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Small Island, National Theatre
The 2004 prize-winning novel by Andrea Levy, who sadly passed away earlier this year, has been beautifully translated to stage by adaptor Helen Edmundson and NT head honcho Rufus Norris, using thrilling theatrical solutions to honour Levy’s epic – and still urgent – … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged andrea levy, book tickets, broadwayworld, caribbean, immigrant, immigration, jamaica, leah harvey, london, national theatre, play, review, rufus norris, second world war, small island, theatre, west indies, windrush
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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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The art of living
Highlights of my July MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: Dig deep Take an active role in uncovering London’s history during the Festival of Archaeology Don’t miss: Picture perfect It’s girls on top in the Prize for Illustration, responding to the theme London … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fiction, Journalism
Tagged abroad, america, american, archaeology, art, book, children, city, commute, commuter, competition, country, dig, excavation, exhibition, family, festival, festival of archaeology, fiction, foreshore, go set a watchman, greenwich, harper lee, history, holiday, ice cave, illustration, immigration, kids, london, london transport museum, moveto, moveto town and country, museum, novel, pack, packing, packpoint, past, prize, read, roman, royal observatory, thames, time team, to kill a mockingbird, town, train, transport, treasure, trip, tube, underground
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Skewering of tabloid excess packs an urgent topicality
Morris Honeyspoon is a monster. In editorial conference, he halts objections with a blast of his air horn, and when a puppyish staffer challenges his blanket anti-immigration policy, Roman helmet-clutching Morris takes sadistic pleasure in ritually humiliating him. It’s not … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged arcola theatre, celebrity, clarion, comedy, daily express, daily mail, drama, editor, election, fleet street, headline, immigration, london, malcolm tucker, Mark Jagasia, news, newspaper, paper, play, political, politics, review, satire, sharia law, tabloid, theatre
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Clarion, Arcola Theatre
“Fury Over Sharia Law For Toddlers!” No, not a prime example of spoof headline generator Daily Mail-o-matic, but the latest piece of fantastical scaremongering from the Clarion, a 125-year-old (semi-)fictional rag that’s upped sales by splashing on immigration every day … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged arcola theatre, clare higgins, clarion, columnist, daily express, daily mail, drama, election, evening standard, extremist, family values, fleet street, front page, glamour model, great britain, greg hicks, guardian, headline, immigration, london, Mark Jagasia, media, news, newspaper, paper, play, politics, review, richard bean, satire, sharia law, showbiz, tabloid, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, ukip
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Flawed but urgent look at British Islam
Actor-turned-playwright John Hollingworth’s debut isn’t so much ripped from the headlines as startlingly prescient. Developed four years before the Paris attacks and Jihadi John’s gruesome antics, Multitudes tackles immigration, Islamic conversion and multicultural discord with a passion that fires up … Continue reading
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Tagged bradford, community, conservative, conversion, drama, east is east, ham and high, hampstead, hampstead and highgate express, immigration, Indhu Rubasingham, is, isis, islam, islamic state, jihadi john, london, multicultural, multitudes, newsnight, nigel farage, north london, pakistan, paris, party conference, play, political, religion, review, spin doctor, syria, the thick of it, theatre, tory, tricycle theatre, ukip
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Thriller asks big questions
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
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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
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Rudy’s Rare Records
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
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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
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