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Theatre

The National Theatre of Scotland has done more to demean Scotland’s cultural reputation than anything I can think of

27 July 2013

9:00 AM

27 July 2013

9:00 AM

Josephine and I

Bush, until 17 August

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart

London Welsh Centre, until 3 August

West End producers are itching to get their hands on the new show at the Bush. Mama Mia’s director, Phyllida Lloyd, takes charge of a script written by the Torchwood actress Cush Jumbo about the world’s first black female celebrity. Josephine Baker was born to wow the crowds. A child cabaret artiste from St Louis, she performed as a chorus girl in New York and then leapt the Atlantic to become the toast of Paris in the 1920s.

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