{"id":51440,"date":"2017-02-08T17:44:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T17:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=51440"},"modified":"2017-02-08T17:48:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T17:48:33","slug":"leyton-playwright-lynette-lintons-play-hashtag-lightie-will-be-running-at-arcola-theatre-in-dalston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=51440","title":{"rendered":"Leyton playwright Lynette Linton’s play #Hashtag Lightie will be running at Arcola Theatre in Dalston"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leyton playwright Lynette Linton’s play <\/strong><\/em>#Hashtag Lightie<\/strong> will be running at Arcola Theatre in Dalston<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Wimbledon Guardian<\/a>
\n2017-01-23<\/p>\n

Rachel Russell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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What does it mean to be mixed race in this day and age? That is the question being posed by Leyton<\/a> writer Lynette Linton<\/a> in her new play #Hashtag Lightie<\/em><\/a> at the Arcola Theatre<\/a>, in Dalston<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The story follows Ella, a mixed race 16-year-old who is popular and addicted to social media. Her Youtube channel gives make-up tips, opinions, and videos of her eccentric family. However, one of her videos goes viral and Ella finds herself in the centre of a social media storm that results in a family fallout and changes her perception of identity and beauty…<\/p>\n