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The ambiguity that obscures
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 16/02/2017
» One of my favourite poets, Billy Collins, said once: "I think clarity is the real risk in poetry because you are exposed. You're out in the open field. You're actually saying things that are comprehensible, and it's easy to criticise something you can understand."
Redressing history
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 24/11/2016
» Two new plays have examined the notion of 'justice'. One digs into the political history of Chile and Thailand, the other takes us inside an American jury room
The past that haunts
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 30/06/2016
» More and more, theatre artists are tucking messages about memory, history and tyranny into the crevices of the quotidian. More and more, between the lines of mundane conversations among siblings in the home, lies something political.
Tragedy in the locker room
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 07/12/2012
» Shakespeare's Othello gets transported from Venice and Cyprus into a stuffy football team's common room _ a perfect representation of a tight-knit community. And as in any tight-knit community, things turn incestuous pretty quickly.