Trigger warning: This review delves into various aspects of Prima Facie, including its depiction of sexual assault and rape. One the plays that has had theatregoers talking this year is Prima Facie. Suzie Miller’s legal play follows the story of a criminal defence barrister, Tessa (Jodie Comer), whose world is turned upside down after she… Read More Prima Facie (Live Screening, 2022)
One of the biggest releases of the year so far is In the Heights. Based on the stage musical of the same name by Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights follows the community of Washington Heights, a Latin dominated neighbourhood where everyone has dreams and does everything they can to achieve them. The protagonist of the… Read More In the Heights (2021)
Continuing my awards season viewing with this fantastic stage to screen adaptation of August Wilson’s play of the same name. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom follows the titular Ma Rainey (Viola Davis), a blues singer and her band as they spend the day recording a new song in a studio in Chicago. Directed by George C.… Read More Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)
“He’s so bony… it’s like fucking a protractor” Over the past few years, live viewings of National Theatre productions have increased in popularity with sold out screens all over the globe. Admittedly, I have never attended (mainly due to the price) but when I saw that Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s brilliant one-woman show Fleabag was going to be… Read More Fleabag (Live Screening, 2019)
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