A gritty comedy about racism in Wales sounds an unlikely candidate for a Hollywood hit. Nevertheless, Little White Lies is in line to win a lucrative distribution deal with American giants Warner Bros. It is currently topping an online contest at Amazon Studios, where the winner also collects $1million (£630,200). First shown on ITV Wales,…
Three quarters of the way through the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) London Roundhouse Season actor Noma Dumezweni can relax for a bit. Appearing in three of the Company’s six productions the Swaziland born, Suffolk-raised actor is excited about the next phase of the Season’s tour back at the RSC’s reconstructed and soon to be relaunched…
UNIYFPAD:Past A rainy day on a disused railway platform outside Manchester is not the sort of place you expect to see one of the most influential performers in rock ‘n’ roll history strutting their stuff. You might not think that the artist in question would be a 49-year-old African-American gospel singer from Arkansas either. This…
Already a Tony winning sensation in the US, the musical biography on stage of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti is set to have the same impact on audiences at London’s National Theatre. Delivering a potent cocktail of pan-Africanism, militant demands and multilayered and polyrhythmic beats wrapped up in a fusion of West African highlife music…
Supermarkets have made themselves increasingly popular with shoppers. Tesco sells everything from groceries and clothes to books and electrical goods, all under one roof. They will even insure your cat. Of course, what some see as convenience others see as a monopoly. Love them or hate them though, you may soon have no choice but…
Football has done itself few favours of late. From Wayne Rooney’s bumper new contract to the latest player sex scandal, the stories have become depressingly familiar. Thankfully Africa United uses the beautiful game to tell a more remarkable tale; one that travels the length of a continent, taking in the good and the bad along…
London’s Brunswick Centre paints a unique picture on the Bloomsbury landscape. A cream concrete village square, lined with glass-fronted