February, 2009 – Anna Chen

Burnt By The Sun, National Theatre review: bum-aching torture but don’t blame Stalin

13 Comments / reviews / Anna Chen / 27/02/2009

Someone should remind playwright Peter Flannery that drama is like real life but with the boring bits taken out. Last night’s preview of his adaptation of the movie Burnt By The Sun (press night tonight), broke an enjoyable run of great shows at the National Theatre which includes Steppenwolf’s August: Osage County, and Vanessa Redgrave […]

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Battlestar Galactica Ep 6, 4.5 review: Deadlock

3 Comments / Uncategorised / Anna Chen / 25/02/2009

Cylons Sharon/Boomer Eight and Caprica Six SPOILER ALERT Look away now. Written by Buffy veteran Jane Espenson, Deadlock, Episode 6 of 10, brings Ellen Tigh back to Galactica’s crippled fleet, now carrying 39,556 surviving humans with no prospect of sanctuary. Dead alcoholic Ellen was revealed in the first episode of the series to be the

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Jade Goody Killed by the Big Brother that made her

10 Comments / Uncategorised / Anna Chen / 22/02/2009

I feel very sorry for Jade Goody. Dying from cancer at a pitifully early age and in the public eye is not a fate I’d wish on any hapless entertainer. There’s clear class conflict going on here with a lucky member of the “underclass” (tabloidese for bottom of the working class) made famous, given riches,

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Morecambe Bay disaster poem: how charity works

3 Comments / Arts, Politics / Anna Chen / 20/02/2009

Having been invited to participate in a fund-raising event commemorating the 5th anniversary of the Morecambe Bay disaster (5th February), I was going to write something about it here. But seeing how it was derailed from its original purpose by power and money, not to mention the power of money, I’ve thought long and hard

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Resonance FM Lucky Cat: Madam Miaow on the radio

3 Comments / radio / Anna Chen / 11/02/2009

Zoe Baxter, Merlene Emerson, MM Zoe Baxter, MM, Jasper Sharp Had a great time last hosting the weekly Lucky Cat hour at Resonance 104.4FM last night thanks to my guests Merlene Emerson and Jasper Sharp, and Zoe Baxter who invited me along and drove the desk. Pix above of us celebrating our triumph, dwahlinks, in

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Lucky Cat: Madam Miaow on Resonance 104.4FM Tonight

3 Comments / radio / Anna Chen / 10/02/2009

Madam Miaow, AKA Anna Chen, takes over the Lucky Cat hour on London radio station Resonance FM at 9pm tonight Tuesday 10th February, bringing cultural and political chat into your home. Not that my usual sophistimicated readers require my witteration to refundicate their erudition on home turf. Would I even think that? I’ll be talking

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February 2009