Dancer, Choreographer and Director Adam Haigh admires two plays about entertainers who faced racism with courage.
Theatre News and Reviews
10 Feb
News 
Can Theatre Effectively Convey the Ugliness of Racism?
By Adam Haigh Wednesday, February 10 2016, 13:07
09 Feb
Reviews 
Review: THE MAGIC FLUTE at English National Opera
By Kit Benjamin Tuesday, February 9 2016, 18:18
From the moment the overture starts, without dimming of the house lights, applause for the conductor or warning of any kind, hopes are high for a playful, challenging yet engaging production of this opera, whose action and themes can be so difficult for a modern audience to relate to, despite some of Mozart’s best loved music. And when a video artist appears stage right and starts scrawling “The Magic Flute” on a chalkboard which then, by some multi-media magic becomes the backdrop, and a Foley artist appears in her booth stage left ready to create the sound-world of this fantasy land we are about to enter, expectation is tangible.
08 Feb
Reviews 
Review: THE MASTER BUILDER at The Old Vic Theatre
By Nastazja Domaradzka Monday, February 8 2016, 12:41
The Master Builder is probably Henrik Ibsen’s most autobiographical piece. Inspired by his fascination with a younger woman, the Norwegian playwright created a story which examines the existential and universal themes of guilt, desire, creativity and despair. The Old Vic’s fantastic production of The Master Builder directed by its artistic director Matthew Warchus and starring Ralph Fiennes, is a tribute to Ibsen’s compelling work.
05 Feb
Reviews 
Review: MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM at the National Theatre
By Davor Golub Friday, February 5 2016, 12:29
In the book ‘Between the World and Me’, author Ta-Nehisi Coates’ brilliant and blistering examination of American race relations, he states that the ongoing condition for African-American men and women in the United States is one where they are constantly at threat of “Losing their body”. This disturbing phrase kept coming to mind last night while I was watching the National Theatre’s excellent new production of August Wilson’s first hit play MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM. In a month where African-American actors are protesting the Academy Awards for lack of representation it is dispiriting to find that a play written in 1982, examining the exploitation of artists in the 1920’s, is sadly still relevant today.
05 Feb
Reviews 
Review: YEN at the Royal Court Upstairs
By Sarah Mercer Friday, February 5 2016, 12:09
Yen, currently playing at the Royal Court following its critically acclaimed run at the Manchester Royal Exchange, is a beautiful play. It tells the story of sixteen year old Hench (Alex Austin) and his thirteen year old brother Bobby (Jake Davies). With neither of their fathers in the picture, and visits by their troubled mother (Sian Brecky) infrequent, the boys are isolated and effectively feral, existing on an emotional diet of Call of Duty and internet porn. Into this bleak picture comes Jenny (Annes Elwy) who illuminates the boys’ life for a short while, with the fragile hope that she brings with her.
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