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Category: Colonialism

• Colonialism Culture History India London Politics Theatre

  An Adventure at the Bush Theatre review ****

  An Adventure Bush Theatre, 26th September 2018 Now I cannot pretend that, when the lovely people at the Bush moved the matinee performance of An Adventure that I attended forward by an hour, and indicated it had metamorphosed into a three hour plus extravaganza, I wasn’t concerned. And reading the…

  October 11, 2018
• Colonialism Culture Literature London Philosophy Theatre

  The Outsider at the Print Room Coronet review ****

  The Outsider Print Room Coronet, 19th September 2018 Tricky one this. I can’t pretend I was pinned back in my seat by the two and a half hours of Ben Okri’s adaptation of Albert Camus’ absurd existentialist classic written in 1942. Abbey Wright’s careful direction injects a little humour, (a…

  October 1, 2018
• Colonialism Culture Film

  Zama film review ****

  Zama, 22nd June 2018 Now here is a work of imagination. Just what film is for. I suspect its languorous pace might not be to everyone’s taste but it delicately captures the sense of isolation and ennui that its hero, the eponymous Diego de Zama finds himself trapped in. We…

  July 3, 2018