{"id":46,"date":"2017-07-05T20:12:15","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T19:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anaisleseat.com\/?p=46"},"modified":"2018-08-15T10:58:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T09:58:11","slug":"barbershop-chronicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anaisleseat.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/05\/barbershop-chronicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbershop Chronicles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congr\"\"atulations to the NT<\/a> on their exciting production of this intricate play. With the Dorfman in my favourite configuration (audience on four sides of the stage), this fast-moving show can switch like lightning between barbershops in Lagos, Accra, Kampala,\u00a0 Johanne\"\"sburg, Harare and Peckham. Clever use of a suspended globe and advertising signs scattered around the set mean that the audience never becomes disorientated when the show jumps from country to country.<\/p>\n

Articles in the programme focus on the mental health of young black males but the play seems to be about much more than that. It strikes a lovely balance between light-hearted crosstalk and some passionate and serious discussion of a multitude of topics.<\/p>\n

The structure is complex and you have to stay alert to catch the links between the strands and see how the whole relates to the parts but it works brilliantly. I loved it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to the NT on their exciting production of this intricate play. With the Dorfman in my favourite configuration (audience on four sides of the stage), this fast-moving show can switch like lightning between barbershops in Lagos, Accra, Kampala,\u00a0 Johannesburg, Harare and Peckham. Clever use of a suspended globe and \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-shows"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8WLDF-K","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anaisleseat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anaisleseat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anaisleseat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anaisleseat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anaisleseat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/anaisleseat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"https:\/\/anaisleseat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anaisleseat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anaisleseat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anaisleseat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}