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Issue 14  |  March 2010

Inside: Issue 14

Theatre review: random by debbie tucker green

debbie tucker green has written an engaging and moving script that contains both laugh-out-loud moments and heartfelt silence

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Inside: Issue 12, The Vault

Theatre review: Off the Endz

Even before its opening at the Royal Court Theatre, Bola Agbaje’s third play Off the Endz was under fire. Labelled by Evening Standard columnist Lindsey Johns as “Theatre of the Ghetto” Off the Endz explores the familiar themes of crime, drugs and life on an estate.
David (Ashley Walters) has recently been released from prison and [...]

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Inside: Issue 12, The Vault

Review of ‘11 and 12′ directed by Peter Brook

‘11 and 12’ written by Malian scribe Amadou Hampate Ba is a cautionary tale about the dangers posed by religious ritual devoid of understanding and spiritual maturity.

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Inside: Issue 11, The Vault

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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Inside: Issue 13, The Vault

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 [...]

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Inside: Issue 10, The Vault

Black theatre in the making?

Oladipo Agboluaje is no stranger to the world of theatre, so when he was named the latest recipient of the Alfred Fagon Award for 2009, it was no surprise to those within the industry. Having gained critical success for his plays The Christ of Coldharbour Lane and The Hounding of David Oluwale, this award in [...]

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Inside: Issue 9, The Vault

From Broadway to the West End

The 5 Broadway shows we’d like to see in the West End

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Inside: Issue 7, The Vault

Review of the play A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Performing the 1974 version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, the story of Brick Pollitt a recently married man who goes back down south to celebrate his father, Big Daddy’s, birthday. This is the first time a Broadway play with an all black cast has transferred to the West End. That alone makes the play stand out but what makes it truly remarkable is that all the actors in this production of Cat are first class.

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Theatre review: Marilyn and Ella

Marilyn and Ella is the tale of friendship between Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald; two women separated by race but brought together by their mutual respect and adoration for each other. Written by Bonnie Greer and directed by Colin McFarlane, this musical brings to the forefront a moment in history which has been elusive and [...]

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Inside: Entertainment News

Review of Seize the Day at Tricycle

The Tricycle’s ambitious rep season of three new plays by leading black British dramatists continues with Seize the Day by Kwame Kwei-Armah. Directed by its author, the show begins in cracking style. Our hero, Jeremy Charles, is a former insurance executive who has become a celebrity after appearing on a TV reality show. He is [...]

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