Somi de Souza’s play Revolution in a Catsuit has bite, depth and substance. Ignored in Britain where minority artists are rendered invisible, it finally won support in Los Angeles where it is running at the Bootleg Theater until the end of April. Can’t wait for the video of the show. In the meantime, here are […]
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Anna Chen – 18 January 2017 East Asians, theatre practitioners, academics and friends protest against Yellowface casting in Howard Barker play, In the Depths of Dead Love, at the Print Room 19th January 2017 This Thursday (19th January) sees a peaceful protest of Chinese, East Asians, theatre practitioners, academics and friends at the Print Room
THE “OPERA FOR CHINATOWN” ART INSTALLATION, ON LIVERPOOL’S DUKE STREET, FEATURES PHOTOS OF THE OLD BOARDING HOUSE’S LONG FORGOTTEN RESIDENTS. My City Scope column for the South China Morning Post magazine 20th July 2014. City scope: Windows to the past Anna Chen in Liverpool Liverpool, home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe, is hosting
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Actress Lucy Sheen asks what many of us are wondering. Is the media ready to accept East Asians as part of British diversity? So after a hopeful start to last week with the launch of Act For Change campaign, the broad acceptance from ITV and the BBC that quotas for BAME artists and creatives are
When does humour stop being funny and morph into racism? By actress Lucy Sheen I have a sense of humour. A pretty good one, sometimes it goes a little dark. Hell I loved Nighty Nighty the deeply dark and disturbing comedy by Julia Davis. I even ended up in the second series! Other times it
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Hackney-born Chinese British punk Anna Chen kicks up. Pic by Bob Carlos Clarke Act For Change Conference, Young Vic Theatre 30th June 2014 Chair: Shami Chakrabarti Panel: Julie Crampsie, BBC casting director; Steve November, Head Of ITV programming; writer Stephen Poliakoff; film producer Allison Owen; and Ewan Marshall, former artistic director of Graeae Theatre Company.
