Tag Archives: porn

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again., Shoreditch Town Hall

Posted on September 3, 2016 by mkmswain

I hope there’s a time when we don’t feel that Alice Birch’s bold, blackly funny, uncompromising battle cry of a play is a necessary intervention. A time when we’re not reeling from – among many others – sexist Olympics commentary, … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Theatre | Tagged alice birch, broadwayworld, emma fielding, erica whyman, feminism, feminist, gender, girl, inequality, porn, rape, review, revolt she said revolt again, rsc, sexism, shoreditch town hall, woman, women | Leave a comment

We Want You To Watch, National Theatre

Posted on June 16, 2015 by mkmswain

“We’re completely pro sex.” Rashdash, who collaborated with Alice Birch on this anarchic challenge to pornography, are not objecting on prudish grounds – their concern is the corrosive impact of degrading, dehumanising material. We are all affected, and we all need … Continue reading →

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Little Light, Orange Tree Theatre

Posted on February 8, 2015 by mkmswain

The Orange Tree’s renaissance continues with this searing piece from playwright of the moment Alice Birch, who will shortly follow up last year’s subversive Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again with an interrogation of the porn industry for Rufus Norris’s debut … Continue reading →

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Mostly build-up…debatable climax

Posted on May 8, 2014 by mkmswain

“How long do you intend to draw this out?” So enquires German philosopher Adorno of his student-turned-extorter, who claims to possess the material influential academic Walter Benjamin smuggled out of Nazi-occupied Paris shortly before his death. Yet the question could … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: porn

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again., Shoreditch Town Hall

We Want You To Watch, National Theatre

Little Light, Orange Tree Theatre

Mostly build-up…debatable climax

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