{"id":27907,"date":"2017-11-09T15:31:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T15:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toyah.net\/?p=27907"},"modified":"2017-11-09T15:31:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T15:31:39","slug":"upstaged-manchester-review-jubilee-royal-exchange-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/upstaged-manchester-review-jubilee-royal-exchange-manchester\/","title":{"rendered":"Upstaged Manchester: Review: Jubilee (Royal Exchange Theatre)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/upstagedmanchester.com\/2017\/11\/08\/review-jubilee-royal-exchange-theatre-manchester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/upstagedmanchester.com\/2017\/11\/08\/review-jubilee-royal-exchange-theatre-manchester\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27908 alignleft\" style=\"border: 6px solid white;\" alt=\"usmanc17a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/usmanc17a.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a>Jubilee is a riot. From the slogans spray-painted on to plywood surrounding the Royal Exchange\u2019s in-the-round space to the chaotic way the cast commandeer the stage, it is obvious from the start that this is no ordinary night at the theatre.<\/p>\n<p>An adaption of Derek Jarman\u2019s punk film from the 1970s, Jubilee revolves around Amyl Nitrate (Travis Alabanza) and her loose collective of societal outcasts. As Amyl, Alabanza is a revelation \u2013 her heartfelt, angry, intelligent monologues are highlights of the show and I have never witnessed someone engage an audience more skilfully.<\/p>\n<p>Forty years on from starring as Mad in the film, Toyah Willcox plays Elizabeth I. She spends most of the time presiding over the production from a throne on the first gallery with very little to say, but the moments when she does speak allow for welcome periods of calm \u2013 something you won\u2019t find anywhere else in the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Continue reading at <a href=\"https:\/\/upstagedmanchester.com\/2017\/11\/08\/review-jubilee-royal-exchange-theatre-manchester\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Upstaged Manchester<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jubilee is a riot. From the slogans spray-painted on to plywood surrounding the Royal Exchange\u2019s in-the-round space to the chaotic way the cast commandeer the stage, it is obvious from the start that this is no ordinary night at the theatre. An adaption of Derek Jarman\u2019s punk film from the 1970s, Jubilee revolves around Amyl [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,27,110,50],"tags":[1754,1791],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27907"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27910,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27907\/revisions\/27910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}