Tag Archives: immigrant

Fiddler on the Roof, Menier Chocolate Factory

Posted on December 6, 2018 by mkmswain

There’s a welcome alternative to panto hijinks in this gem of a Trevor Nunn musical revival – more attuned to the biting hardships of winter, and to the elegiac aspect of change, than to festive jollies. Which is not to say that there … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged andy nyman, dancing, daughter, faith, family, father, fiddler on the roof, if i were a rich man, immigrant, jew, jewish, judaism, judy kuhn, london, love, marriage, menier chocolate factory, musical, religion, review, revolution, russia, singing, theartsdesk, theatre, tradition, trevor nunn, tsar | Leave a comment

White Teeth, Kiln Theatre

Posted on November 7, 2018 by mkmswain

A few protestors might be doggedly hanging on outside the Kiln (was Tricycle) Theatre, but their complaints are firmly refuted by its current show: a vibrant adaptation of Zadie Smith’s award-winning novel that is not just about but firmly rooted in … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged adaptation, book tickets, broadwayworld, daughter, family, immigrant, Indhu Rubasingham, kilburn, kiln theatre, london, mother, music, north west london, novel, play, race, review, simon sharkey, songs, theatre, west hampstead, white teeth, zadie smith | Leave a comment

The Lehman Trilogy, National Theatre

Posted on July 13, 2018 by mkmswain

Through one family and one company, Italian playwright Stefano Massini tackles big topics: the development of Western capitalism, the immigrant experience, the American Dream. But this isn’t just any family – it’s the Lehman Brothers, the collapse of whose banking … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged adam godley, america, american dream, bank, ben miles, ben power, book tickets, broadwayworld, es devlin, finance, immigrant, jewish, lehman brothers, london, market crash, national theatre, new york, play, review, sam mendes, simon russell beale, stock exchange, the lehman trilogy, theatre, visit london, wall street | Leave a comment

In the Heights, King’s Cross Theatre

Posted on October 14, 2015 by mkmswain

Rents are going up, local businesses priced out, and the rich folk and hipsters are invading. That’s in Washington Heights, New York’s largely Dominican-American quarter, but it could as easily describe King’s Cross, one of multiple London areas undergoing gentrification. … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged america, dance, dancing, development, dominican, drama, drew mconie, gentrification, hamilton, hip hop, hipster, hispanic, immigrant, in the heights, kings cross, kings cross theatre, latin, lin-manuel miranda, london, music, musical, new york, pop, rap, rent, review, salsa, sing, singing, song, southwark playhouse, the railway children, theatre, tony award, washington heights, west end, west side story | Leave a comment

East is East, Richmond Theatre

Posted on January 20, 2015 by mkmswain

The mark of a great revival is that compelling combination of recapturing the past and commenting on the present. Ayub Khan Din’s distinctive comedy/drama, which impressed on its searing 1996 debut and subsequent 1999 award-winning film adaptation, is reborn in … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 1970s, asian, Ayub Khan Din, bargain theatreland, comedy, culture, drama, east is east, family, film, immigrant, india, jane horrocks, london, manchester, marriage, movie, muslim, paki, pakistan, parent, play, review, revival, richmond theatre, salford, stage, theatre, trafalgar studios | Leave a comment

Thriller asks big questions

Posted on November 21, 2014 by mkmswain

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 →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | 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 | Leave a comment

Rudy’s Rare Records

Posted on October 2, 2014 by mkmswain

Following a deluge of film-to-stage transfers, Rudy’s Rare Records takes a more unusual route from Radio 4 sitcom to semi-musical theatre. The cosy formula remains intact – creaking plot mechanics more apparent in a meandering two and a half hours … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged bbc, birmingham, comedy, dad, drama, family, father, hackney, hackney empire, immigrant, immigration, jamaica, lenny henry, london, multicultural, music, musical, play, race, racist, radio 4, record, reggae, review, rudys rare records, sing, sitcom, son, song, soul, steptoe and son, theatre, ukip | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: immigrant

Fiddler on the Roof, Menier Chocolate Factory

White Teeth, Kiln Theatre

The Lehman Trilogy, National Theatre

In the Heights, King’s Cross Theatre

East is East, Richmond Theatre

Thriller asks big questions

Rudy’s Rare Records

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