Yellowface. The monster that refuses to die in the final reel. It’s back and this time it’s still personal. As well as political. There’s been another ruck about the use of yellowface casting in theatre, where Asian characters are played by white actors. This time, it’s in the US where La Jolla Playhouse has produced […]
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Yellowface. The monster that refuses to die in the final reel. It’s back and this time it’s still personal. As well as political. There’s been another ruck about the use of yellowface casting in theatre, where Asian characters are played by white actors. This time, it’s in the US where La Jolla Playhouse has produced
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An edited version of this review appeared in the Morning Star. Richard III — National Theatre of ChinaGlobe to Globe International Shakespeare FestivalReview 29th April 2012 Their stunning costumes may have been languishing in a container ship just off Felixtowe, but even if the cast had been wearing sackcloth, rather than a wardrobe hastily assembled
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Anna Chen – 19 April 2012 This review first appeared in the Morning Star 19th April 2012 Black T-shirt CollectionInua Ellams — Cottesloe Theatre, NTreview by Anna Chen, 16 April 2012 In Inua Ellam’s 75-minute monologue about how to be successful whilst keeping your soul unsullied, Matthew and Muhammed, two Nigerian foster-brothers from across the
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Anna Chen sings The Camellia and the Poppy, the opening song of The Steampunk Opium Wars. Filmed at the National Maritime Museum on Thursday 16th February 2012. With Charles Shaar Murray on guitar and Marc Jefferies on bass guitar. Camera: Jeff Willis The Steampunk Opium Wars pages here. Madam Miaow says … visit Anna Chen’s
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I’m keeping them coming. Here’s another video from the show at the National Maritime Museum on the 16th February, this time of me singing Anna May Wong Must Die! at The Steampunk Opium Wars. With Charles Shaar Murray on Guitar and Marc Jefferies on bass. Jeff Willis took the video. www.annachen.co.uk The Steampunk Opium Wars
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