By Alan Morrison Prolific socialist poet, playwright and verse-dramatist Tony Harrison passed away yesterday aged 88. His many works included The Loiners (1970), From the School of... Continue reading
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Category: Theatre
By Jim Aitken Surely one of the best acts at this year’s Edinburgh Festival has been ‘The Horse of Jenin’ presented by Palestine Comedy Club at the... Continue reading
Joel Samuels discusses the background to his performance in Cutting the Tightrope: The Divorce of Politics from Art at the Arcola Theatre, London, from 26th November to... Continue reading
The anniversary of Seán O’Casey’s death falls on 18th September. He was the first English-speaking dramatist of international significance to emerge from the proletariat. His proletarian consciousness... Continue reading
Mike Quille interviews Mark Thomas about comedy, politics, pubs, Starmer, the miners, his latest show, and being a pastor. Image above by Tracey Moberley 1. Mark, looking on... Continue reading
One of our country’s longest running political theatre groups, Banner have dedicated their time over 50 years to trade union causes and working-class issues, and the power... Continue reading
I am currently leading a theatre project called Performing Resistance: the role of theatre and performance in 21st century workers’ movements. The aim is to create new links between artists... Continue reading
Paul O’Brien, the first Irish critic to publish a full-length political biography of Sean O’Casey from a left-wing perspective, talks to Jenny Farrell about some largely unknown... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell reviews Sean O’Casey: Political Activist and Writer by Paul O’Brien Anybody who has come across the work of independent scholar and critic Paul O’Brien knows... Continue reading
Holberrys is a play about two Sheffield Chartists, Samuel and Mary Holberry, who helped organise the betrayed ‘physical force’ insurrection in the city in January 1840. Samuel,... Continue reading
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