Roxana Hall News Today

Women's laughter is under surveillance but Roxana Halls' art combats its suppression by representing unbridled feeling.

  People worry about the wrong things when theyre being painted. They think theyll get bored, or restless. But what should really concern them is what theyll say when they start to relax. Ive painted a few portraits in my time, and I know from experience that sitters will share astonishing things with you. As though you were a priest, or a shrink. Therein lies the brilliance of Katherine Parkinsons play Sitting, which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in 2018 and can be seen on BBC4 on Wedne...