Film review: The Princess and the Frog
Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker – 2009
With starring Anika Noni Rose, Terrence Howard, John Goodman and Oprah Winfrey
It has been nearly a year since Barack Obama officially took office as the first black president of the United States of America. We are thus now living under the Obama dispensation; a direct result of [...]
Introducing the next Nina Simone
The UK has been slow to cotton on to Kansas City-born singer/songwriter and former busker Krystle Warren. Her sublime soul and jazz influenced folk music has received ample attention in both France (where she now resides) and the US for quite some time. However, it wasn’t until she performed a highly memorable set on ‘The [...]
Slaves to an empire state of mind
I walk into the pub convinced that I’m in the wrong place. I enquire at the bar and to my surprise I’m directed upstairs. ‘Slaves’ by Rex Obano is indeed showing one floor above The Latchmere Pub. All I can think is: wow this is different. The unusual location makes Theatre503 a hidden gem where [...]
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