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Dull girl power speeches and wild sex do not make Bridgerton a feminist triumph
“We’re seeing this Regency romance through a feminist lens,” proclaimed actor Regé-Jean Page, who plays the hunky-but-tortured Duke of Hastings in Netflix’s bodice-ripper Bridgerton, in a recent interview. Co-star Phoebe Dynevor has also thrown around the F word, saying that … Continue reading
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Tagged black, bridgerton, daphne, female, feminism, feminist, lady whistledown, love, marriage, netflix, penelope, period drama, queen charlotte, review, sex, telegraph, the duke, tv, women
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Katherine Ryan interview
I spoke to the comedian about her stand-up, podcast and new Netflix series The Duchess. Read my full The i Paper interview here
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Jane Eyre, National Theatre at Home
The National Theatre’s online broadcasts got off to a storming start with One Man, Two Guvnors – watched by over 2.5 million people, either on the night or in the week since its live streaming, and raising around £66,000 in donations. Let’s hope … Continue reading
Faustus: That Damned Woman, Lyric Hammersmith
Changing the gender of the title character “highlights the way in which women still operate in a world designed by and for men,” argues Chris Bush, whose reimagining of Marlowe’s play premieres at the Lyric ahead of a UK tour. It’s certainly a compelling … Continue reading
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Tagged chris bush, devil, faustus, feminist, gender, gender swap, hell, london, lyric hammersmith, marlowe, mephistopheles, play, review, that damned woman, theartsdesk, theatre
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The Welkin, National Theatre
How can we know more about a comet in outer space than we do a woman’s body? So queries Lucy Kirkwood’s superb new history play – a feminist courtroom drama that’s equal parts Twelve Angry Men, The Crucible and The Vagina Monologues, plus a dash … Continue reading
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Tagged book tickets, brexit, broadwayworld, feminist, gender, history, london, lucy kirkwood, maxine peake, national theatre, play, review, the welkin, theatre, trump, women
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What Girls Are Made Of, Soho Theatre
It’s now Edinburgh Fringe transfer season in London, but here’s one they made earlier: Cora Bissett’s Fringe First-winning autobiographical play from the 2018 Festival about her time in 1990s indie band Darlingheart. Though the broad shape of this tale is familiar, Bissett’s gig-theatre … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990s, band, blur, britpop, cora bissett, darlingheart, edinburgh fringe, feminist, fife, gig theatre, girls, indie, london, metoo, music, nme, patti smith, play, pop, radiohead, review, rock, scotland, scottish, theartsdesk, theatre, women
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Rutherford and Son, National Theatre
Rain gushes down the front of the Lyttelton stage, a pitiless wall of water trapping and framing the Rutherfords – a clan very much defined by their environment. It’s an arresting image to open Polly Findlay’s sure revival of Githa … Continue reading
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Emilia, Vaudeville Theatre
“We are only as powerful as the stories we tell.” So proclaims poet and activist Emilia Bassano, as she wrestles back her own story in Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s 2018 Globe hit – its raw, feminist, revolutionary power just as potent … Continue reading
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BWW Interview: The cast of Six
The current West End queens discuss the hit musical – and who is most like their alter ego… Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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