Helen Hawkins
Journalist at The Arts Desk
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Contemporary romance writer, editor, mum. RNA member. https://t.co/9xfw4Vvy2X Rep'd by @saskialeach_/@KNLitAgency https://t.co/bMe03J2TOt
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2 days ago |
theartsdesk.com | Helen Hawkins
It’s easy to see metaphors about the status of modern Georgia, once again threatened by the Russian boot, in its recent artistic output. So while there are no overt political allusions in director Dea Kulumbegashshvili’s April, at its core you sense a tacit and urgent debate about how to square your conscience with the “rules” that govern the country’s conduct. The heroine of the piece is Nina (Ia Sukhitashvili), an actual heroine of a sort.
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1 week ago |
theartsdesk.com | Helen Hawkins
The writer Amy Ng has made a sterling effort in digging up the true story behind her new play at the Kiln, Shanghai Dolls, but sadly has not yet found the best way to project this interesting material. The Dolls are two women who meet in Shanghai in 1935.
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2 weeks ago |
theartsdesk.com | Helen Hawkins
Director Louise Courvoisier has put herself firmly on the film map with this story of young Totone and his little sister, carving out a living in the modern-day Jura countryside after being orphaned. Think the Dardennes brothers with more sunshine and less angst, a way of life where young calves are transported to market n the front seat of the family car. Courvoisier is from the village featured and cast her film from the locals working there. All are amateurs, all are naturals.
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2 weeks ago |
theartsdesk.com | Helen Hawkins
Keelan Kember’s play Thanks for Having Me may look like a vehicle for Kedar Williams-Stirling (Sex Education, Red Pitch), but it’s more accurately a showcase for the comedic talents of Keelan Kember, a former OUDS performer with a TV pilot to his credit already. This 70-minute piece looks like another one.
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2 weeks ago |
theartsdesk.com | Helen Hawkins
Many know that the actor Richard Burton began life as a miner’s son called Richard Jenkins. Not so many are aware of the reason he changed his name. This film from Marc Evans explains how it came about. PH Burton (played by Toby Jones) was the teenage Burton’s English teacher in Port Talbot, a wannabe playwright who was on the brink of fame when the war broke out, and he was deployed as a teacher instead.
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