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Death of England: Delroy, National Theatre
Wednesday’s press performance was both opening and closing night at the National – their first show back curtailed by lockdown. Deeply frustrating, since Roy Williams and Clint Dyer’s blistering new state-of-the-nation monologue is clearly the play for the moment. Read my full … Continue reading
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Tagged clint dyer, death of england, delroy, england, lockdown, michael balogun, national theatre, pandemic, play, race, racial, racism, review, roy williams, the i paper, theatre, windrush
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Bad Jews, Arts Theatre
Joshua Harmon’s provocative 2012 piece is the Rocky of comedies. His evenly matched sparring partners, a pair of viscerally antagonistic cousins confined in close quarters after a familial loss, bruise, bludgeon and literally draw blood. The bonds of kinship have … Continue reading
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Tagged america, american, arts theatre, bad jews, cousin, culture, death, drama, faith, family, funeral, heritage, holocaust, identity, inheritance, jew, jewish, joshua harmon, judaism, kin, london, new york, play, race, racial, religion, review, rocky, summertime, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tradition, west end
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The House That Will Not Stand, Tricycle Theatre
Bigger is better in the Tricycle’s latest piece of reclaimed black history. African-American writer Marcus Gardley’s stimulating play, which transports Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba to 1836 New Orleans and a significant shift in the evolving racial hierarchy, begins … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, african, african-american, america, black, drama, family, free, freedom, heritage, history, house of bernarda alba, husband, Indhu Rubasingham, london, lorca, louisiana, magic, marcus gardley, marriage, marry, mistress, music, new orleans, placage, play, prejudice, race, racial, review, singing, sister, skin colour, slave, slavery, song, spirit, spiritual, the arts desk, the house that will not stand, the louisiana purchase, theartsdesk, theatre, tricycle theatre, usa, voodoo, wife, yankee
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