Theatre
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May- 2019 -29 May
‘King Hedley II’ – Lenny Henry in August Wilson play about love, redemption and survival on the margins
Brutalised and discriminated against – some will react in the way they have been conditioned to…? ANY DRAMA by the…
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4 May
‘Mrs Kapoor’s Daughter’s Wedding’ – got your invitation? Creator Archana Kumar and lead actor Parle Patel on their family theatre extravaganza…
New show has proved a hit… NOW who’s up for a big fat Asian wedding – trimmings and all this…
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Apr- 2019 -26 April
Amjad Ali Khan and sons, Amaan and Ayaan heading for Southbank Centre for rare performance all together
Iconic sarod player returns to London with sons Amaan and Ayaan… HE IS REGARDED as one of the sarod’s greatest…
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23 April
‘Pah-La’ and ‘The Djinns of Eidgah’ – playwright Abhishek Majumdar on ideals that cannot be defeated by violence…
Tibet and Kashmir have a better future, says scribe who writes fearlessly… HE IS A WRITER drawn to conflict, struggle…
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20 April
‘Richard II’ – as it closes, what does it mean to be English?
All-women of colour production has made impact…. (review) IT HAS UNQUESTIONABLY been one of the hits of theatre in 2019.…
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16 April
‘Equus’ – Religion, relationships, mothers – and horses, actor Syreeta Kumar on the ‘naked play’
Regarded as a complex classic, one of the leads talks to acv about its particular challenges… By Suman Bhuchar SYREETA…
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Mar- 2019 -15 March
‘Where are you from?’ – The Scottish Asian comedian with the funny response – Lubna Kerr at Glasgow International Comedy Festival
Identity, Ellen DeGeneres, Glasgow Vs Edinburgh, this comedian’s got it all going on… LUBNA KERR is a funny woman. No,…
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8 March
‘The American Clock’ (review) – awesome production steals hearts and minds
Play has much to say about time when money was tight and explores race and class… By Suman Bhuchar DESCRIBED…
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Feb- 2019 -26 February
Southbank Centre tells acv there will be no South Asian-themed arts festival this year after nine years of Alchemy
Multi-arts South Asian inspired festival is pulled ahead of landmark 10th year…. BRITAIN’S largest and most high-profile multi-arts festival celebrating…
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25 February
‘The Unreturning (review)’ – Breaking down tough men of war
New play with emphasis on physical theatre shows young men as tough on the outside sometimes but anything else underneath……
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