Based on the hit 1990 film, Ghost follows the story of two lovers, Sam and Molly, who are attacked on their way home in New York. Sam is killed, but remains stuck in a state […]
Cabaret: A Night At The Musicals
It’s always a fun evening when there’s an opportunity to sample numbers from all of the upcoming musicals in the union. Cabaret: A Night at the Musicals bought together a compilation of entertaining performers who […]
Stage: Workshop Theatre – The Great Gatsby
Based on the 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby has been adapted by Director Ruth Parker for stage and boldly taken on by Workshop Theatre. Narrated by Nick Carraway, a guest at […]
Review: Dead Dog In A Suitcase – Witty, fast and darkly comic
Kneehigh’s Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) is a tale of immorality and depravity. In search of absolute power, the business tycoon Mr Peachum hires the contract killer Macheath to murder Mayor […]
Review: POSH – Ludicrous, depraved, excellent
Having premiered at the Royal Court Theatre during the mid-election fervour of 2010, this fresh adaptation of Posh, a satirical reflection on elitism, now seems all the more timely, as tax credit reductions and questionable […]
Review: Confirmation – An opinion-bending hybrid of stand-up and lecture
The holocaust hasn’t happened. Auschwitz survivors are liars. Racial mixing and multiculturalism is destroying our country and Jews are plotting to take over the world. What would you do if you came across a person […]
Review: Lysistrata – An interesting, ambitious, but awkward adaptation
LUU Open Theatre recently presented an interesting take on the play ‘Lysistrata’ with a modern twist. The comedy was originally written by the Athenian playwright Aristophanes in 411BCE and tells the farcical tale of how the […]
Review: TG's The Show Must – A farce with an original twist
Theatre Group’s The Show Must takes the traditional form of farce and gives it an original twist. As the audience entered the theatre, the cast were arranged on stage engaged in vocal exercises. It soon […]
Review: LUU Music Theatre's "Assassins"
Stephen Sondheim’s “Assassins” is an exploration of the American Dream, and what happens when it fails to be achieved. It explores a group of people who have attempted, and in some cases succeeded, to assassinate […]
Preview: Lysistrata – 3rd and 4th November
The university theatre community has returned with a bang for this semester’s season of student productions, and from Tuesday 3rd – Wednesday 4th November, Open Theatre will return with a new adaptation of Lysistrata. Based […]
Review: Jane Wenham: The Witch Of Walkern
Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s play Jane Wenham: The Witch of Walkern, directed by Ria Parry, has recently begun a national tour. The play draws on the story the 1712 witch hunt in the Hertfordshire village of Walkern. […]
Review: TG‘s Boys
Theatre Group’s first production of the semester attracted a buzzing crowd to the Banham theatre this week as we sat down to witness Boys. As MGMT’s ‘Kids’ faded out (an ironic choice), the lights revealed […]