It Can’t Happen Here: a demagogue rises, but the parallels aren’t yuge

A Sinclair Lewis novel about the rise of a dictator has been adapted for the stage, seeking to cast new light on the age of Trump but it’s more agitprop than satire. In those entertaining early days of the Republican primaries, the illogical popularity of Donald Trump seemed like a lark. Snarky nicknames were coined, […]

Chuk Iwuji: ‘My Hamlet is an ugly beast about to be unleashed’

A stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Iwuji is finally playing Hamlet, in a production inspired by Black Lives Matter and which is being performed in homeless shelters and prisons. For the Nigerian-born British actor Chuk Iwuji, to be or not to be wasnt remotely the question when it came to playing Hamlet. He has […]

I love theatre and I’m blind. Here’s how that works | Ria Adriani

Ria Andriani became blind at the age of five as the result of glaucoma. Thanks to tactile tours and audio descriptors, it hasn’t stopped her enjoying theatre. The Rabbits, written by Kate Miller-Heidke and adapted from a picture book by John Marsden and Shaun Tan, was one of the most popular shows to run at […]

Multi-Cultural Entrepreneurs Take Center Stage At Detroit Conference For Startup Businesses.

Detroit, MI (PRWEB) April 27, 2015 PowerMoves.NOLA initiated its national expansion with the launch and activation of PowerMoves@Detroit sponsored by Morgan Stanley. Co-hosted by Invest Detroit and DEGC, PowerMoves@Detroit was a three-day event in which local and nationally recruited entrepreneurs of color participated in venture capital pitch competitions, vying for $ 120,000 in direct prizes […]