Given the thousands of knife crimes each year in the UK, it is understandable that pupils are banned from carrying knives in school. If they are caught with a knife, it is confiscated and the student is reported to management. This poses a dilemma for the sociology teacher Ashley (Georgia-Mae Myers) when a knife falls… Continue reading Dismissed
Month: May 2024
Digital film looks at future of healthcare
Northampton’s Royal and Derngate, site-specific and immersive theatre company Hydrocracker and Deafconnect, a charity in Northamptonshire that supports deaf people of all ages, are to present the première of Who Cares 2032. This interactive digital film about the potential future of healthcare will be available at the Who Cares 2023 web site from Wednesday 31… Continue reading Digital film looks at future of healthcare
The Dumb Waiter and A Slight Ache
Harold Pinter is better known for works including The Homecoming and Betrayal than these much shorter one-act plays penned years earlier. The Dumb Waiter and A Slight Ache may be lesser known, but they are still characteristically Pinter, with their dramatic and provocative narratives exploring themes as relevant today as when they were written in… Continue reading The Dumb Waiter and A Slight Ache
Hull Truck says be our guest
Hull Truck Theatre has awarded three bursaries to local artists to take part in a Be Our Guest residency programme. Jim Norris, Anastasiia Manina, Laura Elsworthy and Morgan Sproxton will each spend a week in residence at the theatre developing their work to later share with audiences in the Godber Studio July 14. Hull Truck… Continue reading Hull Truck says be our guest
The Vortex
Written in the early 1920s this, I believe, was the first of Coward’s plays to tackle serious issues and must have been quite a shock for audiences used to his slightly flippant, brittle and frivolous style. It was also a shock to the Lord Chamberlain who wanted it banned as it was too unpleasant, dealing,… Continue reading The Vortex
Sensory Symposium marks 10 years of Frozen Light
UK company for adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities Frozen Light is marking its tenth year and celebrating its appointment as an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation with a special symposium. Taking place later this month in Norwich, the Sensory Symposium aims to share knowledge and practice in this growing sector and is open to theatre-makers, programmers, academics,… Continue reading Sensory Symposium marks 10 years of Frozen Light
Blanket Ban
It is a particular contradiction that the nation of Malta has gay and transgender rights that rank as some of the most progressive in Europe, whilst its approach to female equality and women’s reproductive rights is so archaic as to be barbaric. Blanket Ban is a semi-documentary piece of theatre using verbatim testimony in its… Continue reading Blanket Ban
Jules and Jim
Based on the novel that was also the source for Francois Truffaut’s nouvelle vague film, Jules and Jim presents a bohemian trio of poet and novelist Jules, Austrian and Jewish French translator Jim who gets involved in theatre and Kath, a German young woman who follows her feelings. Jules and Jim meet in Paris some… Continue reading Jules and Jim
An Actor’s Alphabet
Part memoir, part collection of opinion pieces (sometimes political, sometimes about ‘the business’) and part advice manual, this book, subtitled “An A to Z of Some Stuff I’ve Learnt and Some Stuff I’m Still Learning”, is a very interesting insight into the mind of this popular actor that reflects her voice and her personality, flaws… Continue reading An Actor’s Alphabet
An Inspector Calls
J B Priestley (1894–1984) was a prolific writer of novels, short stories, essays, plays and passionate left-wing polemic. He was an influential figure during and after WW2, an enthusiastic supporter of Attlee’s postwar socialist government and co-founder with Bertrand Russell and others of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. An Inspector Calls provided Priestley with an… Continue reading An Inspector Calls