London
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Waiting for Summer at Camden Etcetera Theatre. My lovely friend Kate Baiden produced this evening of four short plays with Swivel Theatre, exploring themes of Arab women in revolution. The versatile cast of six women played all the roles across type and gender, with a standout performance from Dilek Rose as a hilarious and surprisingly…
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Thebes at New Diorama Theatre. I saw a preview performance of The Faction’s new adaptation of the Oedipus cycle, which attempts to cram three plays into one evening, and ends up doing such a cursory treatment of all the interlinking stories that it tells none of them satisfactorily. The adaptation can’t decide if it’s ancient…
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November was a very good month for feminist theatregoing. And agitating about the representation of women in our field, with the GAP Salon (Gender and Performance) which I cofounded with Susan Crothers and Kate Baiden in October. More on that in another post, but if you can’t wait, check out the GAP website and @GAPsalon…
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Okay… new M.O. for the monthly PlayList: I’ll make this easier to write (and read) by only going into detail about plays that provoked a detailed response. For the rest, if you’re curious, you can follow the link to more info or Google some reviews. I’m hoping this will mean that I don’t get so…
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Despite directing a showcase of three short plays this month, I still managed to get to 12 other performances in September (6 of them in the same weekend!!). For more on the showcase I directed, She Writes: What’s Through the Door? check out the project page on my website, or the 17Percent site with links…
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Hey America, long time no see. How’ve you been these last two and a half months? I’m settling in to London life, figuring out where to buy basic things like coat hangers and granola, exploring the city, constantly going the wrong way when I get out of the tube, and seeing as much theatre as…
AMY CLARE TASKER 