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The Crucible
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In my new book, The Defender, the main character, a 14 year old boy called Ian, comes home to find two menacing characters waiting for his dad.
Taking its title from one of Vladimir Mayakovsky’s greatest poems, in which the future poet of the Russian Revolution revealed that he could be as tender hearted as "a cloud in trousers", this play sets out to bring us the story of the man himself.
Camouflage is Relative
Pete Miser
A huge black screen, dated 1674 and made by skilled Chinese craftsmen, depicts the activities of an enclosed Chinese court. It is a lively scene, rich in decoration and colour, and shows a multitude of characters going about their daily tasks. In the extreme left of the screen are a small group of European merchants.
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Caesar’s Greatest Battle
The whole thing began for me in November 2002 after a rather bruising experience in Bucharest, Romania.
Guantanamo Baywatch
Justin Butcher
New Year’s Revolutions
Tommy Evans
Avant-Garde Graphics 1918-1934
58Philippe Cherbonnier
Appalled by the news of the 58 Chinese people who suffocated in a lorry on the journey to Dover in 2000, Philippe Cherbonnier set out to explore the immigration debate in Britain.
MusicK/Rearranging the 20th Century
PABLO NERUDA’S last act of defiance came after his death in November 1973.
THEATRE
Stuff Happens
SAM BESTE is now old enough to drink in the places he’s been earning a fast growing reputation in. Other 18 year olds like Wayne Rooney or soul prodigy Joss Stone may be better known, but Sam’s is an equally impressive talent.
QUEIMADA, OR Burn!, has just been released on DVD (£13.99).
Was it a conscious decision to make your new book, Iron Council, very political?
SILENT CRY is a play about the death in police custody of Arif Ahmed. The dialogue takes place in and around the home of the young man’s family, and focuses on how this avoidable tragedy threatens to pull them apart. It is based on documented evidence and interviews, and the story begins as Arif’s life ends.