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Dangalnama
Dangalnama is a play about the string of riots and bombings that have plagued India since 1984, when large numbers Sikhs were killed in retaliation for the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. It opens with a montage......
Posted on June 17, 2008 9:32 AM | Tagged with: gujarat babrimasjid godhra hindu muslim communal violence
Masque of the Red Death
Punchdrunk are a theatre company who stage "promenade performances", wherein you wander at will through the action, the actors and the extensive sets. It aims to be a totally immersive experience, and "Masque of the Red Death", based on a short story by Edgar Allen Poe, is their latest....
Posted on October 20, 2007 9:30 AM |
A Disappearing Number
I saw A Disappearing Number at the Barbican recently. I thought it was visually astonishing, engrossing and immersive. While the plot may be a little too tenuous to hold up all the metaphysical grandstanding, the power of the production is undeniable....
Posted on October 1, 2007 1:28 PM | Tagged with: barbican complicite maths
I went to the Globe Theatre
I finally managed to get to the Globe Theatre on the South Bank last week. I went for the £5 "yard" tickets, for two reasons, Firstly, they're cheap. Damn cheap. Secondly I wanted to try and experience the mead-soaked, sweaty rumbustiousness of the braying crowd....
Posted on May 31, 2007 9:41 PM |
Grasp the truth
Philip Glass's "Satyagraha" is an astonishing musical meditation on the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi. I saw it at the English National Opera at the Coliseum, and it is the best thing I've seen there so far....
Posted on April 27, 2007 9:30 AM |
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Why? Why is this production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in several Indian dialects? It's showing at the Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, the first play to be staged there since its redevelopment. Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?...
Posted on April 12, 2007 8:13 AM |
Carry On Agrippina
I went to see the English National Opera's production of the Handel opera "Agrippina" last night. Although ENO stage all their stuff in English, it was only due to an astute printout from Wikipedia that I had any idea what was going on....
Posted on March 2, 2007 8:24 AM |
It's a jolly holiday with Mary
Me and Kate went to see Mary Poppins last night, and it's a stonker.......
Continue reading It's a jolly holiday with Mary.Posted on April 3, 2005 10:58 PM |
