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Obvious, unfunny satire finds nothing new on Brand furore
Back in 2008, Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross prank-called Andrews Sachs, claiming Brand had slept with his granddaughter. Daniel Dingsdale’s debut Dark Tourism opens with a similar incident: two radio shock jocks, one a pale imitation of Brand, and a joke … Continue reading
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Tagged actress, celebrity, dark tourism, drama, ham and high, joke, jonathan ross, media, newspaper, nsfw, park theatre, play, pr, publicist, radio, rape, reality tv, revenge porn, review, russell brand, sex, tabloid, theatre, violence, x factor, xfm
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Dark Tourism, Park Theatre
Stop press: our rampant celebrity culture might not be wholly positive! If you’ve already been apprised of that fact some time in the past century, go ahead and skip actor Daniel Dingsdale’s debut play, which – along with Steve Thompson’s … Continue reading
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Tagged actress, celeb, celebrity, dark tourism, drama, fame, famous, jonathan ross, journalist, london, lucy kirkwood, media, network, nsfw, paparazzi, park theatre, play, pr, princess diana, radio, reality tv, review, russell brand, sex, sex tape, singer, social media, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, x factor, xfm
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Everyman, National Theatre
As we stagger towards electoral chaos, isn’t it comforting to think there might be a master plan at work? That Russell Brand’s meddling is preordained, or Cameron’s ‘brain fade’ an act of divine intervention? The second play in Rufus Norris’s … Continue reading
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