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Tag Archives: game
Pomona, National Theatre
Last year, new Orange Tree artistic director Paul Miller electrified his theatre by programming Alistair McDowall’s brilliant and brutal dystopian thriller. Now it occupies the National’s Temporary space, with most of its excellent original cast intact. Read my full Ham & … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alistair mcdowall, contemporary, crime, drama, dystopian, fantasy, game, ham and high, horror, island, lovecraft, manchester, national theatre, orange tree theatre, organ harvesting, pomona, prostitution, quest, review, rpg, sci fi, temporary space, theatre
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Bend It Like Beckham, Phoenix Theatre
Women’s football, immigration and multiculturalism: Gurinder Chadha’s new musical couldn’t be more pertinent, right? Well, yes and no. Like her original film, writer/director Chadha keeps the action in 2002, meaning there’s no UKIP, no IS and no FIFA meltdown. Threats … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged adaptation, Aletta Collins, asian, bend it like beckham, bhangra, billy elliot, bollywood, dance, dance today, dancing, david beckham, film, football, game, Gurinder Chadha, Howard Goodall, immigration, indian, Lauren Samuels, london, magazine, match, movie, multicultural, music, musical, review, singing, song, Sophie-Louise Dann, sport, stage, team, theatre, wedding, west end, womens football
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Topical fable shines light on darkest corners of life online
From Twitter abuse to games and websites indulging our darkest desires, the virtual world is constantly challenging traditional morality and legality. American playwright Jennifer Haley goes a step further in her gripping 2012 dystopian vision of a “real” world overtaken … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged abuse, children, drama, duke of york's, es devlin, game, gaming, headlong, internet, islington gazette, jennifer haley, london, online, orwell, paedophile, paedophilia, review, royal court, stage, the nether, theatre, troll, twitter, virtual, website, west end
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