I had the absolute pleasure of going to see Minotaur Theatre Company’s Feminist Festival evening performances. There were three monologues and a short play housed in an intimate setting of the Drama Studio. This year they were raising money for Endometriosis UK by putting on a week of events that celebrated and explored feminism and…
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
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…
Arts, Venue
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…
Arts
Review: Stacy at London’s Etcetera Theatre
Inkwell Productions set up by UEA students Seàn Bennett and Keelan Swift-Stalley with their friend Ruby Lambert, staged Jack Thorne’s Stacy, at Etcetera Theatre, London. Ned Caderni and Caoimhe Blair both made their debuts, in producing and directing respectively. The one-man play follows Rob, played by Peter Hardingham. In his twenties and working as a…
Global
The German economy dodges recession
Germany narrowly avoided entering recession at the end of 2018. Having posted a contraction of 0.2 percent in the third quarter, growth was zero for the final quarter meaning Europe’s largest economy did not enter recession. The weak growth is blamed on a global and Eurozone slowdown, as well as falling consumer demand for cars…
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Bulgaria vs Bear
Bulgarian officials are considering launching legal action against British TV adventurer, Bear Grylls. He could receive a fine of up to €2,500 for breaching the regulations of the protected Rila National Park. The breaches include swimming in a lake, lighting a fire and boiling a frog. Grylls and the frog are not the only ones…
Global
Jobs at risk as Airbus ends A380 production
European plane producer Airbus has announced that it will soon cease production of one of its most iconic passenger planes. It could hold up to 800 people and was once the world’s largest passenger capacity aircraft. The decision came as Emirates, Airbus’ largest purchaser of the A380, moves towards using a selection of smaller, more…
Arts
Upcoming: Peddling at the Maddermarket Theatre
Official figures released in early 2018 showed that almost 5,000 people sleep rough across England every year, and that the number has increased with 169 percent in less than a decade. This acute issue is rarely addressed within the cultural world, which makes Harry Melling’s play Peddling so arresting. The hour-long one-man show, which will…
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