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little to initially go on,” Danny Dorling tells Arts with Attitude. “I don’t blame the media for the


result. The BBC really did try to be fair in the run-up.” www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/ rule-britannia


Theatre Blueprint Medea Finborough Theatre, London Until 8 June Penned by NUJ freelance member Julia Pascal and based on interviews with Kurdish fighters living in the UK, this play tells the tale of Medea. Medea arrives in the UK on a forged


passport and, after slipping through immigration, discovers how to exist on the margins of London life. She settles down and starts a family – then her world falls apart and her thoughts turn to revenge. This play connects the classical and


the contemporary to explores questions of passion, war, cultural identity, women’s freedom, sex, family and love. www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk


Films Tolkein


On national release Starring Nicholas Hoult as JRR Tolkein and Lily Collins as his Gloucester-born wife, Edith, this biopic explores the formative years of the writer’s artistic inspiration, leading to his famous Middle-earth novels. www.foxsearchlight.com/tolkien/


Vita & Virginia On national release from 21 July Gemma Arterton stars as English socialite and novelist Vita Sackville-


Music


Frickin’ awesome women take the stage Founded by NUJ member


THE FIRST bands have been announced for this year’s Loud Women Fest, to be held at The Dome and the Boston Music Room in London on 14 September.. Loud Women is a DIY


collective that champions


women in music by hosting live events they describe as “fun, friendly, and frickin’ awesome”. Since they last appeared


in Arts with Attitude, Loud Women have gone from strength to strength.


Cassie Fox in 2015 as a response to wanting to play gigs where her band were not the only women in the green room, they now organise gigs in New York, Los Angeles and Australia.


The London line-up


looks awesome, including Brighton garage rock gal pal duo ARXX, London alt-rock trio Hurtling, Norwich Riot Grrrrrls Peach Club, raging feminist post hardcore Petrol Girls, Second Hand Underpants from Turkey


and Atlanta-based female fusion indie rockers The Txlips Band. All profits go to the


artists, and any additional funds raised go to charities that help women. http://tinyurl.com/y37v3jnr


theJournalist | 21 Graffiti Tagging in the Parisian night


SHOT IN one night, photojournalist Marc Vallée’s new book, Down and Up in Paris, beautifully captures the shadowy world of graffiti writers. Vallée takes us into their secretive


world as, faces covered with hoodies, they go about their business tagging buildings and vehicles in the dead of night. “I’ve spent years documenting the


London and Paris graffiti scene,” Marc tells Arts with Attitude. “Building trust is essential so


I’m reluctant to give too many background details about my


subjects. The bottom line is the writers trust me and that gives me access. “Most Parisians aren’t interested


in a kid painting the side of a truck at 4am in the rain, and just walk by. Of course, the French state might take a different position. “About halfway into shooting


a very bourgeois Parisian pulled up on his top-end motorbike – one of those with two wheels at the front – and he fell over onto the street. “He was drunk and the graffiti


writer and I lifted up the bike that was crushing him. We suggested that maybe he should park up and walk home – he didn’t. And we went on our way.” A black-and-white masterpiece.


https://marcvallee.co.uk/ Down-and-Up-in-Paris


West and Elizabeth Debicki as her lover Virginia Woolf. Their romance overcomes all social boundaries, and touches on the patriarchy but, ultimately, Virginia’s mental health as she struggles to cope with Vita’s recklessness. www.mirror- productions.com


Comedy Jess Robinson: No Filter On tour until 8 June Multi award-winning Jess Robinson (The Last Leg, Dead Ringers, The Now Show and, erm, Britain’s Got Talent) returns with a live band to provide spot-on musical comedy, vocal gymnastics and incredible celebrity impressions of Shakira and Streisand via Adele, Lady Gaga, Kate Bush, Marge Simpson and Theresa May. www.jessrobinson.co.uk


Mark Steel: Everything’s Going To Be Alright On tour until 1 June The star of BBC Radio 4’s Mark Steel’s In Town hits the road again, this time reflecting on what’s been a traumatic few years that’s seen him go through a less-than- amicable divorce. He cleverly intertwines the personal and the political,


talking about how the explosion of hatred and anger seems to have come suddenly, but has been building up for a while without being noticed. A bit like Brexit. http://marksteelinfo.com/tour/


Ireland: a Survivor’s Guide International bar Wicklow Street From 11 June A rollercoaster guide to Irish culture and customs, people and history, using physical comedy sketches, audience interaction and a box of strange props, this satirical show


takes you through the complete history of Ireland in seven minutes, touching on hurling and Irish music among other pleasures. www.ireland asurvivors guide.com


Music Manic Street Preachers On tour May I’ve seen the Manics only once since Richey vanished, and I love the way they leave a mic standing stage right, in case he rejoins them. Although I think their music has suffered since he left, no one else does, so join them touring This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 20 years after it came out, in a series of intimate venues. www.manicstreetpreachers.com


MARCVALLEE


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