I had never been to an opera before. I had never indulged in operatic music (apart from the one time I went to see Phantom of the Opera). I had never been to watch a piece of work on stage that was in another language, so I was both keen and privileged to see the…
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Running Wild
After the eight record-breaking years of War Horse’s London West End show, it was high expectations for another of Morpurgo’s adaptations. The ingenuity of life-size puppetry was without-a-doubt sure to create a nightly spectacle for the runaway success, so it would be no different for Samuel Adamson’s adaptation of Running Wild, presented by Children’s Touring…
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Trump should accept theatre as form of political expression
Earlier last week, the infamous Donald Trump took to Twitter to use the oh-so-powerful 140 characters to defend Vice-President Mike Pence against the Broadway cast of Hamilton. The cast’s lead spoke up about how they feel inclusivity and equality for all is fundamental, not only in the theatre, but in the wider society too. The…
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An interview with the cast of TOCKA
UEA’s school of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing presents this year’s third year production of: TOCKA- A Triptych of Russian plays. Third year Drama students rediscover Three Classic Russian Plays: The Storm, The Fruits of Enlightenment and The Cherry Orchard, running from the 6th-10th December. VENUE spent some time with the cast to find out a…
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Is Drama Important?
For thousands of years, drama has been an instinctive part of human nature. The Greeks encouraged the art of storytelling, an essential part of life that has provided us with a source of entertainment. Today it has evolved to films, television and theatre- all of which are regarded as primary functions of a society in…
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Julie Myerson – 2016 Spring Literary Festival
Julie Myerson graced her audience with a debut reading and introduction to her newly published novel The Stopped Heart at the second event of the 2016 Spring Literary Festival. Myerson is the author of ten novels, including the best-selling Something Might Happen– which was long-listed for the Booker Prize- and the novel which found her…