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Tag Archives: protest
Apologia, Trafalgar Studios
Back in 2009, Alexi Kaye Campbell followed up his bold first play The Pride with Apologia, which takes the well-trodden path of a fraught family reunion where past grievances stalk the present. If more conventional, it’s still an enjoyable combination of big ideas, sharp … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alexi kaye campbell, america, american, apologia, baby boomer, book tickets, broadwayworld, cheap, child, family, feminist, freema agyeman, jamie lloyd, laura carmichael, liberal, london, mother, obama, politics, protest, review, sixties, socialist, son, stockard channing, ticket deal, ticket discount, trafalgar studios, trump, west end
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Listed: Suffragettes portrayed
Following the release of film Suffragette, theartsdesk explores other depictions of the women’s movement, from fiction and drama to documentary and song. Read the full theartsdesk article here
Posted in Art, Fiction, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged abi morgan, bfi, bicycle, book, carey mulligan, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, comedy, cycling, drama, emeline pankhurst, fallings angels, feminism, feminist, fiction, film, her naked skin, hg wells, independence, meryl streep, movie, mr selfridge, mrs warrens profession, national theatre, no surrender, novel, olivier, pankhurst, parades end, play, protest, read, rebecca lenkiewicz, sarah gavron, shoulder to shoulder, song, suffrage, suffragette, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tv, up the women, vote, votes for women, war, woman, women, womens movement
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Stop! The Play, Trafalgar Studios
The play’s the thing, once again, in the latest backstage comedy, an affable if limited dig at luvvie pretensions. Noises Off still reigns supreme in this genre, with successors unable to match the bravura precision of Michael Frayn’s masterful multitasking … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged acting, actor, actress, art, artist, backstage, banksy, behind the scenes, chaos, comedy, director, disaster, drama, farce, london, michael frayn, noises off, parody, play, play within a play, playwright, protest, reduced shakespeare company, rehearsal, review, sex, sketch, stand-up, stop the play, the arts desk, the play that goes wrong, theartsdesk, theatre, trafalgar studios, writer, writing
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Saxon Court, Southwark Playhouse
Saxon Court joins the growing list of new plays tackling the economic collapse, and while lacking the creative innovation of work like Clare Duffy’s Money: The Game Show at the Bush or Anders Lustgarten’s If You Don’t Let Us Dream, We Won’t … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 2011, benefits, bush theatre, business, career, christmas, downturn, drama, economic, finance, financial, financial crisis, if you don't let us dream we won't let you sleep, job, jobs, london, lord sugar, money the game show, occupy london, office, party, play, protest, recruitment, review, royal court theatre, saxon court, southwark playhouse, thatcher, the apprentice, theartsdesk, unemployed, work
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Dogfight, Southwark Playhouse
It is no mean feat to turn an audience against idealistic, painfully young marines heading for the nightmarish hell of Vietnam, but Dogfight comes perilously close to achieving that undesirable goal in the manner of their introduction. The band of … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged 1960s, dogfight, film, folk, hippy, jarhead, jfk, london, marine, movie, musical, off broadway, on the town, once, protest, review, river phoenix, romance, san francisco, soldier, southwark playhouse, the arts desk, theatre, vietnam, war, woody guthrie
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