Theater Practice is a podcast where we practice how to be more mindful audience members one show at a time. Join host Miriam Weiner and her guests as they process the live theater they attend with intentionality, generosity, and humor. Watching is a muscle, strengthen it. Produced by Miriam Weiner - Directed by Diana Yanez
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A collection of conversations about Jewish heritage, culture and genealogy in the lands of Galicia.
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Galicia Jewish Museum Director Jacek Stawiski with Steven Turner
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The Galicia Jewish Museum exists to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and celebrate the Jewish culture of Galicia, presenting Jewish history from a new perspective. An innovative and unique institution, it is located in Kazimierz, the Jewish district of Kraków. Jacek studied history as well as Jewish history and culture at the Jagiellonian U…
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303: PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC by Joshua Harmon/David Winitsky
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David and Miriam discuss the timeless Jewish questions Joshua Harmon asks in his new play PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. More about David Winitsky and the Jewish Plays Project: https://jewishplaysproject.org/ Find out more about PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC: https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/shows/2023-24-season/prayer-for-the-french-republic…
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302: HELL'S KITCHEN Music & Lyrics by Alicia Keys, Book by Kristoffer Diaz/Nia Akilah Robinson
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Nia and Miriam explore the physical and emotional landscapes of New York City in Alicia Keys' new musical, HELL'S KITCHEN. More about Nia Akilah Robinson: https://www.niaakilahrobinson.com/ Find out more about HELL'S KITCHEN https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2324/hells-kitchen/ You already know about Alicia Keys (but just in case)! https…
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301: & JULIET Book by David West Read, Music by Max Martin and Friends/Susan Bernfield
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Welcome back to Theater Practice, Season 3! Susan Bernfield is back! Join the conversation as Miriam and Suan find unexpected depth and beauty in this joyful, uplifting Broadway musical. Listen to Susan on our LEOPOLDSTADT episode:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1880898/11525837-203-leopoldstadt-by-tom-stoppard-susan-bernfield.mp3?download=true Find out…
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Jennifer Mendelsohn and Adina Newman of the CJH DNA Reunion Project—in Conversation with Steven Turner
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We are very excited to present to the community this most interesting conversation between Jennifer Mendelsohn and Adina Newman of the DNA Reunion Project at the Center for Jewish History with Gesher Galicia President, Steven Turner. Jennifer and Adina together with the CJH organized this project to help reunite families separated by the Holocaust.…
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207: Bonus: Aaron Neil of LEOPOLDSTADT with the crew at "Unorthodox"!
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Our conversation with Susan Bernfield about LEOPOLDSTADT by Tom Stoppard was our most popular episode this season. So, we thought you might be interested in this interview with Aaron Neil who plays Ernest from our friends at "Unorthodox, the World's Leading Jewish Podcast". The whole episode is great but if you want to jump right to Aaron, his segm…
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206: WET BRAIN by John J. Caswell, Jr./T. Adamson
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From the howling coyote to the gentle roomba, T. and Miriam dive into the ways WET BRAIN moved and terrified them.Af Miriam Weiner
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Oren Kessler, Author of Palestine 1936 in Conversation with Steven Turner
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On Yom Hashoah we remember our sacred martyrs killed by the Nazis and their collaborators. One of the reasons they were able to kill so many is because Jews trying to flee the impending catastrophe had no place that would accept them. Just as war was breaking out and the Jewish plight became more desperate, Great Britain closed the gates of Palesti…
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Jenna Augen, Cast Member of Leopoldstadt—in Conversation with Steven Turner
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We are very excited to present to the community this most interesting conversation between Jenna Augen and Gesher Galicia President, Steven Turner about Tom Stoppard's hit show Leopoldstadt currently on Broadway. Jenna plays the parts of Wilma and Rosa. Jenna’s bio from the Playbill. JENNA AUGEN (Wilma/Rosa). Theatre includes: Leopoldstadt (Wyndham…
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205: THE JUNGLE by Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson/Jason Aguirre
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Jason and Miriam describe how visiting The Jungle, currently playing at St. Ann's Warehouse, has changed their perceptions of refugee camps.Af Miriam Weiner
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204: THE FAR COUNTRY by Lloyd Suh/Madeline Sayet
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Madeline and Miriam discuss Lloyd Suh's haunting play The Far Country, currently running at Atlantic Theater Company. For more information about Madeline Sayet and her show Where We Belong check out her website: https://www.madelinesayet.com Find out more about The Far Country and Atlantic Theater Company: https://atlantictheater.org/production/the…
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Tony Kahane: Galician Records, Borders, and AI – in conversation with Andrew Zalewski
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We are very excited to present to the community this most interesting conversation between Tony Kahane and Andrew Zalewski, two recently retired members of our Board. Tony is the Immediate Past Research Coordinator, Past President/Chair of Gesher Galicia and was the Chair of the Gesher Galicia/AGAD symposium. Andrew is the Immediate Past Vice Presi…
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203: LEOPOLDSTADT by Tom Stoppard/Susan Bernfield
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Susan and Miriam discuss Tom Stoppard's personal and epic play Leopoldstadt, currently running on Broadway.Af Miriam Weiner
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Dr. Andrew Zalewski on his Years with Gesher Galicia
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In conversation with Gesher Galicia President, Dr. Steven S. Turner. Andrew Zalewski is past vice president of Gesher Galicia and a frequent speaker at meetings of Jewish genealogical societies and cultural and academic institutions in the US and abroad. His interests and writings have focused on Jewish cultural transformation, educational access, …
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202: CORSICANA by Will Arbery/Kate Cortesi
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Kate and Miriam contemplate Will Arbery's mysterious and heart-opening play, Corsicana currently running at Playwrights Horizons.Af Miriam Weiner
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201: SKIN OF OUR TEETH by Thornton Wilder/Jesse Cameron Alick
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Jesse and Miriam discuss Lileana Blain-Cruz's lively, expansive production of Skin of Our Teeth at Lincoln Center Theater.Af Miriam Weiner
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Gesher Galicia Talk with Secular Head of Ivano-Frankivsk Jewish Community & Victim of a Stabbing Attack
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Dr. Steven S. Turner and Ms. Darcy Stamler, President of and Treasurer of Gesher Galicia respectively in conversation with Mr. Igor Perelman, secular leader of the Ivano-Frankivsk Jewish Community and Ms. Tetiana Yavirnytska of Nadvirna, Ukraine. Igor was recently the victim of a stabbing attack while handing out food parcels bought with aid from t…
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Gesher Galicia Associates and Lviv Residents Marla & Jay Osborn on the Situation in Ukraine
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Dr. Steven S. Turner, President of Gesher Galicia in conversation with Marla and Jay Osborn of Rohatyn Jewish Heritage, residents of Lviv, currently stuck in California on the situation in Ukraine. We apologize for the echo from Steven Turner's microphone during questioning. That was not evident during the conversation but showed up in the recordin…
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Living in Lviv During A Russian Invasion
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Recorded 2/24/22 at 19:00 Ukrainian Time A discussion between Gesher Galicia President, Steven S. Turner, Treasurer Darcy Stamler and tour guide and genealogy researcher Alex Denisenko on what it feels like to be living in Ukraine today during a Russian invasion. Any questions or comments please write to info@geshergalicia.org. To join Gesher Galic…
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Living with 100,000 Russian Troops on the Borders: Thoughts from Alex Denisenko in Lviv
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A discussion between Gesher Galicia President Steven S. Turner, Treasurer Darcy Stamler and tour guide and genealogy researcher Alex Denisenko on what it feels like to be living in Ukraine today with the threat of war from Russia. Any questions or comments please write to info@geshergalicia.org. To join Gesher Galicia click here.…
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101: "Hymn" by Lolita Chakrabarti/Erica Jensen
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Listen to Erica and Miriam discuss Almeida Theatre's production of Hymn.Af Miriam Weiner
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105: "Enemy of the People After Henrik Ibsen" by Robert Icke/Welker White
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Welker and Miriam attend live theater for the first time since the pandemic lockdown and afterward relish their discussion of Enemy of the People commissioned by Park Avenue Armory.Af Miriam Weiner
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104: "Vancouver" by Ralph B. Peña/Jenny Wang Medina
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Jenny and Miriam consider this elegant, beautifully crafted piece produced by Ma-Yi Studios in association with Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival.Af Miriam Weiner
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103: "Block Association Project" by Michael Yates Crowley/Casey Boykins
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Casey and Miriam discuss this funny, heartbreaking piece presented by Actors Theatre of Louisville.Af Miriam Weiner
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102: "Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran" by Javaad Alipoor, Co-created by Kirsty Housley/Latrice Smith
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Listen to Latrice and Miriam dig into this complex, gripping theatrical event presented by Woolly Mammoth.Af Miriam Weiner
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Host Miriam Weiner and Director Diana Yanez discuss what “Theater Practice” is all about. Don’t worry about being right or wrong, don’t worry if you’ve seen the show, these conversations will help you see theater in a new way.Af Miriam Weiner
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The Nest, The Truth, The Bass Rock, Cranach at Compton Verney and Home Entertainment Recommendations
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The Nest is the new Sunday night drama on BBC1 that raises questions around the ethics of surrogacy as a wealthy couple invite a young woman whose past is not known to them into their lives.The Truth is a French/Japanese production directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda who won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2018 for his film Shoplifters. It stars Catherine De…
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Misbehaviour, On Blueberry Hill, Abi Dare, Warhol, Breeders and Kate+Koji
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Misbehaviour is a new film about the 1970 Miss World pageant which saw the first black Miss World and was also disrupted by the nascent Women's Liberation movement who threw flour bombs at host Bob HopeSebastian Barry's play On Blueberry Hill is set in a prison cell where two men's stories of how they got there become intertwined.Abi Daré's novel T…
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Hilary Mantel, The Mikvah Project, Sulphur and White, Among The Trees
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Hilary Mantel's new novel - The Mirror and The Light - is the final part of her Thomas Cromwell trilogy. The previous two parts have sold millions of copies worldwide and garned prizes from all quarters. Can this one compare?The Mikvah Project is a new play at The Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond. Two Jewish men meet every Friday for ritual cleansin…
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Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, Women Beware Women, Christos Tsiolkas, Leon Spilliaert, Noughts and Crosses
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The newest film by French director Céline Sciamma (Tomboy, Girlhood) is Portrait Of A Lady On Fire. An 18th century painter is commissioned to paint a bride-to-be's wedding portrait and falls in love with her subjectWomen Beware Women is a play by Middleton just opened at The Globe Theatre in London. How do you navigate a society in which women are…
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Midnight Family, Masculinities exhibition, Actress by Anne Enright, Far Away by Caryl Churchill, I Am Not Okay With This
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Mexican documentary Midnight Family follows a family-run private ambulance in Mexico City racing to the scenes of accidents in order to earn a livingMasculinities:Liberation Through Photography, is a new exhibition at The Barbican in London, about how masculinity is experienced, perfomed, coded and socially constructed.Actress is the latest novel f…
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Stoppard -Leopoldstadt, Emma, Philip Hensher, Steve McQueen - Tate Modern, The End
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Tom Stoppard has a new play - Leopoldstadt - a slightly autobiographical telling of the story of several generations of a wealthy Jewish family in Europe over 6 decades, from 1899 How many different cinematic versions of Jane Austen novels does the world need? What does The latest Emma - directed by a former photographer/ pop video director - bring…
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Mr Jones, Death of England, The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, British Baroque, This Life
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Director Agnieszka Holland assembles a cast including James Norton and Vanessa Kirby to tell the story of Welsh journalist Gareth Jones who in 1933 travelled to Soviet Russia and told the truth about the famine in Ukraine. At the National Theatre, Clint Dyer directs the play he has co-written with Roy Williams, Death of England, starring Rafe Spall…
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Ingmar Bergman, The Lighthouse, William Gibson, The Art, Design and future of Fungi, Art on the BBC
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Ingmar Bergman's 1966 film Persona has been adapted into a stage play and it is the opening production at the newly revamped Riverside Studios in London The Lighthouse, starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson is a black and white film set in a claustrophobic remote isolated lighthouse where the two keepers begin to rub each other up the wrong wa…
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David Copperfield, Welkin, Motherwell, Pregnancy exhibition, Windermere Children
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Armando Iannucci has taken on Dickens' David Copperfield with Dev Patel in the lead roleA new play by Lucy Kirkwood, Welkin, has opened at London's National Theatre. The Welkin is set in Norfolk in 1759, when a jury of matrons is called to try a female murder suspect who is 'pleading the belly' in order to avoid execution Motherwell is the memoir o…
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Beckett triple bill, Bombshell, Avenue 5, American Dirt, Tullio Crali
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A triple bill of Samuel Beckett plays has just started at London's Jermyn Street Theatre. Directed by Trevor Nunn, it's a chance to see Krapp's Last Tape as well as two lesser-known works - Eh Joe and The Old Tune.https://bit.ly/2Rm8AtG https://bit.ly/2uWA95bBombshell has been Oscar nominated. It's the story of Roger Ailes' reign at Fox News and th…
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1917, London International Mime Festival, King Gary, Ismail Kadare, Saad Qureshi,
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Sam Mendes' film 1917 is set during the First World War and based on his Grandfather's experiences during the conflict. It's already won a Golden Globe and is touted for more awards glory. What do our reviewers make of it?This Time is a show by the group Ockham's Razor and part of The London International Mime Festival 2020. It tells an inter-gener…
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Little Women, War Of The Worlds Immersive Experience, Untitled Goose Game, Graphic novels, podcasts
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There's a new all-star Little Women on the big screen. The cast includes Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emily Watson, Laura Dern, Timothee Chalamet and Meryl Streep. Louisa May Alcott's novel has been a popular text for film makers since the first silent version in 1912 - is there anything new which director Greta Gerwig can bring to this version? H…
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Listeners' cultural highlights of 2019
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Find out what Saturday Review listeners chose as their cultural highlights of 2019. We asked what you'd enjoyed this year and you told us about things we'd missed, disagreed about some cultural events we'd reviewed, and let us know about which ones had delighted you too. We'll discuss all the regular genres: films, theatre, exhibitions, books and t…
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Cats, Susan Hill's Ghost Story, Martin's Close, Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad About My Neck, Gypsy
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The much-anticipated film of Cats with its stellar and fur-enhanced cast including Judi Dench and Taylor Swift finally reaches the big screen. Catnip or catastrophe? Spooky offerings in the Christmas TV schedule this year include Martin's Close by Mark Gatiss on BBC 4 and Susan Hill's Ghost Story on Channel 5. How shiver-inducing are they? Nora Eph…
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Aquarela, Swive, Robert Musil, Theaster Gates, Sticks and Stones
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Aquarela is a movie about water...filmed at 96 frames per second- four times faster than normal and there are fewer than a handful of cinemas in then world with equipment to show it properly. What's them point? Swive (Elizabeth) at The Sam Wannamaker Playhouse imagines Elizabeth I from teenager to monarch and the wiles and strength ways she needed …
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Fairview at Young Vic, So Long My Son, Annette Hess, John Walker, A Very Scandi Scandal
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Fairview is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play just opened at the Young Vic in London. It starts out like a conventional US African American dramedy and then begins to mess with the audience's expectations. How will our reviewers feel about it?Chinese film So Long My Son has won awards at international film festivals. It tells the story of a family over…
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The Nightingale, My Brilliant Friend, Lee Child, Troy: myth and reality, Upright
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The Nightingale is a film set in Tasmania in the brutal days of convict settlers and soldiers. A young wife faces violence as she tries to track down a man who has violated her family The National Theatre's adaptation of Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend condenses the four wildly-successful novels into 2 three-hour plays at The Olivier.The creat…
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Dear Evan Hansen, Feast & Fast, Greener Grass, Irenosen Okojie, Ken Burns' Country series
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Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen has been an enormous success and has now transferred to London's West End. It's the story of a socially awkward young man who accidentally becomes a heroFeast & Fast: The art of food in Europe, 1500 – 1800 is the latest exhibition at The Fitzwilliam in CambridgeGreener Grass is a peculiar take on the American subur…
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The Gangster The Cop The Devil, Touching the Void, Romesh Gunesekera, Gold Digger, George IV : Art and Spectacle
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The Gangster The Cop The Devil is an award-winning Korean action thriller about an unlikely alliance between a maverick police detective and a ruthless mobster who have to work together to catch a serial killerTouching the Void began life as a book by Joe Simpson, about a climbing accident which nearly killed him. It has since been turned into a fi…
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The Report, Shook, The Topeka School, 24/7 exhibition, The Morning Show
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The Report is a docu-drama starring Adam Driver telling the story of Senate staffer Daniel Jones and the Senate Intelligence Committee as they investigate the CIA's use of torture following the September 11 attacks. Shook is a debut play at The Southwark Playhouse which won the Papatango New Writing Prize. How will our reviewers receive this brand …
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Making Waves, The Antipodes, Hanne Orstavik, His Dark Materials, Joy Labinjo
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Making Waves: The Art Of Cinematic Sound is a documentary looking at (and listening to) the work of sound designers in film. What do they do and how do they affect the viewer?The Antipodes the latest play by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Annie Baker. Set in a brainstorming meeting for some undisclosed creative company, the tensions of office re…
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Play Well, Monos, Vassa, Elizabeth Strout, The Accident
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Play Well is a new exhibition opening at the Wellcome Collection in London, aiming to explore how play transforms both childhood and society. On a mountaintop in Colombia, eight children with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow, communicated with over the radio by a threatening commander. That's the basic plot of a new film Monos, …
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Non Fiction, Stillicide and The Diver's Game, There Are No Beginnings, Pre-Raphaelite Sisters, Living With Yourself
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Non Fiction is a very French film about writers and publishers debating the future of the book vs e-book. But the characters also all appear to be having affairs with each other: Tres Francais! But will our reviewers be seduced? Stillicide by Cynan Jones and The Diver's Game by Jesse Ball are two new dystopian novels which both authors insist are N…
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The Day Shall Come, Man In The White Suit, Zadie Smith, Hogarth - Place and Progress
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Chris Morris's film The Day Shall Come, is a very dark comedy about a genuine FBI operation to deal with potential domestic terrorists in the USA.Man In The White Suit was one of the highly-successful Ealing Comedy films. Released in 1951, it told the story of a man who invents a revolutionary fabric. Now adapted for the stage starring Stephen Mang…
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