Davinia Hamiltion and Marta Vella in Blanket Ban. Photo: Ali Wright We have plenty of divisive topics in Malta where everyone wants to put in their two cents' worth - divorce was one of them. Then, there's the next level of divisive, where the stigma of supporting the least popular camp is so great that the anti wave drowns the few, vocal supporters. Enter abortion. … [Read more...] about Blanket Ban Review: Profoundly Sincere
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From Rona With Love: I LOL’d, I cried, I aww’d
From Rona With Love, at Teatru Manoel, turned out to be the perfect theatre escapade to sort out those COVID-19 blues. You'd have thought that we've had enough Coronavirus talk, and you wouldn't be totally wrong. Until, that is, you get to From Rona with Love, a theatre production that kicks off at Teatru Manoel this evening and that I was lucky enough to preview before … [Read more...] about From Rona With Love: I LOL’d, I cried, I aww’d
‘Never underestimate your audience’
Panto in the Dark is back with a second edition that sets out to prove what an exciting time it is to be a theatre-maker in Malta. Panto in the Dark, the second edition, is up soon. Written and directed once again by Marta Vella and Vikesh Godwani, it looks like this panto will continue breaking boundaries with what can only be described as an 'untypical' panto. We … [Read more...] about ‘Never underestimate your audience’