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Art
Blue Monday – tackling it with Momtaz Begum-Hossain, author of ‘Hello Rainbow’ – follow your art… (video)
ACv caught up with colour theorist to discuss Blue Monday and how your approach to colour could help… ON THIS…
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Film
Bafta Breakthrough producer Rajita Shah on her honour, ‘Love Sarah’ and new football film…
Producer was awarded title at the tail end of last year and talks to acv about the accolade and her…
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‘Life of Pi’: Writer Lolita Chakrabarti finding solace in the fundamentals of life with Piscine Patel…
Have we not all been ‘shipwrecked’ emotionally to some degree by the pandemic? Is our situation not too different to…
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Main Story
‘Life of Pi’: Visually satisfying and emotionally charged play makes for a brilliant show (review)
By Mamie Colfox WRITER Lolita Chakrabarti’s captivating adaptation of ‘Life of Pi’ tells the story of Piscine Patel, better known…
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Afghanistan concert, ‘Songs of Hope’ – Raising spirits and money with Barbican date and reviving the Rubâb…
Celebrated musicians to perform music from Afghanistan in London together… By Mamie Colfox FEW PEOPLE know about the rich musical…
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Film
Film Bird bites: Dev Patel, Sir Ben Kingsley, Humayun Saeed, and Sidney Poitier doc…
By Mamie Colfox Sir Ben Kingsley and Dev Patel to star in Wes Anderson’s next film STARS Dev Patel and…
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Film
Sidney Poitier: ‘To Sir, with Love’ British and Ayub Khan Din connection
ONE OF the most powerful and emblematic of figures from the world of entertainment passed away yesterday (January 7), sparking…
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Festivals
Bird Bites E-feed: ‘The Apprentice’; DJ Yasser; ‘RRR’; Sundance and our Honours 2022 update…
By Mamie Colfox Four Asians vying for Lord Alan Sugar’s sweet spot… Clockwise from top left: Akshay Thakrar; Shama Amin;…
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Film
Sir Horace Ové – artistic, visionary British filmmaker who has Indian heritage and nearly made a film about bandit queen Phoolan Devi…
The recent 2022 Honours List recognised a powerful and seminal filmmaker whose own part Indian background and upbringing in multi-cultural…
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Theatre
Arti Prashar is delighted that her OBE shines light on theatre and artistic work done “quietly in hidden spaces”
Artist and consultant has been recognised for long career working with the often marginalised… By Mamie Colfox COMMUNITY arts and…
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