Arifa Akbar is the Chief Theatre Critic at The Guardian. She specializes in arts and entertainment, with a focus on theater, film, and cultural movements, often exploring themes of climate change and societal issues. Arifa's work has been featured in prominent outlets including Yahoo Sports Canada, Playbill, and Literary Review.
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Arifa specializes in providing reviews within the entertainment industry, particularly focusing on theatre, dance, and comedy. Given that her coverage primarily consists of reviews, she is likely to be interested in pitches related to upcoming performances or events for review consideration.
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By: Arifa Akbar
Camp comedy from The Simpsons’ Harry Shearer and Seinfeld writer Tom Leopold explores the relationship between FBI boss Hoover and protege Clyde Tolson
By: Arifa Akbar
This queering of FBI history does not seem like the stuff of fringe theatre. Created by American comedy royalty – Harry Shearer, a long-time cast
By: Arifa Akbar
Tamara Harvey’s production of Chekhov’s final play can seem woolly in meaning and the soft-edged tone mutes its force
By: Arifa Akbar
Arifa Akbar Laura Wade's reworking of Anton Chekhov's final, plaintive play brings a dazzle of big names.
Arifa Akbar “Choose life …” Those iconic words from that era-defining film are said more than once in this musical take on Irvine Welsh's novel about Renton and his renegade gang of smackheads from Leith.
By: Arifa Akbar
Barbies, giant erections and exquisite craftsmanship combine in one of the year’s most outrageously funny and startingly original shows
By: Arifa Akbar
Arifa Akbar Did someone say Jackie Collins, that doyenne of literary raunch and observer of human sexual dynamics? Fantastic!
By: Arifa Akbar
Joe Haddad’s solo show tilts between family comedy and football fandom as well as the horrors of the Gaza war but never quite finds its focus
By: Arifa Akbar
Arifa Akbar Sarah Kane was much berated for the graphic violence in her plays during her lifetime.
By: Arifa Akbar
Rebecca Frecknall pulls off this notoriously difficult 1998 play, in which appalling cruelty and violence is balanced against human yearning for love and beauty
