REVIEW | Asking For It | Birmingham Rep
Louise O’Neill’s powerfully poignant Irish novel Asking For It has been adapted for the stage and made its UK premiere at Birmingham Rep. When Emma, a teenager who lives in…
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INTERVIEW | Debbie Korley Talks Fighting for Freedom in the RSC’s New Play The Whip
On the dawning of the 19th century, politicians gathered in London to abolish the slave trade forever. This story is brought to the stage in Juliet Gilkes Romero’s new play…
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INSIDE | Knowledge, Education & Growing Up with the cast of The History Boys
A brand new production of Alan Bennett’s The History Boys, a clever and witty play set inside a school, takes to the stage at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre this February. The…
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INTERVEW | Debbie Chazen Talks the Importance of Jewish Stories on Stage in ‘RAGS The Musical’
The Hope Mill Theatre’s critically-acclaimed production of RAGS The Musical is the heart-warming story of Jewish immigrants that start a new life in America. Arriving straight to Ellis Island, this…
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INTERVIEW | Shannon Hayes Talks New Comedy Drama ‘The Gift’ about Culture, Imperialism & Cross-Racial Adoption
Bringing the true story of Sarah, an African girl adopted by Queen Victoria, to life on stage this January. The Belgrade Theatre in Coventry and Eclipse Theatre are staging a…
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INTERVIEW | Masha Kevinovna Talks Creating Cross-Arts Theatre with ‘The Girl With Glitter In Her Eye’
OPIA Collective create cross-arts shows with spoken word, live music and theatre. Their latest production, The Girl With Glitter In her Eye is a powerful story of a friendship complicated…
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INTERVIEW | Louise O’Neill on her Book ‘Asking For It’ Being Adapted for the Stage – an Irish Play that Explores Rape Culture in our Modern World
Author Louise O’Neill’s book Asking For It looks at what it’s like to be young, rape culture and victim blaming. Told through the eyes of Emma, a teenage girl that…
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Top Shows of 2019
This year I saw over 144 shows, from spectacular West end to powerful Edinburgh Fringe, exceptional regional theatre and sensational dance. Ahead of another busy year of theatre in 2020,…
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