Theatre

‘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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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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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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‘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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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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‘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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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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‘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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Retracing our Footsteps: Why our contribution to British theatre should not be lost…

Why we need to have an Asian theatre archive in the UK… By Suman Bhuchar I have been involved in…

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‘Gigi & Dar’ – The price of friendship in times of conflict and how humanity can slip quickly…

Play starts with much humour and banter and shows how darkness from all sides can brutalise… ABOUT female friendship, secrets…

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