Theatre

Pooja Ghai: Award-winning director charts exciting future for global majority stories…

As the curtain rises on this creative’s debut production as artistic director of Tamasha, acv profiles her theatre journey to…

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Theatre bird bites (May-June): ‘I Wanna Be Yours’; ‘The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs’; ‘Lotus Beauty’; ‘The Father and the Assassin’; ‘Peaceophobia’

It’s a very busy month as several new plays open – and there’s a good deal of innovation and untold…

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‘Verses and Voices against Violence and War’ gathers momentum as artists voice opposition to conflict…

A Leading South Asian arts group is behind initiative to express solidarity and speak out against violence as war in…

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‘Rice’ – Michele Lee on her play that is a powerful, funny, entertaining, wry look at family, globalisation and multiculturalism (interview)…

This play is nearing the end of its UK run and centres around two women of different ages, one an…

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‘Life of pi’ five Olivier Awards thrills writer Lolita Chakrabarti and she tells acv she feels she did a good job…

Stage version of novel is a big winner at awards recognising the best in theatre in Britain… WRITER and actor…

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‘The 47th’ (review) – America on the brink in a new play that dissects divisions and has Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in combat…

Political drama mounted by the Old Vic in London is engaging and sure to stir passions… (one spoiler) IF YOU…

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‘Jungle Book Reimagined’ (review) – Akram Khan’s dance drama has classic and seasonal special written all over it…

It might only be April and just about to close on its week-long run at The Curve in Leicester but…

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‘Jungle Book: Reimagined’ Akram Khan’s latest work sounds thrilling and is aimed at children and adults alike…

Dance impresario who is an icon has returned to an old classic and given it his unique stamp… By Mamie…

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Bird Bites: Ravi Shankar 100, ‘Ali & Ava’, cast for Gandhi-Godse play; UK Asian Film Festival Beatles screening; Ayahs blue plaque; artists & models needed…

By Mamie Colfox Celebrating 100 years of Ravi Shankar this week… Ravi Shankar DEDICATED to the musician known as ‘the…

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‘Two Billion Beats’ – bullying, justice, fairness and sisters hanging it all out… (play review)

New play by award-winning playwright Sonali Bhattacharyya is well performed and thoughtful… HEARING how two great Indian leaders of the…

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