I reviewed The Sonneteer at the Landor Theatre for Everything Theatre: Sebastian Michael was inspired to write The Sonneteer after a friend posted a sonnet a day on Facebook. Reading them sequentially made Michael see them as a story, rather than individual pieces, and his play focuses on those Shakespearean sonnets known as the Fair … Continue reading
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The Sonneteer at the Landor Theatre: Review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed The Sonneteer at the Landor Theatre for Everything Theatre: Sebastian Michael was inspired to write The Sonneteer after a friend posted a sonnet a day on Facebook. Reading them sequentially made Michael see them as a story, rather than individual pieces, and his play focuses on those Shakespearean sonnets known as the Fair … Continue reading
New Books in Anthropology Network podcast interview
New Books in Anthropology Network podcast interview Astrid Countee of the New Books in Anthropology Network recently interviewed me about Belly Dance Around the World: New Communities, Performance and Identity. We had a great conversation so please go check it out on the New Books in Anthropology Network. Continue reading
The Heart-Stealing The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart at the London Welsh Centre
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. If someone were to design a piece of theatre expressly for me, it could not have been more to my taste than The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart. Strong in all production areas, David Greig’s writing supports creative and energetic performances from Melody Grove, Paul … Continue reading
The Heart-Stealing The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart at the London Welsh Centre
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. If someone were to design a piece of theatre expressly for me, it could not have been more to my taste than The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart. Strong in all production areas, David Greig’s writing supports creative and energetic performances from Melody Grove, Paul … Continue reading
The Opera Caped Crusader
I speak frequently and with affection about my velvet opera cape. All academics are especially fond of playing dress-up: in formal situations we wear long black robes with silk cowls, oddly-shaped sleeves, and some seriously natty headgear. You may have thought I got my PhD because I have a deep and abiding love of Learning. … Continue reading
There’s More Romance in a Subterranean Refuge than My House
As I write this it’s been two weeks since the Chilean miners were rescued. And what a joyous, inspiring television spectacle that was, wasn’t it? I joined about a billion people watching the live coverage worldwide as the miners were slowly shifted from their underground refuge to the surface. The whole world held its breath … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 