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April 12, 2019 Review: The Jungle, at the Curran
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "The Jungle" by Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson, directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, at the Curran in San Francisco through May 18, 2019.
Curran website [1]
[1] https://sfcurran.com/shows/the-jungle/
4 min
April 12, 2019 Review: The Jungle, at the Curran
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “The Jungle” by Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson, directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, at the Curran in San Francisco through May 18, 2019.
Curran website
The post Review: The Jungle, at the Curran appeared first on KPFA.
4 min
April 09, 2019 Review: In Old Age by Mfoniso Udofia, at Magic Theatre
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "In Old Age," a world premiere play by Mfoniso Udofia, at the Magic Theatre in Fort Mason Center in San Francisco through April 21, 2019
Magic Theatre website [1]
[1] http://magictheatre.org/
4 min
April 09, 2019 Review: In Old Age by Mfoniso Udofia, at Magic Theatre
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “In Old Age,” a world premiere play by Mfoniso Udofia, at the Magic Theatre in Fort Mason Center in San Francisco through April 21, 2019
Magic Theatre website
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4 min
April 07, 2019 Review: Actually, at Aurora Theatre Harry’s Upstage
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "Actually" by Anna Ziegler, at Aurora Theatre Harry's Upstage through May 5, 2019.
Aurora Theatre website [1]
[1] https://auroratheatre.org/
1 min
April 07, 2019 Review: Actually, at Aurora Theatre Harry’s Upstage
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Actually” by Anna Ziegler, at Aurora Theatre Harry’s Upstage through May 5, 2019.
Aurora Theatre website
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1 min
April 01, 2019 Interview: Justin Martin & Ammar Haj Ahmad, “The Jungle” at the Curran
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Justin Martin, co-director, and Ammar Haj Ahmad, one of the principal actors of "The Jungle," a play by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco through May 18, 2019, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
The Jungle tells the story of a refugee camp near Calais, France, where people fleeing violence in their own countries came while they awaited asylum in England. The camp lasted around nine months, and during that time, developed its own culture and community. Playwrights Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson opened a theatre there, and took notes on the people and events during the Jungle's existence. Co-directors Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin joined with the playwrights, and actors representing the various countries in the camp, and created an environmental theatre piece, which received accolades in earlier productions at the Old Vic in London and St. Ann's Warehouse in New York, before coming to San Francisco.
Justin Martin has worked as associate director with Stephen Daldry beginning with the national tour of the musical "Billy Elliot" and has served as second unit director for several episodes of Daldry's Netflix series, "The Crown."
Ammar Haj Ahmad began his acting career in Syria and came to Britain to work, and then found himself a refugee and unable to return. Now a British citizen, he was one of the original workshop members of the play "The Jungle."
Curran theatre website [1]
[1] https://sfcurran.com/shows/the-jungle/
43 min
April 01, 2019 Interview: Justin Martin & Ammar Haj Ahmad, “The Jungle” at the Curran
Justin Martin, co-director, and Ammar Haj Ahmad, one of the principal actors of “The Jungle,” a play by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco through May 18, 2019, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
The Jungle tells the story of a refugee camp near Calais, France, where people fleeing violence in their own countries came while they awaited asylum in England. The camp lasted around nine months, and during that time, developed its own culture and community. Playwrights Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson opened a theatre there, and took notes on the people and events during the Jungle’s existence. Co-directors Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin joined with the playwrights, and actors representing the various countries in the camp, and created an environmental theatre piece, which received accolades in earlier productions at the Old Vic in London and St. Ann’s Warehouse in New York, before coming to San Francisco.
Justin Martin has worked as associate director with Stephen Daldry beginning with the national tour of the musical “Billy Elliot” and has served as second unit director for several episodes of Daldry’s Netflix series, “The Crown.”
Ammar Haj Ahmad began his acting career in Syria and came to Britain to work, and then found himself a refugee and unable to return. Now a British citizen, he was one of the original workshop members of the play “The Jungle.”
Curran theatre website
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43 min
March 31, 2019 Review: Falsettos, at SHN Golden Gate Theatre
KPFA theatre critic reviews the national touring company of the Lincoln Center production of "Falsettos" by James Lapine and William Finn, at SHN Golden Gate through April 14, 2019.
SHN website [1]
[1] https://shnsf.com/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=1920season-buy&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=
4 min
March 31, 2019 Review: Falsettos, at SHN Golden Gate Theatre
KPFA theatre critic reviews the national touring company of the Lincoln Center production of “Falsettos” by James Lapine and William Finn, at SHN Golden Gate through April 14, 2019.
SHN website
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4 min