{"id":1877,"date":"2011-10-22T19:49:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T19:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bothness.uber.space\/?p=1877"},"modified":"2011-10-22T19:57:35","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T19:57:35","slug":"call-mr-robeson-a-life-with-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/?p=1877","title":{"rendered":"CALL MR ROBESON  A LIFE WITH SONGS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Call Mr. Robeson, <\/strong>an award-winning play about the African American singer, actor and Civil Rights activist, <strong>Paul Robeson<\/strong>, is to be performed at <strong>Norwich Puppet Theatre <\/strong>ahead of a special one-off performance at the famous <strong>Carnegie Hall<\/strong> in New York in <strong>February 2012.<\/strong> This performance is being jointly presented by Norwich Stop the War Coalition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong> Call Mr. Robeson. A life, with songs.\u00a0 Written and Performed by Tayo Aluko, with Michael Conliffe, Piano.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> Norwich Puppet Theatre, St. James, Whitefriars, Norwich NR3 1TN<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> Sunday 30 October 2011, 7.30 pm.\u00a0 <strong>Tickets<\/strong>: <strong>Full Price: <\/strong>\u00a310; <strong>Concessions:<\/strong> \u00a38<strong> Box Office: <\/strong>01603 629921<\/p>\n<h3>Purchase your tickets from the Puppet Theatre box office in person  or by calling 01603 629921 For more information call Frank 01493 664499<!--more--><\/h3>\n<p>This rollercoaster journey through actor\/singer Paul Robeson\u2019s  remarkable life highlights how his radical activism caused his downfall.  It features some famous songs and speeches, including a dramatic  rendition of Ol\u2019 Man River, and a defiant testimony to the McCarthy\u2019s  Senate House Un-American Activities Committee.<\/p>\n<p>THE MEDIA SAYS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst-rate. A fine job\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>The Guardian <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimply told but immensely powerful.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<em>The Scotsman<br \/>\n<\/em> \u201cAluko is a force of nature. Never less than utterly believable\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<em>British Theatre Guide<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA stunning piece of musical theatre\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Fringe Review <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA must-see experience. A treasure of a show. TOP PICK!\u201d <em>D C Theater Scene<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call Mr. Robeson, an award-winning play about the African American singer, actor and Civil Rights activist, Paul Robeson, is to be performed at Norwich Puppet Theatre ahead of a special one-off performance at the famous Carnegie Hall in New York in February 2012. This performance is being jointly presented by Norwich Stop the War Coalition. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1877"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1880,"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877\/revisions\/1880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwichpeace.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}