Prospect Magazine: Theatre to Book for November
October 12th, 2017
Derek Jarman and Aeschylus: the theatre to book now for November
The best new plays in London and Manchester
Jubilee, Royal Exchange, Manchester: 2nd to 18th Nov
Another film adapdation this time of Jubliee, Derek Jarman’s 1978 punk movie. It was as wild and outrageous as it was imaginative, with Elizabeth I time-travelling to hear Anarchy in the UK and a murderous girl gang listening to New Wave music. One of the girls was Toyah Willcox, now returning to the scene of the crime as Gloriana in Chris Goode’s stage adaptation celebrating the film’s rebellious spirit.
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