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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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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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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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