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Grey Zones: <em>Bad Roads</em> at the Royal Court Theatre

Arts & Culture

Grey Zones: Bad Roads at the Royal Court Theatre

Bad Roads – a form of oral history about the ongoing war in Ukraine – is a political act, documenting a shocking reality in a conflict characterized by fakery.

by EmilyBueno • 5th December 2017
<em>The Glass Castle</em>: How To Make a Successful Book-to-Film Adaptation

Arts & Culture

The Glass Castle: How To Make a Successful Book-to-Film Adaptation

Too much misery toughens the heart, whereas the best art softens it. Jeannette Walls’s The Glass Castle is art of the latter kind.

by EmilyBueno • 11th November 201711th November 2017
Mistress, Mother, Executor, Nurse: <em>Mrs Orwell</em> at the Old Red Lion Theatre

Arts & Culture

Mistress, Mother, Executor, Nurse: Mrs Orwell at the Old Red Lion Theatre

Sonia Brownell married George Orwell on his consumptive deathbed in 1949. This strong play gives a compelling insight into this extraordinary figure.

by EmilyBueno • 21st August 201721st August 2017
Absurd Realism: <em>Hir</em> at the Bush Theatre

Arts & Culture, Technology

Absurd Realism: Hir at the Bush Theatre

Hir, Taylor Mac’s raucous black comedy about small-town American values and trans politics, is both daringly subversive and very, very funny.

by EmilyBueno • 27th June 201715th January 2026
A Genealogy of Trauma: <em>Anatomy of a Suicide</em> at the Royal Court Theatre

Arts & Culture

A Genealogy of Trauma: Anatomy of a Suicide at the Royal Court Theatre

I saw Anatomy of a Suicide the night of the election. As it turned out, it could have described the results.

by EmilyBueno • 16th June 2017
Dreaming of Home: <em>Swing Time</em> by Zadie Smith

Literature

Dreaming of Home: Swing Time by Zadie Smith

Swing Time, an outlier in Zadie Smith’s oeuvre, is stylistically interesting, socially aware, funny and wise.

by EmilyBueno • 12th January 201712th January 2017
A Socially Conscious Curio?: <em>An Inspector Calls</em> at the Playhouse Theatre

Arts & Culture

A Socially Conscious Curio?: An Inspector Calls at the Playhouse Theatre

An Inspector Calls is a GCSE staple, but, asks Emily Bueno, does it really have any relevance?

by EmilyBueno • 16th November 201617th November 2016
Sympathy For The Devil?: <em>Doctor Faustus</em> at the Barbican Theatre

Arts & Culture

Sympathy For The Devil?: Doctor Faustus at the Barbican Theatre

This Marlowe revival is visually spectacular but somewhat superficial.

by EmilyBueno • 19th September 2016
<em>The Amateur Marriage</em> by Anne Tyler

Literature

The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler

It is a story that is devastating because its married protagonists, Pauline and Michael, make misery their quotidian experience.

by EmilyBueno • 12th March 201614th March 2016
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