Posts Tagged With: Theatre
Blind Side
Ok, someone should have slapped some sense into me for the post below, in which I got on my high horse and said I didn’t think Danny Boyle’s “Frankenstein” was up to the mark. Where the hell do I get off being critical about a National Theatre production when the local fare is “The Sound [...]
A Disappointing Number
How spectacular does that look, eh? And yes, do imagine me saying that in my poshest Brit accent. This is, after all, a picture of Complicité’s 2007 play “A Disappearing Number” that has been touring India. I’ve seen a couple of Complicité’s earlier work and I’m a fan. A huge fan. Which is why I [...]
What’s in a Name?
This morning, when a friend of mine sent me a text message screaming, “SUPPORT MNIK!”, I sent her a gory description of what happens to minks in the process of going from animal to fur coat. Which led to her writing back, “Get with the program.” So I’m probably the only person in Mumbai who [...]
Pause
Harold Pinter, playwright and political activist, died yesterday. Despite the cruelty of his plays, the man who emerged in his interviews wasn’t quite the curmudgeon one would have expected. “Q: Did anything happen to you early on that changed your life? Pinter: I don’t know. I don’t know really. How the hell can I say [...]
World Domination
