A man stands alone above a covered body in a dark pub. The stage around him is dark except for a single, cold, beam of light that illuminates a sorrowful opening lament. There is a […]
When Art Becomes Satanism: Meet the ‘Demonic’ Marina Abramović
Proclaiming herself to be the ‘grandmother of performance art’, Marina Abramović has been pushing her body to its utmost limits since 1970s. Infamous for testing the relationship between performer and spectator, Abramović insists that art […]
LUU Theatre Group’s Rock ‘n’ Roll: A Review
On Thursday night LUU’s Theatre Group opened their production of Tom Stoppard’s Rock ‘n’ Roll, directed by Steph Green, which took the Alex Clegg studio on a journey of humour, grief, jealousy and unity in […]
Review: Brenda’s Got a Baby
Brenda’s Got a Baby is a spectacular piece of theatre, exploring how class dynamics play out in a working class community and at a Russell Group university.
Sauce With Everything: Benidorm Live Review
If you thought the TV show had lost steam after ten long years on our screens, wait until you see Benidorm Live. It’s not so much a musical comedy as a double-entendre deluge. The show […]
Hamlet Review: Tessa Parr inspires in a re-gendered production
Hamlet can often seem like a play in danger of being over-done. With that said, through change and adaptation, this production achieves a fresh reinvigoration that is essential for a modern take on the classical […]
Music Theatre Society’s Into The Woods Was Out Of This World
Into the Woods, a musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, has been adapted by the Music Theatre Society for the Spring semester. Directed by Daniel Cartlidge and Shaunagh Kelly, the plot follows a Baker […]
Blue Stockings Makes The Past Feel Immediate
Jessica Swale’s Blue Stockings centers around the women of Girton College fighting for their right to graduate in 1896, perhaps a difficult concept for an audience of twenty first century students to relate to. However, […]
Dinner 18:55 Shows The Ordinary Can Be Ambitious
Dinner 18:55 is a fresh and original take on theatre, moving away from traditional narrative forms to explore human relationships and how they’re shaped by age. An ambitious project from the get go, the show […]
Funny & Touching: The Flick Open Theatre Society
Open Theatre’s production of The Flick was directed by Abby Barker and is adapted from the 2013 play by Annie Baker. It follows three cinema employees who are stuck with the mundane job of cleaning […]
Every Brilliant Thing was … Brilliant.
As the playwright, Duncan Macmillan, said himself, the play ‘is not a philosophy for living; it’s not a solution for depression; it’s just a way of talking about it’. Director Ella Kennedy, producer Maya Wilson […]
LGBT+ Artists Everyone Should Know
In honour of LGBT+ history month, our writers spotlighted the queer artists whose stories shaped the past and are illuminating the present, as well as perhaps changing the landscape of the future for artists that […]