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REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Wife of Willesden at Kiln Theatre

In Features, London theatre, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Plays, Reviews by Emma Clarendon27th November 2021Leave a Comment

On LoveLondonLoveCulture, Emma Clarendon rounds up the reviews for multi-award-winning novelist Zadie Smith’s debut play The Wife of Willesden?

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‘The fun they’re all having absolutely includes & invites you’: THE WIFE OF WILLESDEN – Kiln Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Plays, Reviews by Libby Purves19th November 2021Leave a Comment

Zadie Smith humbly refers to her first play as more like “homework” than the novelist’s usual dread of a blank page. Chaucer, after all, laid down its tale, framework and attitudes 600 years ago.

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NEWS: National Theatre announces new productions including Nicola Walker in The Corn is Green

In London theatre, Native, News, Other Recent Articles, Plays, Press Releases by Press Releases12th November 2021

The National Theatre has published on-sale dates and further details of its next new tranche of productions, opening from now until May 2022 with tickets on sale to the public from 2 December 2021.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Invisible Hand at the Kiln Theatre

In Features, London theatre, Native, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Emma Clarendon14th July 2021Leave a Comment

Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for Indhu Rubasingham‘s revival of Ayad Akhtar’s play at the Kiln Theatre.

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NEWS: The Kiln Theatre reopens its doors with 3 world premieres

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Press Releases6th April 2021

For the first time since theatres closed on 16 March 2020, Kiln Theatre will reopen to share live performance with audiences with a season of work including three world premieres.

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‘This is the fiercest account of racism on the London stage’: PASS OVER – Kiln Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz26th February 2020Leave a Comment

Despite its absurdist style, Pass Over is a political play whose message is indisputable. The evening is a powerful mixture of male camaraderie, brutality and almost casual defiance.

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‘The performances throughout are sharp & refined’: WHEN THE CROWS VISIT – Kiln Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Emma Clarendon5th November 2019Leave a Comment

Anupama Chandrasekhar’s chilling play examines what happens when a cycle of violence and those who stand by and watch it happen is passed down through the generations.

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FEATURED SHOW: ★★★★ reviews are in for ‘startling’ new play When the Crows Visit

In Features, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays by Featured Content4th November 2019

Reviews are in for Anupama Chandresekhar’s “startling and powerful” new “haunting beast of a play” When the Crows Visit at London’s Kiln Theatre, where it continues until 30 November. We’ve rounded up highlights from Asian culture vultures and other critics. Time to get booking!

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Terri trips: Ibsen via India in When the Crows Visit’s world premiere

In Features, London theatre, Native, Opinion, Photos, Plays by Terri Paddock1st November 2019Leave a Comment

I’ve been remiss in not getting back up to Kilburn, where I lived for many years, since the reopening of Kiln Theatre. But I was able to put that right with a trip to artistic director Indhu Rubasingham’s world premiere production of Anupama Chandresekhar’s When the Crows Visit.

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‘A violently disturbing play & so it should be’: WHEN THE CROWS VISIT – Kiln Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Libby Purves31st October 2019Leave a Comment

Director Indhu Rubasingham spares us none of the rage and horror of violent mutilation as male anger rises against women who are educated in Anumpama Chandrasekhar’s play When The Crows Visit and – this makes you wince – of female complicity in the middle and oldest generations

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PHOTOS: First look at the world premiere of When the Crows Visit at Kiln Theatre

In Features, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Video by Featured Content30th October 2019

The world premiere of leading Indian dramatist Anupama Chandresekhar’s When the Crows Visit has just officially opened at London’s Kiln Theatre, where it continues until 30 November. Have a look at artistic director Indhu Rubasingham’s sumptuous production – and then get booking!

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‘Men are men until they err & then it’s the victims who are blamed’: WHEN THE CROWS VISIT – Kiln Theatre

In London theatre, Native, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Shyama Perera30th October 2019

Anupama Chandrasekhar’s tense and searching new play When the Crows Visit is a theatrical response to the 2012 Delhi gang rape of a young woman on a bus. These men walk among us, protected by the very society they are undermining; how does that happen?

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‘There’s an abundance of violence against women globally’: Indhu Rubasingham on directing the premiere of Anupama Chandresekhar’s When the Crows Visit

In Features, International, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Sticky by Featured Content25th October 2019

The world premiere of When the Crows Visit reunites writer Anupama Chandresekhar and director Indhu Rubasingham (and leading lady Ayesha Dharker), who have the Royal Court Theatre’s late international director Elyse Dodgson to thank for bringing them together.

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PHOTOS & VIDEO: In rehearsals with Ayesha Dharker, Bally Gill & the cast of When the Crows Visit

In Features, London theatre, Native, Photos, Plays, Sticky, Video by Featured Content2nd October 2019

Less than three weeks until performances start for the world premiere of Indian dramatist Anupama Chandresekhar’s When the Crows Visit, inspired by Ibsen’s Ghosts and true events. What have Kiln Theatre artistic director Indhu Rubasingham been putting the cast through in rehearsals?

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NEWS: Ayesha Dharker & Bally Gill star in When the Crows Visit world premiere at Kiln Theatre

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky, Video by Featured Content20th August 2019

The Kiln Theatre is on a roll! With Blues in the Night packing in audiences in Kilburn this summer and their production of The Son about to open in the West End, it’s time to look ahead to this autumn’s world premiere of Indian dramatist Anupama Chandresekhar’s When the Crows Visit, inspired by Ibsen’s Ghosts and true events. Have you seen full casting details? Time to get booking!

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NEWS: Kiln Theatre & Fictional Company announce the London premiere of Mike Bartlett’s new play Snowflake

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Press Releases26th June 2019

Artistic Director of Kiln Theatre Indhu Rubasingham has announced the London première of Mike Bartlett’s latest play Snowflake which will run at the Kiln Theatre from 10 December 2019 to 18 January 2020 (opening on 16 December), directed by Clare Lizzimore.

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‘Thrillingly written & often joyful play’: WIFE – Kiln Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz9th June 2019Leave a Comment

Wife at the Kiln Theatre is a decade-hopping epic about marriage and sexual identity which joyfully celebrates the art of theatre.

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BOOK REVIEW: About the Art of the Artistic Director

In International, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews by Aleks Sierz8th March 2019Leave a Comment

Christopher Haydon, the former artistic director of the Gate Theatre in London, has written the book About The Art of the Artistic Director.

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‘Its heart is in the right place’: WHITE TEETH – Kiln Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz9th November 2018Leave a Comment

An imaginative adaptation of Zadie Smith’s 2000 contemporary classic White Teeth at the Kiln Theatre is let down by unnecessary music.

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‘Sharp & entertaining production’: HOLY SHIT – Kiln Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz13th September 2018Leave a Comment

Coyly advertised as Holy Sh!t, actor and writer Alexis Zegerman’s new play is a topical account of the lengths that some parents will go to get their kids into the best local schools.

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