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Late Windrush victim’s compensation to fund prize for British Caribbean playwrights

The Windrush Prize will award £10,000 to the writer of the winning play, which will receive a run at the Arcola theatre next year

The Guardian - UK · Jun 22

Ukraine Unbroken at Arcola Theatre review: Can theatre confront the hideous reality of war?

3/5 The many horrors of Russia’s invasion are brought home by a cast of six performing five scrappy plays from Ukrainian and British writers

Evening Standard · Mar 4

A Grain of Sand review – a child’s eye view of the horror in Gaza

Beguiling but deeply disturbing verbatim solo show is based on testimony of Gazan children and relates the confusion and tragedy of war

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26

Artists shouldn’t be political? Here’s a show that challenges Britain’s creeping censorship

Cutting the Tightrope: The Divorce of Politics from Art, at the Arcola in London, tackles freedom of expression – with particular focus on Gaza, writes Brian Logan

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2024

Protest Song review – grief, rage and a singalong in Occupy movement drama

This timely revival of Tim Price’s monologue about a rough sleeper drawn into the world of activism leaves little space for vulnerability

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2023

Céphale et Procris at Grimeborn Opera Festival review: defiantly of its time

Musical standards are high, but Da Silva’s staging strives for a relevance not always achieved

Evening Standard · Aug 30, 2023

Worth review – darkly comic inheritance drama

What starts as a comedy of sibling manners ends in a soap opera-like recital of childhood abuses and family grievances

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2023

The Apology review – powerful tale of wartime ‘comfort women’

Kyo Choi’s shocking and intelligent play tells the story of a Korean woman who was forced into military sex slavery for Japanese troops at the age of 16

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2022

Grimeborn: tiny budgets, crazy settings and singers nearly in your lap - 15 years of Dalston’s opera festival

East London’s more affordable answer to Glyndebourne has become a fixture in the opera summer season

Evening Standard · Jul 27, 2022