The Break of Day was one of two third-year drama productions as part of the Wertenbaker season. The play surrounded three women at different points in their careers grappling with the implications of their choices on their personal lives, careers and ideologies. The play was held together by the acting forces of Verity Hodgson-Bajoria as…
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Wertenbaker season: Interviewing the cast
All about The Love of the Nightingale, and the Break of Day, from the cast members themselves. Jess Lester, who plays Procne in The Love of the Nightingale and also works on set construction would describe the play’s key themes as ‘family, love and revenge.’ She says that: ‘The Love of Nightingale is based around…
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‘The argument over the rainbow poppy is so juvenile’
Surrounding the date of Remembrance Day, another controversy popped up on Twitter. A screenshot of a glittery, rainbow poppy being sold on eBay caused outrage amongst people, arguing that LGBTQ+ people were trying to hijack Remembrance Day. There were multiple dividing opinions, with people stating that many LGBTQ+ people would have died in the war…
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Blindward review: UEA Drama Society
The drama society’s play ‘Blindward’ was a very interesting piece. With the combination of sound effects, lighting, and the script, it was an intriguing performance. The play was about the uncertainty of life and how different people deal with that. The play is set on a ship, but there is no set destination said within…
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Wertenbaker season: The Break of Day, and The Love of the Nightingale
This year’s UEA Drama season, running from 3 – 8 December, features two plays by Timberlake Wertenbaker. Wertenbaker is one of the UK’s most renowned contemporary female playwrights and currently the Chair in Playwrighting at the University Of East Anglia. The two plays revolve around themes of feminism, displacement and reclaiming the future, extremely relevant…
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Facing up to the challenge
A month of uni. Done. I realised this on Saturday as we worked away in the Media Office. For me Saturdays consist of two main events: editing Concrete and listening to the football. But last Saturday was different. It was ‘Super Saturday’ – the latest day of reckoning in the Brexit saga. Three years ago…
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Review of Ordinary Days: an extraordinary musical about ordinary people
Being able to appreciate the small things in life is something few of us do on a day to day basis. Sometimes it just takes three weeks and a handful of people working tirelessly to put on a show to remind us just how special and extraordinary life can be. The company of the Drama…
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Woozy, maniacal, and rough around the edges: Minotaur’s ‘Moonfleece’ and its distinctly human heart
A prince called Jason. A jacket that sparkles. A death. ‘Moonfleece’ (dir. Ash Strain and Abbie Darrah) is a play about a group of people from different backgrounds coming together to conduct a séance for a man that inextricably links them all together. While the play’s events are caused by and correlate with the rise…
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Ordinary Days: The upcoming Drama Society production
Hard work and lots of laughs are the only way to describe the propelling forces behind the Drama Society’s 2019 production of Ordinary Days directed by Zoe Callow, with musical direction by Matthew Snow. This one-act musical follows the intersecting lives of four people living in New York City. Claire, played by Lillian Carver, is in her…
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