THE COLONISTS COMPROMISE – The Sugar Wife

THE COLONISTS COMPROMISE – The Sugar Wife

The Sugar Wife is a play set in Dublin’s Quaker community of 1840. Written by Elizabeth Kuti, an English-Hungarian writer who moved to Dublin in 1993. Maureen McManus interviewed the playwright to explore the process by which the play was written. The Sugar Wife tells the story of four characters, the main one being Hannah [...]

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ISMAIL KADARE – Man Booker International Prize Winner 2005

ISMAIL KADARE – Man Booker International Prize Winner 2005

“Dictatorship and authentic literature are incompatible… The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship” Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer of broad international reputation who has been living in France, has won the first ever Man Booker International Prize recently. He has received the prize of £60,000 and a trophy at the Award Ceremony on 27 June [...]

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BIG LIFE – A Thoroughly Enjoyable Musical

BIG LIFE – A Thoroughly Enjoyable Musical

A tightly delivered and highly professional musical offering. Set in the British black community, musical production The Big Life is one of two well-received plays running in the West End. The Big Life was created at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, from where it transferred to its current home at the Apollo Theatre, having had [...]

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