We are invited to bear witness to an age-old story — and embedded within it is a tale of storytelling itself, of culture from the world’s oldest living continuous tradition, so profoundly challenged in the early days of colonial invasion. …
The fact is that going to see shows can be a bit of a punt- and on more than a few occasions I have found myself driving to a venue wondering whether it would not be better to turn back …
Prostitution as a means of empowering women is a contentious notion even now, let alone in 1893 when MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION was written by Dublin-born social reformer George Bernard Shaw (who also wrote PYGMALION). No wonder it was banned from