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In the Ai of the beholder: my theatre review of The Arrest of Ai Weiwei

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The Arrest of Ai WeiweiHampstead Theatre, London NW3 If martial arts functions by using your opponents’ weight against them, then artist Ai Weiwei must be the Bruce Lee of annoying the hell out of the Chinese government. He’s transformed dissidence into performance art, rendering him embarrassingly effective in resisting official persecution. Howard Brenton’s play The […]

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The Book of Mormon review: South Park creators’ gentle mayhem in London

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Here’s my review of The Book of Mormon for the Morning Star Thursday 25th April 2013. The Book of Mormon may not represent the much-heralded death of satire but, with full-page ads taken out in the show programme by lampooned subjects The Lion King and the Mormon church itself, this effervescent musical inches us ever

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BEAA Opening the door at the Young Vic: my South China Morning Post column

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Here’s my South China Morning Post magazine column on February’s Opening the Door event at the Young Vic. (Published 17 March 2013) Full version below. Was it when I reached for not one but TWO bags of cheese ‘n onion crisps that my greed was exposed? First I’m demanding equal opportunities in the culture as

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East Asian actors show the way forward in Border Crossings “Consumed”

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Review published in the Morning Star. A tale of lost love, miscommunication, betrayal and money, Consumed is theatre for grown-ups. It stands light years above the usual rinky-dink ghettoised east Asian offerings seen in British theatre, with layer upon layer of meaning suffusing this devised multi-media play. Director Michael Walling, whose conception this is, brings a

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British East Asian Artists at the Young Vic Open Space: Video Pt 1

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Almost 200 actors and theatre creatives — mostly of east Asian heritage — attended this unique event in London on Monday 11th February 2013. “Opening the door” was facilitated by Improbable in association with Equity, TMA/SOLT, Arts Council England, ITC, CDG and the Young Vic Theatre, and galvanised by the British East Asian Artists group. Up for

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