I cannot imagine that there are many who had the good fortune to see The Persians (background story) over the past two weeks, who doubted that we were present at one of the defining occasions of English-language theatre in Wales. Even the London critics somehow managed to find themselves seated, not in West End luxury, [...]
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A Phoenix rises from The Persians
Posted: August 22, 2010 by peterdcox in Arts, Cardiff, Funding, Reviews, Theatre, Wales Assembly Government6
In writing about the new YouTube phenomena that is Kseniya Simonova there have been a couple of common threads: “it couldn’t have happened here”, and “but is it art?” Of course it couldn’t happen here: eight minutes of prime time television with a young (albeit televisually attractive) woman throwing sand about to an edited sound [...]
