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The Doctor, Almeida Theatre
Robert Icke, an associate director at the Almeida for the past six years, bids farewell in typically bold and epic fashion with his latest contemporary update. Arthur Schnitzler’s Professor Bernhardi, which premiered in 1912, has been skilfully reconfigured as an interrogation of … Continue reading
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Bad Jews, Arts Theatre
Joshua Harmon’s provocative 2012 piece is the Rocky of comedies. His evenly matched sparring partners, a pair of viscerally antagonistic cousins confined in close quarters after a familial loss, bruise, bludgeon and literally draw blood. The bonds of kinship have … Continue reading
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Tagged america, american, arts theatre, bad jews, cousin, culture, death, drama, faith, family, funeral, heritage, holocaust, identity, inheritance, jew, jewish, joshua harmon, judaism, kin, london, new york, play, race, racial, religion, review, rocky, summertime, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tradition, west end
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The Rise and Shine of Comrade Fiasco, Gate Theatre
The quest for liberation is popular dramatic terrain, but the Gate Theatre’s “Freedom Burning” season shifts focus to the aftermath. What do you do when the fight is over, and how can you be sure the sacrifice was worthwhile? It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged a human being died that night, africa, athol fugard, cave, cell, colonial, drama, fight, freedom, freedom fighter, gate theatre, history, identity, independence, jail, london, mugabe, national theatre studio, Nicholas Wright, play, prison, prisoner, review, revolution, story, the island, The Rise and Shine of Comrade Fiasco, theatre, war, zimbabwe
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