Author Archives: Emily Garside

Lee Pace attracted some controversy this week for his interview with W magazine. It seemed not everyone was happy about the way he chooses to describe his sexuality. Or the fact he’s taken on a ‘gay role’ without positioning himself as ‘gay role model’ Over on the research blog I had some things to sayContinueContinue reading “Lee Pace and Labels”

I really tried to stay out of some of the debacle around a certain magazine article. But I have always had strong opinions on the ‘shoulds and shouldn’ts around this play. And I also have strong opinions on the labels our so-called community forces on us. So in a blog of two halves, the professional andContinueContinue reading “Lee Pace, Labels and ‘What are you doing writing about this play?’”

I really tried to stay out of some of the debacle around a certain magazine article. But I have always had strong opinions on the ‘shoulds and shouldn’ts around this play. And I also have strong opinions on the labels our so-called community forces on us. So in a blog of two halves, the professional andContinueContinue reading “Lee Pace, Labels and ‘What are you doing writing about this play?’”

“More Life” is the rallying cry of Prior Walter at the close of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America. If a revival is the essence of “more life” for a play, then as the National Theatrein London prepares to “fly” these Angels back to Broadway for the first time in twenty-five years, it seems a fitting point to reflectContinueContinue reading “More Life for Angels in America (Howlround)”

Tonight, the curtain will rise in the Walter Kerr theatre, and Angels in America will be back on Broadway for the first time in over 20 years. I have a more historical, academic post planned for opening night. And it feels right to somehow mark the day on this blog.  But for the moment whenContinueContinue reading “‘More Life’ Angels in America flies back to Broadway”

Tonight, the curtain will rise in the Walter Kerr theatre, and Angels in America will be back on Broadway for the first time in over 20 years. I have a more historical, academic post planned for opening night. And it feels right to somehow mark the day on this blog.  But for the moment whenContinueContinue reading “‘More Life’ Angels in America flies back to Broadway”

This piece was written for BBC Cymru’s blog in Welsh and is available hereA lack of diversity in Welsh arts is driving talent away from the country and severely limiting the work we make. But is this lack of diversity part of an underlying issue in Wales where the arts, and access to the arts,ContinueContinue reading “Diversity in Welsh Theatre…once again”