, june, london, macbeth, martin shaw, michael crawford, Mike Bartlett, movie, musical, national theatre, new, open air theatre, play, prince edward theatre, ralph fiennes, regents park, richard iii, rupert goold, shakespeare, star, sunset at the villa thalia, the deep blue sea, the go between, the spoils, theatre, top 10, trafalgar studios, vaudeville theatre, west end, wild | Leave a comment

A dazzling debate about privacy in the digital age

Posted on May 2, 2014 by mkmswain

Leave your smartphones on when entering the theatre. But beware: playful audience participation comes at a price. You’re not just sending a selfie – you’re laying yourself open to brutal public data mining. It’s a neat microcosm of the social … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged apple, clubcard, data, data mining, donmar warehouse, edward snowden, facebook, google, google maps, guardian, ham & high, hampstead, highgate, human rights, ipad, iphone, itunes, james ball, james graham, josie rourke, liberty, london, loyalty card, metadata, north london, orwell, play, privacy, review, security, selfie, shakespeare, shopping, smartphone, social media, spy, supermarket, terms and conditions, tesco, the tempest, theatre, twitter, washington post, william hague | Leave a comment

The writing’s on the wall

Posted on June 25, 2013 by mkmswain

“It is the most effective indictment of Nazism to appear in fiction,” proclaimed The New York Times Book Review of American author Kathrine Kressmann Taylor’s 1938 epistolary novella Address Unknown. Seventy-five years later, her work still packs a powerful punch in the form of … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged address unknown, america, austerity, bnp, book, drama, economic downturn, edl, edward snowden, germany, hitler, holocaust, jazz, jew, letter, london, murder, nazi, new york times, novel, opera, play, recession, saki, second world war, soho theatre, surveillance, theatre, world world two | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: edward snowden

The Haystack, Hampstead Theatre

Wild, Hampstead Theatre

Ralph Fiennes’s Richard III Leads June’s Top 10 New London Shows

The writing’s on the wall

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