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Category: Feminism

• Contemporary Classical Culture Feminism London London Streets Opera Power

  The Women of Whitechapel at the ENO review *****

  Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel English National Opera, 3rd April 2019 Composer Iain Bell and his librettist Emma Jenkins wanted to call this just The Women of Whitechapel. Some marketing types at the ENO decided it needed to be prefixed with the title of the infamous murderer, charitably…

  April 19, 2019
• Amsterdam Classics Culture Family Feminism Gender Greece London Theatre

  Medea at the Barbican Theatre review *****

  Medea International Theatre Amsterdam, Barbican Theatre, 6th March 2019 Now you can’t always be sure that wunderkind director Ivo van Hove delivers the goods when he comes to the UK, which is now surprisingly often with All About Eve his latest offering. When it comes to the company where he…

  March 26, 2019
• Culture Denmark Family Feminism London Love Naturalism Norway Relationship Theatre

  The Lady From The Sea at the Print Room Coronet review ****

  The Lady From The Sea Print Room Coronet, 20th February 2019 Hummed and hawed about this one. Never been entirely sure about TLFTS when compared to other Ibsen’s, was not bowled over by it’s last London outing at the Donmar, couldn’t get the cheap Wednesday seat option (that is a…

  March 11, 2019
• Culture Feminism London Love Musicals Sexuality Theatre

  Company at the Gielgud theatre review ****

  Company Gielgud Theatre, 29th November 2018 Regular readers will know that the Tourist doesn’t like musicals. However, with Company now ranking alongside Follies, Caroline, Or Change, Groundhog Day, Gypsy, Girl From the North Country, Junkyard and White Teeth, the list of exceptions to the rule is growing alarmingly long. Looks…

  December 21, 2018
• Culture Feminism History London Sport Theatre

  The Sweet Science of Bruising at the Southwark Playhouse review ****

  The Sweet Science of Bruising Southwark Playhouse, 16th October 2018 Now that MS, BD and LD have turned into exemplars of their youthful generation, (I am their Dad so may be biased), we no longer watch Doctor Who. However with Malorie Blackman, Ed Hime, Pete McTighe and Vinay Patel (An Adventure…

  October 23, 2018
• Culture Feminism London Shakespeare Theatre

  OthelloMacbeth at the Lyric Hammersmith review ***

  OthelloMacbeth Lyric Hammersmith, 8th October 2018 OK so this has its moments. By splicing together Othello and Macbeth, excising out extraneous context, sub-plot and characters, director Jude Christian has largely succeeded in achieving what she set out to do. That is to recast the two famous tragedies from the perspective…

  October 18, 2018
• Culture Feminism London Theatre

  The Malady of Death at the Barbican Theatre review ***

  The Malady of Death Barbican Theatre, 3rd October 2018 I took a bit of persuading (of myself, by myself, this was never going to be an easy sell to any of the usual companions) to pitch up to this. No doubting the pedigree of the creative team. Alice Birch, (Lady…

  October 16, 2018