I finally got an extract of Anna May Wong Must Die! on YouTube. Recorded Tuesday 26th May 2009 at the Roxy Bar & Screen, South London. Still writing and putting the finishing touches to it. And, alas, no remote control of the Powerpoint/Keynote presentation due to my Mac iBook having no infra-red receiver, something I […]
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David Horovitch in Seven Jewish Children You can watch a video extract of Seven Jewish Children, the Caryl Churchill play about Gaza, that’s causing an uproar. It has now played in Hebrew in Tel Aviv, while the BBC has “declined to commission” a radio production of it. Guardian’s Michael Billington gives it four stars Analysing
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Anna Chen performs Anna May Wong Must Die! rap at the Roxy Bar & Screen, London, 26th May 2009, from an extract of her show as part of an Anna May Wong themed evening which included a screening of Piccadilly. Anna May Wong Must Die! is a multimedia personal journey through the life and crimes
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Anna Chen – Friday, 22 May 2009 Wow! Yellowface is alive and thriving in deepest Dalston with More Light at the Arcola Theatre, written by Bryony Lavery and directed by Catrina Lear. Imagine, if you will, a return to ye olden days of the almost complete absence of actors of colour from TV, when white
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Okay! The London reviews for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert — The Musical are now in and the suspense is killing me like a pair of six-inch stilettoes stabbed into my cranium. Has anyone noticed the misogyny? Does anyone care that east asians are dissed in a way that would have the blogosphere yelling “homophobia”
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Someone should remind playwright Peter Flannery that drama is like real life but with the boring bits taken out. Last night’s preview of his adaptation of the movie Burnt By The Sun (press night tonight), broke an enjoyable run of great shows at the National Theatre which includes Steppenwolf’s August: Osage County, and Vanessa Redgrave
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