Playwright, Amie Maria Marie speaks her mind with extraordinary openness. “The long and short of it was, I was really frustrated with Theresa May. I didn’t like her as home secretary. I didn’t like her Go Home vans, which cost a lot of money and got barely anyone to self deport.” The driving force behind…
Gaming, Venue
Microtransactions: Don’t play, pay!
If you had to ask me which single mechanic defined gaming last decade, Microtransactions would easily take the spot, and not in a positive way. It’s a system that is now omnipresent in 99% of modern games in some form or another. The concept is simple: you pay a relatively small amount of money in…
Arts, Venue
Wuthering Heights at Maddermarket Theatre
Wuthering Heights at Maddermarket Theatre was bold, imaginative and creative. The reworking focussed on the first part of Emily Bronte’s famous novel and established a fantastic and deeply intense story and connection between Heathcliff and Cathy. One really successful element of the play was the wardrobe and costume and the set design. The designs were…
Arts, Venue
Wasp, Maddermarket Theatre
Wasp is one of the bravest and most incredible plays I have seen in a long time. The play told the story of how the friends and family of one of the characters, Peter King, processed the effects of his suicide. It focussed strongly on mental health and the process of grief and guilt. These…
Arts, Venue
A Woman of No Importance at Norwich Theatre Royal
I wouldn’t consider myself the most well-read when it comes to Oscar Wilde. I’ve read ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’, which I adored, but am not very familiar with his dramatic works. I saw a National Theatre Live screening of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ in 2015 when David Suchet played Lady Bracknell, and again…
Arts, Venue
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…
Arts, Venue
A Midsummer Nights Dream, Norwich Theatre Royal
From Tuesday 15th to Saturday 19th of October, Norwich Theatre Royal is hosting The Watermill Theatre’s productions of A Midsummer Nights Dream and Macbeth. The two shows are alternating in days and have one cast for both productions. I had the pleasure of seeing A Midsummer Nights Dream (directed by Paul Hart) on the opening…
Arts
Review: Romeo and Juliet at Norwich Theatre Royal
Matthew Bourne’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a genius and creative reimagining of a much-loved story. The storytelling is simply fantastic, and the dances and choreography could not be more perfect. Straying slightly from a typical Romeo and Juliet plot, Bourne sets this story in ‘Verona Institute’ a psychiatric hospital where Juliet (Cordelia Braithwaite) is imprisoned….
Arts
Review: Lights! Planets! People! at the Norwich Arts Centre
Intergalactic missions, high-tech rockets and a failed power point: writer and director Molly Naylor cleverly captures the complexities of modern space science through the lens of Maggie, an astronomer living with bipolar disorder. Emotionally moving and intellectually stimulating, this multimedia one-woman show had a unique angle on two very topical issues, and sensitively explored how…
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