Do you remember being fifteen? Awful, wasn’t it? MT’s production of Spring Awakening revisits all the feelings of that turbulent time – confusion, boredom, anger, fear, and of course, the all-encompassing sexual frustration. Based on […]
TG Take On Love and Information
Theatre Group made a bold move in taking on Caryl Churchill’s Love and Information. With over a hundred characters and reportedly more than sixty individual scenes and no real discernable narrative, it’s not the most […]
Hamilton: Paving the way for new musicals
If you’re even vaguely a fan of musical theatre, the hype surrounding Broadway’s new smash hit musical Hamilton has probably reached your ears. For once, the new internet bandwagon actually deserves the praise that’s been […]
Review: Room – Hard not to fall in love with
Director Lenny Abrahamson’s Room is an astonishing feat of cinema. What could be a deeply unsettling story instead manages to rise up above its sombre start to become a life-affirming, joyous film. Based on the […]
Death of an Artist
Heather Nash and Niall Ballinger discuss whether the death of an artist changes their public image. Yes When a prominent figure in the arts community dies, it is devastating. So many people seem to […]
Freeview flicks of the week: Citizen Kane, 21 Jump Street and Amy
Sunday 3rd Citizen Kane BBC4 9pm Alright film buffs, no excuses now. If you haven’t already seen the father of all films, now is your chance. Even if you just watch this one to tick the […]
Freeview flicks of the week: Cool Runnings, The Hobbit and Catch Me If You Can
Sunday 27th Hugo 3.35pm Channel 4 Hugo acts as director Martin Scorsese’s love letter to the art of filmmaking. Essentially a family film, its plot revolves around a young orphan boy living in a busy […]
Christmas songs – bah-humbug or can’t get enough?
It’s mid-August and my iPod is on shuffle in my car. To my horror, Bing Crosby starts to croon about white Christmases through my stereo and I have to hurriedly skip the song. The sun […]
Freeview flicks of the week: The Big Lebowski, The Secret Garden and Jurassic Park
Sunday 20th December Home Alone 6pm Channel 4 It’s not really Christmas time until you’ve seen Home Alone, is it? Not until you’ve snarled along to ‘Keep the change you filthy animals,’ and seen Macauley […]
Freeview flicks of the week: Snow White and the Huntsman, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Star Trek
Sunday 13th December Aladdin 5:20pm on Channel 4 Aladdin remains one of the jewels in Disney’s illustrious crown, largely due to Robin Williams’ hilarious performance as the Genie. One of the classics of the ‘Disney […]
Oscars Run- Up: Best Foreign Language Film
Yes, it may seem massively premature, but film aficionados never really stop thing about the Oscars and next year’s Academy Awards are already really starting to get going. In the last couple of weeks the […]
Netflix new-in: Jessica Jones
I absolutely loved Netflix’s previous Marvel offering Daredevil, so it was with great anticipation that I waited for Netflix’s second Marvel series, Jessica Jones. When it was released I loaded up the episodes, snacks in […]