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…