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Monday, January 29, 2024

A new start after 60: I learned to tango – now I’m out in clubs till 3am by Ammar Kalia

Victoria Zaragoza-Martinez was retired, with little to do except hate the miserable British winter. At 71, she decided to bring some Latin warmth into her life Victoria Zaragoza-Martinez was…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM
Sunday, February 19, 2023

Actor Bukky Bakray: the Rocks star hitting the big time by Ammar Kalia

The east Londoner won a Bafta for her performance as the teenage lead in Sarah Gavron’s hit 2019 film. Now, on the eve of three new stage and screen projects, she talks about her whirlwind…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AM
Monday, August 1, 2022

‘The establishment didn’t know what to do with me’: Sanjeev Bhaskar on marriage, success and stereotypes by Ammar Kalia

Goodness Gracious Me made him a household name. Now The Sandman could bring international stardom. He talks about the bullies who tried to keep him down – and life as a reluctant role mode…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AM
Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Jamming with Jokerman: how Bob Marley and Bob Dylan’s songs powered hit musicals by Ammar Kalia

Olivier award-winner Simon Hale on the thrill of orchestrating two legends’ tracks on Get Up, Stand Up! and Girl from the North Country It’s not often you get the green light from Bob Dy…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PM
Thursday, May 19, 2022

Kabul Goes Pop review – a fizzing tribute to bubblegum songs of hope by Ammar Kalia

Brixton House, LondonThis uneven but refreshing debut by Waleed Akhtar is inspired by the rise and fall of Afghanistan’s first pop TV show Early 00s pop TV was fertile ground for hyperacti…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM
Monday, May 16, 2022

The celebrated assassin: the play about Gandhi’s killer, still dividing India by Ammar Kalia

Having written about sex tapes and the Delhi bus gang-rape, Anupama Chandrasekhar is tackling Nathuram Godse, the gunman who was raised as a girl – and is now a hero to Hindu nationalists …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AM
Thursday, February 24, 2022

Jeremy Pope: ‘I’m in the healing business, since art can change the way that you think’ by Ammar Kalia

The two-times Tony nominee is about to portray Jean-Michel Basquiat alongside Paul Bettany’s Warhol. ‘We’re digging deep and getting to the heart of their relationship,’ he says When…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM
Tuesday, October 5, 2021

‘We find our talent in unusual ways’: the revolutionary circus of Extraordinary Bodies by Ammar Kalia

From first kisses to lockdown days, a cast of disabled and non-disabled performers lay their personal lives on the line in a moving new show, Human On a bare black stage, Jonny Leitch is rem…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM
Monday, September 20, 2021

Finally! Get ready for a new season of culture by Presented By Nosheen Iqbal With Arifa Akbar, Ammar Kalia and Ben Beaumont-Thomas; Produced By Hannah Moore and Axel Kacoutié; Executive Producers Phil Maynard and Archie Bland

New albums, new TV series, and actual live shows – the culture taps might have run dry during the pandemic, but this autumn they are switching on again at last. Our critics give their pick…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AM
Sunday, February 21, 2021

‘You can smell the sweat and hair gel’: the best nightclub scenes from culture by Peter Bradshaw, Claire Armitstead, Keza Macdonald, Simran Hans, Ammar Kalia, Lanre Bakare, Lyndsey Winship, Alexis Petridis, Arifa Akbar, Aniefiok Ekpoudom and Jonathan Jones. Artist Interviews By Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Writers and artists including Róisín Murphy, Tiffany Calver and Sigala on the art that transports them to the dancefloor during lockdown There have been many notable nightclubs in film his…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PM
Tuesday, December 22, 2020

‘We try to be devoid of cynicism’: the secret to The Goes Wrong Show's success by Ammar Kalia

The Mischief Theatre Company has a flourishing stage and TV franchise, with a second Christmas special on the way. The trio discuss how difficult it is making mistakes go right “There’s …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM
Friday, November 6, 2020

Dance like a butterfly, sting like a bee: why Akram Khan embraced MMA by Ammar Kalia

For his new Channel 4 documentary, Khan – a dancer and choreographer for more than 30 years – trained with three fighters as he explored his relationship with violence ‘I’ve never fe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PM
Friday, March 6, 2020

'This is our reality as teenagers': students take gang culture to the stage by Ammar Kalia

A new drama – The Endz – will see pupils from Harris Academy Peckham collaborating with The Multi-Story Orchestra to give a voice to victims of knife crime It is three hours after the en…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM
Thursday, January 23, 2020

Umrao Jaan Ada's tale of courtesans and toxic men makes an unempowering musical by Ammar Kalia

The Bollywood hit has been remade for the stage. Its tunes are beautiful but this is a missed opportunity to reimagine an antiquated story Even by the standards of Bollywood sagas, Umrao Jaa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM
Friday, March 15, 2019

'Richard Hawley gets it!' Park Hill residents praise Sheffield musical by Ammar Kalia

The giant housing estate has seen highs and endured lows, as captured in the new show Standing at the Sky’s Edge, which has impressed those who know the place best Residents of Sheffield�…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards