Jessie Thompson
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Ghost Of Our Fathers: Beyond The Miners’ Strike – Beth Steel Interviewed
Jessie Thompson speaks to playwright Beth Steel about moving beyond the collapse of the welfare state, representations of masculinity and moving beyond the usual themes of the Miners' Strike in her latest work, Wonderland, showing now at Hampstead Theatre. Pictures by Manuel Harlan
Books
Ghost Of Our Fathers: Beyond The Miners’ Strike – Beth Steel Interviewed
Jessie Thompson speaks to playwright Beth Steel about moving beyond the collapse of the welfare state, representations of masculinity and moving beyond the usual themes of the Miners' Strike in her latest work, Wonderland, showing now at Hampstead Theatre. Pictures by Manuel Harlan
Books
Nothing To Celebrate: Tradition, Ideology & Corruption In Theatre
Visiting the two currently-running plays, Jessie Thompson considers critiques of Capitalism, Conservative ideologies and the self-serving class system in Alan Ayckbourn's A Small Family Business and Julian Mitchell's Another Country, finding them still dishearteningly relevant thirty years later
Books
Nothing To Celebrate: Tradition, Ideology & Corruption In Theatre
Visiting the two currently-running plays, Jessie Thompson considers critiques of Capitalism, Conservative ideologies and the self-serving class system in Alan Ayckbourn's A Small Family Business and Julian Mitchell's Another Country, finding them still dishearteningly relevant thirty years later
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A Quietus Interview
Discordant of Tunbridge Wells: Joeyfat Interviewed
With a reputation as bricks-and-mortar shorthand for Little England conservatism, you might be surprised to know that Tunbridge Wells has long had a thriving musical underground. Alexander Tucker speaks to scene stalwarts Joeyfat, currently being celebrated with a compilation and reissues on Wrong Speed Records
A Quietus Interview
Alternate Utopias: An Interview With Sarathy Korwar
Sarathy Korwar speaks to Patrick Clarke about how Indo-futurism, a colonialist critique of Thomas More’s Utopia, and the invention of his own new circular rhythm system have pushed his practise forwards on ambitious new album KALAK
