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Tag Archives: sixties
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
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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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Hangmen, Wyndham’s Theatre
Just what constitutes reasonable behaviour in an enlightened society? Not long ago, the death penalty fell under that umbrella in Britain, and state-sanctioned killing as punishment for the crime of, well, killing is just the kind of twisted irony that … Continue reading
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Tagged capital punishment, crime, david morrissey, death, drama, farce, hang, hanged, hangmen, johnny flynn, justice, london, martin mcdonagh, murder, oldham, pierrepoint, pinter, play, pub, review, royal court, sixties, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, thriller, west end
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The Homecoming, Trafalgar Studios
Welcome to the hellmouth. In Jamie Lloyd’s startling 50th anniversary revival, the seething, primal hinterland of Pinter’s domestic conflict is made flesh: the metal cage surrounding an innocuous living room glows a devilish red, sulphur-like smoke belches from the ether, … Continue reading
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Tagged 60s, brother, drama, family, father, gary kemp, gemma chan, gender, hackney, horror, jamie lloyd, john simm, keith allen, london, mother, pinter, play, review, ron cook, sex, sixties, the arts desk, the homecoming, theartsdesk, theatre, trafalgar studios, violence, west end, wife
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Casa Valentina, Southwark Playhouse
The “femmepersonators” of Harvey Fierstein’s 1962-set drama would be flabbergasted by today’s level of trans visibility, from Grayson Perry and Caitlyn Jenner to Transparent and Eddie Redmayne’s new film The Danish Girl. Yet it’s the still pertinent issue of private … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, activitist, america, caitlyn jenner, camp, casa valentina, catskills, cross dressing, eddie redmayne, female, gay, gender, grayson perry, Harvey Fierstein, homosexual, kinky boots, male, margaret thatcher, mccarthy, minority, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Rita Hayworth, sex, sixties, southwark playhouse, the danish girl, trans, transgender, transparent, transvestite, visibility
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Swinging Sixties
If you didn’t know the Kinks hailed from Muswell Hill, you certainly will by the end of the Hampstead Theatre’s first musical, which basks in the glory of the local boys made good. It’s also an apt venue in which … Continue reading
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Tagged 1966, band, beatles, biopic, edward hall, hampstead, hampstead theatre, jersey boys, joe penhall, jukebox, london, macmillan, music, musical, muswell hill, north london, play, pop, ray davies, review, rock, rolling stones, sixties, sunny afternoon, the kinks, theatre, world cup, x factor, you really got me
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