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Brian tells Arts with Attitude: “I thought it would be nice to record some of the silly, off-beat things said and done in the newsroom.” It strikes a chord with this former reporter.
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Television Sharp Objects
Hot on the heels of the BBC’s Press, the media again takes the spotlight in HBO’s Sharp Objects. Alcoholic crime reporter Camille
Preaker (Amy Adams) returns to her Missouri hometown to cover the murders of two girls. Based on the debut novel by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn, this psychological gothic thriller, featuring a heroic editor will keep you gripped until the end.
And I mean the very end. Keep
watching until after the credits of the last episode.
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Film
The Wild Pear Tree Released in the UK on 30 November Ahlat Ağacı (to give it its Turkish title) premiered at this year’s Cannes Festival and was selected as the Turkish entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars. Stunningly filmed, it tells the
story of wannabe writer Sinan, who returns to the village of his birth to raise the money required to publish his novel only to find his father’s debts holding him back.
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Comedy
Politics for Bitches Luisa Omielan Touring the UK until December Luisa Omielan does not shy away from the hard issues – her first show was entitled What Would Beyonce Do? In her new offering, she addresses topics from public spending to housing, and from cannabis to cancer. “Politics is so dry and
inaccessible,” she says, warning the show also includes dick jokes.
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Theatre The Height of The Storm Wyndhams Theatre, London Until 1 December This new play by Olivier award-winning Florian Zeller brings together for the first time two of the greatest actors of
Spotlight: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Magic money tricks in an Edwardian show
“Money is the cause of poverty because it is the device by which those who are too lazy to work are enabled to rob the workers of the fruits of their labour.” That line, delivered by
Frank Owen in the Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, is
the centrepiece of a new stage adaptation of Robert Tressell’s 1914 classic novel, the manuscript of which is held by the TUC. The money trick, as it is
called, is used by the socialist house-painter to explain to colleagues how the use of
money under capitalism exploits the working class. Owen and other characters
from the book – hypocritical Christians, exploitative employers and corrupt councillors – come to life at the hands of actor Neil Gore, who is this autumn touring
the UK with what he describes as an Edwardian magic show, promising political conjuring tricks, live music and song. The TUC’s copy of the
manuscript can be seen at
www.unionhistory.info/ ragged/
ragged.php
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their generation, Eileen Atkins and Jonathan Pryce, as a couple who have been in love for more than 50 years. Then one weekend, when their daughters visit, a bunch of flowers shows up … but who sent them?
http://theheightofthestorm.com
The Wipers Times Arts Theatre, London Until December 1 Private Eye editor Ian Hislop and cartoonist/sketch writer Nick Newman’s story about a newspaper in the trenches returns to the stage following a well-received BBC adaptation and a sell-out run last year. The true tale of a group of soldiers who discovered a printing press in 1916 Belgium, the Wipers Times
prints poems, jokes and essays about life in the trenches, a precursor to Private Eye and Charlie Hebdo.
www.wiperstimesplay.co.uk
Performance Poetry John Cooper Clarke Touring the UK this autumn For a writer with a tight word count, describing John Cooper Clarke is a challenge, but I’ll give it
a go: he’s a poet, movie star, rock star, TV & radio presenter, comedian and a social and cultural commentator. I’m out of words now, but go and see him. He’s funny. And entertaining.
http://johncooperclarke.com/gigs/
Music Bragg in Hope not Hate benefit
Billy Bragg has announced a one-off fundraising gig for Hope not Hate. The Bard of Barking is joining
forces with Scottish rabble-rousers The Wakes in London on 25 January to help replenish the charity’s coffers after its work foiled a plot to murder a Labour MP. Billy Bragg has a long history
of fighting fascism – who can forget him confronting BNP London assembly member Richard Barnbrook on the street in 2010? – and is happy to donate his fee to the charity. He said: “Our friends at Hope not
Hate have played a significant role in the conviction of British neo-Nazis at the Old Bailey. “They’ve been working on this for
over a year and, now they’ve been successful, they want to build on the important work they do in challenging, confronting and, as we’ve seen, ultimately defeating the far right.” Matthew Collins from Hope
not Hate told Arts with Attitude: “We’re very grateful for the support of the trade union and labour movement – ASLEF and the GMB are supporting the gig – and people like Thompsons
Solicitors have given us extraordinary support. “Billy Bragg has also been
tremendous and we aim to make sure this night is one to remember.”
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