Theatre
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Feb- 2025 -5 February
‘Oedipus’ – Indira Varma and Rami Malek star; production is slick but overall too abstract?
New play has big screen power that can only take you so far, we feel… GREEK drama can be tough…
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3 February
‘Santi and Naz’: Partition drama asks many questions still relevant today…
In today’s world of bruising identity politics, have the rules of friendship changed? Can we still be close to someone…
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Jan- 2025 -22 January
‘Ballet Shoes’ – Family fun all the way…
If the January blues are getting you down, you can always cheer yourself up by going to see the National…
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13 January
Bally Gill in ‘Twelfth Night’ – “I never thought I’d be playing Shakespeare,” says working class Brit Punjabi actor
Award-winning classical actor’s powerful advocacy of the bard is inspiring and a clarion call to anyone who believes the Elizabethan…
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12 January
10 Nights, New Writing Festival, Santi & Naz, Flowers, Stars and Conquerors, Empireland, Bradford – theatre
New Year, new month and the South Asian theatre scene is very much alive and vibrant… By Suman Bhuchar TEMPERATURES…
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Dec- 2024 -28 December
‘King James’ – Sporting friendship has its limitations
Centred around a great and still playing US basketball legend, it’s a two-hander drama about friendship and masculinity… By Suman…
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26 December
Theatre treats for the holiday season
What’s out there in this festive period and caught our bird’s eye… By Suman Bhuchar THE END OF THE YEAR…
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Nov- 2024 -28 November
‘Wolves on Road’ – new play explores fast money, crypto and ambition
In what is a world premiere by Bush Theatre Emerging Writers Group Alumnus Beru Tessema, comes a drama developed by…
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12 November
November theatre – plays to fire the heart – Bangla Season; Bombay Superstar; Expendable; King James, Wolves on Road and Dizzy
Welcome culture vultures, here are the November listings for theatre – slightly later than usual, but we have been busy…
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11 November
‘The Buddha of Suburbia’ – composer Niraj Chag on his music odyssey…
Leading composer and musician talks about the challenges of helping to turn this seminal novel written by Hanif Kureishi into…
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