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Yerma, Young Vic
Australian theatre’s ‘enfant terrible’ Simon Stone, whose 2014 version of Ibsen’s The Wild Duck at the Barbican memorably starred a live duck, has returned to take on Lorca’s 1934 “tragic poem”. If some of the elemental lyricism has been lost … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, australian, baby, billie piper, brendan cowell, broadwayworld, charlotte randle, child, children, feminist, gareth farr, infertility, ivf, lorca, maureen beattie, millennial, modern, mother, parent, park theatre, review, simon stone, the quiet house, yerma, young vic
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The Brink, Orange Tree Theatre
Generation Y are worriers. There’s certainly plenty to fuel that angst, from mounting debts, employment uncertainty and the ever-worsening housing crisis to international conflict and terrorism – as explored by a slew of recent articles (and the occasional “How anxious … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, brad birch, conspiracy, david bowie, drama, fear, generation y, heroes, london, mel hillyard, millennial, orange tree theatre, play, review, school, teacher, the arts desk, the brink, theartsdesk, theatre, thriller, worry
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Worthy but thin tale of broken Britain
Eighteen months on, and Ed Miliband is still intoning “Cost of living crisis” in the hope of persuading disillusioned voters that someone at Westminster understands their plight. Yet the gulf between rhetoric and experience seems ever widening, making art that … Continue reading
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Tagged arrest, changing state, child, cost of living crisis, crime, drama, drugs, ed miliband, election, ethnic minority, hen and chickens, house, housing, islington, islington gazette, local council, london, low income, millennial, north london, parent, play, politician, politics, poverty, pregnancy, prison, race, review, riots, singing, statistics, talent contest, teenager, theatre, unemployment, westminster, young, youth
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