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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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‘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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‘Makes its political points deftly & unobtrusively’: AN ADVENTURE – Bush Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz19th September 2018Leave a Comment

For his last show at the Bush, Madani Younis has chosen a project close to his heart, Vinay Patel’s An Adventure, an epic reading of one Asian family’s global migration story.

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Text of the Day: Lions & Tigers

In Features, London theatre, Plays by Aleks Sierz12th September 2017Leave a Comment

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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LIONS & TIGERS – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz31st August 2017Leave a Comment

Tanika Gupta explores an episode from her family history that is both highly relevant and humane.

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BODIES – Royal Court Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Carole Woddis17th July 2017Leave a Comment

It’s a very strange feeling when you come across two new plays with almost identical themes – a zeitgeist moment where an idea floating in the ether gets picked up by two playwrights in close time proximity.

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BODIES – Royal Court Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz13th July 2017Leave a Comment

New drama about surrogacy is rich in metaphor and fraught with conflict, but you have to ignore its politics.

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Text of the Day: Guards at the Taj

In Features, London theatre, Plays by Aleks Sierz23rd April 2017Leave a Comment

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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GUARDS AT THE TAJ – Bush Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly18th April 2017Leave a Comment

Epitomising opposing political viewpoints, the war between practical and aesthetic, emotional versus intellectual, and the disparity between social classes, the two characters each represent huge forces clashing within a coming-of-age story and a myth of the Taj’s history.

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GUARDS AT THE TAJ – Bush Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz14th April 2017Leave a Comment

For its reopening, Younis has looked across the pond for a new play. He has chosen Rajiv Joseph’s Guards at the Taj, which was first staged at the Atlantic Theatre, New York, in 2015, picking up an Obie Award along with other plaudits.

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GUARDS AT THE TAJ – Bush Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz13th April 2017Leave a Comment

West London new writing venue reopens with an ethically troubling play about another architectural marvel.

GUARDS AT THE TAJ – Bush Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz13th April 2017Leave a Comment

West London new writing venue reopens with an ethically troubling play about another architectural marvel.

MADE IN INDIA – Soho Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly17th March 2017Leave a Comment

The all-female play looks at the complex and controversial landscape of commercial surrogacy in India through the microcosmic relationship between three parties – the surrogate, the doctor and the mother.

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MADE IN INDIA – Soho Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Touring by Aleks Sierz11th March 2017Leave a Comment

Satinder Chohan’s punningly titled Made in India, has been touring the country since January and now arrives at the Soho Theatre in London.

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LOVE N STUFF – Theatre Royal Stratford East

In Comedy, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz8th June 2016Leave a Comment

Delightful two-hander is a comedy about married life and the truth of parenthood that is both funny and wise.

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