I see that the group protesting the Kiln Theatre's name change is organising a quiet candlelit vigil outside the Theatre tonight. I really can't imagine why they don't just go in and watch the play, which I thought very good. Among other things they might discover that it name checks parts of Brent more than any other production I have seen there.
The proposed "quiet" nature of the protest is apparently out of respect for "our" local author Zadie Smith.
As well as the concept of finding the name change so discombobulating, I also frankly don't recognise some of the comments I see posted on their site. For instance one refers to: "Irish, Caribbean, African, Women’s theatre, LGBT theatre, reflected the changes that were re-defining the country". Apart from the LGBT bit, that is pretty much a summary of what the current White Teeth production is about.
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