26 stories by "Afshan D'souza-Lodhi"
At last year’s Notting Hill Carnival Star Wars Actor, John Boyega was accused of being inappropriate with the way he was dancing
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★★★ We live in a world in which people of colour are underrepresented everywhere except in the criminal justice system.
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★★★★★ I have always believed theatre to be a form of magic and magic shows to be a form of
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★★★★ Upon leaving university, we quickly forget the trials and tribulations we face while living in shared housing with other
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★★★★½ The Taiwan Season at Summerhall brings us this Taiwanese masterpiece from the company Our Theatre. Delusion Of Home, directed
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★★★ Most of the country is still confused about Brexit and this play doesn't help with the matter at all.
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★★★★★ Mixed race identity is often described as being stuck between two worlds, a descriptor that lacks nuance. Koko Brown's
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★★★★ Marsistan (pronounced Mars-istan) is the reason I come to Edinburgh Fringe. This little gem, hidden away in a hotel,
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★ There will always be a few shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that think they need to be avant-garde
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★★★★ Controversial deaths seem to be a catalyst for riots, which in turn leads to difficult conversations about race the
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★★★ Trojan Horse, directed by Matt Woodhead, leaves us wanting more. Underneath the classical sounds of the tabla merging into a
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The age of digital art is upon us. Theatres and arts organisations everywhere are trying to master the craft of carefully adapting their artistic practice to include the ever elusive 'digita…
This year has been eventful for British theatre. In recent months, people have been coming forward with allegations of sexual assault against directors and actors. National theatres and arts…
In the aftermath of media coverage on the violence against women in India, comes a play about women rising up. Pink Sari Revolution, adapted for the stage by Purva Naresh and directed by Sub…
Let's talk about women playwrights of colour in theatre. Recently there was public outrage over the lack of female playwrights in leading London Theatres and, rightly so. The numbers are sho…
Bin Laden, The One Man Show begins by disarming us. We've come to a show about Bin Laden, and that's what we expect. Everything that Knaive Theatre does, from the moment we step inside the s…
The phrase “on the edge of your seat” was invented for shows just like this. I spent the majority of the piece either praying that nobody would fall and/or die on stage, and chee…
Give Me Your Love is a show about a man suffering from PTSD, who tries a novel method of taking MDMA to help with his therapy. The concept of the show is rather interesting, with a set that …
Ola Aralepo's Polyphony was an incredibly engaging piece of storytelling. Dressed in a traditional Niergerian agbada, he greets us all and begins to tell us his story. Aralepo, a clinical ps…
To be wholly honest with you, I'm not sure why I was expecting a show called Loo Roll to be about anything but loo roll. The comedy piece begins with Bond, or rather her alter ego, …
Theresa Ikoko, winner of the Alfred Fagon and George Devine Award, presents the theatrical masterpiece that is Girls, alongside Talawa Theatre Company, HighTide and Soho Theatre productio…
London Hughes Superstar (it’s just nobody's realised it) is a witty, relatable show about race, boys and superstardom. Hughes, with perfect comedic timing, talks about how she couldn't…
Nilaja Sun's one woman show Pike St. features just under a dozen different characters and she plays every single one of them; from the anti-immigration neighbour, to a little boy, to a soldi…
Coming in at under an hour, The Black That I Am sought to look at black (specifically Jamaican) identities and the way in which different people exist and see the world. The set felt a littl…
Aditya Roy, with the help of Teamwork Arts India @70, showcases The Offering (Guru Dakshina) at Edinburgh. Roy, from Delhi, trained in multiple forms of martial arts which he pairs with danc…
