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Virtual Arts Festivals

In a year of the arts cancelled left right and centre, there have been some fantastic outreach programmes.

The Theatres effect on Mental Health

I’m sure we’re all getting sick of the words ‘Covid’ and ‘Lockdown’. But what is the lack of theatre doing to our mental health?

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Theatre for a Virtual Generation

The new government guidance allows for groups of up to 6 people to meet (with loads of sub clauses about bubbles and distance and location a

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My Top 5 Theatre Moments

I thought I would use this post to share my Top 5 most memorable moments of theatre so far - and why I hold them close to my heart. I’m sure

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Enjoying theatre whilst on lockdown

At the moment, the world is a very strange place, with the majority of us confined to our homes for the foreseeable future. In...

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Review: Impromptu Shakespeare

Impromptu Shakespeare are a troop of wonderful improvising actors with a love for the Bard.

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Review: Fascinating Aida Cabaret Tour

If you’d have told me that a musical cabaret show of three older women, with a combined age of 185 would sell out Nottinghams Concert Hall..

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Review: Two, Theatre Royal Nottingham

On Monday, a group of us braved the cold, stormy weather and attended Longpig’s production of “Two”, presented at the Theatre Royal...

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Review of the Year - Constellations

2019 is coming to an end, and over the course of 3 blog posts, I will be publishing a series that casts a critical eye of the last year...

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Review of the Year - Ghosts

2019 is coming to an end, and over the course of 3 blog posts, I will be publishing a series that casts a critical eye of the last year...

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Review of the Year - Redrum

2019 is coming to an end, and over the course of 3 blog posts, I will be publishing a series that casts a critical eye of the last year...

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The science behind constellations

The following is an extended version of the article found in the programme for "Constellations". In “Constellations”, we explore the idea...

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In Rehearsal - Constellations

Acting in “Constellations” (our upcoming show, written by Nick Payne) is not easy. In fact, playing Roland is one of the hardest things...

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Review - One Man, Two Guvnors (Lovelace Theatre Group)

‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ is a notoriously difficult play to put on, especially for an am-dram group. Based on the Commedia dell’arte...

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Review: Hedda TESMAN, The Lowry

“Hedda Gabler” by Henrik Ibsen is one of my favourite plays, so when I found out that the Lowry were revamping the play as “Hedda...

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My Experience of 'Open Audition' casting

Many new actors and graduates of drama degree’s will have inevitably scoured the web for acting jobs.

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Mental Health and Theatre

Sometimes, things can just become a bit too much. For everyone. You don’t have to be a world-famous actor, a star, or even somebody a...

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The Sounds of Ghosts

“Ghosts” is a very subdued play that does not call for a lot of lighting changes or music cues. Mostly, the play involves characters...

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Remembering Teechers

It’s now been a year since myself, Tom and Ezra performed “Teechers”. It doesn’t feel like a year ago. In many ways, it feels a lot...

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The Controversy of "Ghosts"

With our first performance done and dusted, there’s just one night of Ghosts left, which means one more chance to experience Elemental...

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