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==Jewish Film Festival Ban & Accusations of Anti-semitism== ==Jewish Film Festival Ban==


In August 2014, Indhu cancelled the hosting of the UK Jewish Film Festival on the basis that part of its funding was in the form of a £1400 grant they had sought from the Israeli embassy. The UKJFF is an entirely apolitical event, showing relevant films with many different political leanings. The ban led to accusations of inconsistency and anti-semitism as no other group or event's funding had previously been examined or refused. The cancellation led to campaigns to boycott the theatre, backed by leading actors (Jewish and non-Jewish) and other public figures. <ref></ref>. An article in the Spectator was highly critical of the theatre's decision. <ref></ref> In August 2014, the theatre told the UK Jewish Film Festival that it could not host the festival in 2014 if it continued to accept a £1400 grant it had sought from the Israeli Embassy, the theatre offered to make up the loss itself, but the organisers, refused this condition. The condition led to accusations of inconsistency and anti-semitism as other groups' or events' funding had not previously been examined in this way.<ref></ref>. An article on the Spectator website was highly critical of the theatre's decision. <ref></ref>


==Notable productions== ==Notable productions==

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Indhu Rubasingham is the artistic director of the Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn, London, she succeeded Nicolas Kent in 2012.

Rubasingham was born in Sheffield, the child of Sri Lankan immigrants. She was educated at Nottingham Girls' High School. Her interest in theatre was ignited by a spell of work experience at Nottingham Playhouse as a teenager. She studied drama at Hull University, before working at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, where she assisted Mike Leigh, and working as an associate director at the Gate Theatre, the Young Vic and the Birmingham Rep.

Rubasingham began her tenure at the Tricycle with Red Velvet, a play by Lolita Chakrabarti about the actor Ira Aldridge. The production starred Adrian Lester.

Jewish Film Festival Ban

In August 2014, the theatre told the UK Jewish Film Festival that it could not host the festival in 2014 if it continued to accept a £1400 grant it had sought from the Israeli Embassy, the theatre offered to make up the loss itself, but the organisers, refused this condition. The condition led to accusations of inconsistency and anti-semitism as other groups' or events' funding had not previously been examined in this way.. An article on the Spectator website was highly critical of the theatre's decision.

Notable productions

References

  1. The Girls' Day School Trust website.
  2. Stephen Moss, profile of Indhu Rubasingham, Guardian, 19 June 2012
  3. Evening Standard profile by Liz Hoggard, 9 October 2012

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