Tag: civil rights
The Lady of Burma
Aung San Suu Kyi, guest director of this year’s Brighton Festival, has been such a potent absent-presence in the public imagination that it’s almost jarring at the start of The Lady of Burma to find her given voice. But thanks to the beautiful concision of Richard Shannon’s writing, Owen Lewis’s careful direction … Continue Reading The Lady of Burma
Say no to “gay” marriage
America actress Portia de Rossi couldn’t have chosen a more culturally sensitive time and place (a Los Angeles court) to file a petition to take the surname of her partner, talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. The news broke five days after US district court Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that Proposition … Continue Reading Say no to “gay” marriage