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‘On the 30th anniversary of Stephen Lawrence’s murder our play has visions of a different city’
This year would have been Stephen Lawrence’s 48th birthday. Instead we find ourselves commemorating his death, 30 years after a senseless racist attack that took place while he simply waited at a bus stop in Eltham, south-east London. I was 10 years old when the murder happened, and it shocked me to my core – it was the first time I realised it was possible to die because of the colour of my skin.
Family Tree | Sardines
Photo: Helen Murray Produced by Actors Touring Company and Belgrade Theatre Coventry in association with Brixton House. There is some convincing acting in this play which brims over with ideas. It is, moreover, imaginatively staged with haunting music (Francesca Amewudah-Rivers) and an intriguing set (big symbolic tree which lights up) by Simon Kenny. The trouble is that it’s so overambitious for a one act, 95-minute play that you get dizzy trying to keep up with it all.
Family Tree | Sardines
Venue Name: Brixton House. 385 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London SW9 8GL Venue Postcode: SW98GL Website: https://brixtonhouse.co.uk/shows/family-tree/ Credits: by Mojisola Adebayo and directed by Matthew Xia. 020 7582 7680 London (professional shows)
Rice | Theatre Royal Plymouth
by Michele Lee, directed by Matthew Xia Nisha is a young hotshot executive working for Golden Fields, Australia’s largest producer of rice. Ambitious and headstrong, she’s determined to become the first female Indian CEO in Australia. She’s close to sealing a contract with the Indian government, which would see her company take over India’s national rice distribution system. A secret deal worth billions.
Actors Touring Company
Written by Maya Arad Yasur / Directed by Matthew Xia Press Enormously rewarding. Yasur’s play is orchestrated with musical playfulness by Matthew Xia in his debut production as Artistic Director of ATC. — Lyn Gardner, Stage Door Brilliantly directed by Matthew Xia, [Amsterdam] is an excellent showcase for his verve and imagination. Sends the audience into the night with the haunting question: what history hides in the walls of the building you live in?
First Person: Matthew Xia on why his production of 'Amsterdam' feels especially pertinent and vital now
I’m currently opening Amsterdam, my first production for Actors Touring Company since being appointed Artistic Director last year, at the Orange Tree theatre in Richmond and then in Plymouth early in 2020. And what better time to premiere a play for the Europe of the present, triggered by the Europe of the past. The themes it tackles are once again becoming increasingly urgent, so I very much see this as a statement of intent.
Review: Fall of Duty, King's Head Theatre -
Festival47 is currently running at the Kings Head Theatre, Islington, until 22nd July, and playing at the festival is Fall of Duty, a story of a baby boomer Mother and millennial Son who attempt to find common ground while working on a play together. The story is set between modern day Brighton; and New York and London between 1913 and 1916.
Review: A Tale of Two Cities, Regents Park Open Air Theatre -
Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities is the most recent play by actor, director and playwright Matthew Dunster. Directed by Timothy Sheader, Dunster’s work returns to the Regents Park Open Air Theatre with a disturbing relevancy.
Review: The Tempest, Barbican Centre -
In the second scene of The Tempest, Prospero famously recounts to his daughter Miranda how the pair came to inhabit their magical island all those years ago, peppering his story with calls to heed him: “Dost thou attend me?” “Dost thou hear?” Reminders to listen well have never seemed more pressing than at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Tempest, now playing at the Barbican, where director Gregory Doran and a long-toiling team from Imaginarium Studios have peopled this isle full of wondrous...
Blog Post: What happens when theatre becomes a home for local artists? -
When I arrived at the Exchange in 2014, Sarah Frankcom had recently taken over as sole Artistic Director and the company was in the process of being redefined to reflect a city that was more creatively ambitious and had a distinct desire to share artistic practice.
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