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Continue reading →: Supersonic Man-Southwark Playhouse.Peter Scott Morgan story was documented by Channel Four, which has been the inspiration behind Supersonic Man written by Chris Burgess. Battling the non-curable disease Motor Neuron Disease, Scott Morgan was determined not to accept his diagnosis as terminal and set out on a journey to conquer MND and attempt…
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Continue reading →: All The Happy Things at Soho Theatre.Grief is a personal journey and you never know how it will be until you are faced with it head-on. All The Happy Things takes the audience on a personal emotional journey of grief, responsibility and love. Sienna played by Naomi Denny tries to keep everything together as her world…
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Continue reading →: Wound with Teeth & Phantom- Holly Blakey.A fan sitting next to me last night described Blakey’s work as removing your internal organs, squishing them up, putting them back and showing what it’s like to be human. Make of that what you will, but Blakey is no stranger to controversy and Would with Teeth is no exception.…
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Continue reading →: Blood Brothers at Fareham Live.Twins are renowned for having unbreakable bonds and will apparently find each other if they have been separated at birth. Their bond is invisible yet strong and magnetic. Blood Brother’s begins with the two bodies being covered up and there’s no spoilers about what is going to happen. However, that…
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Continue reading →: Merchant of Venice at Richmond Theatre.Even as a 15-year-old reading The Merchant of Venice for O levels, I felt that Shylock was unfairly treated although I did not fully understand the concept of antisemitism then. Antonio, a merchant, borrows money from Shylock to help his friend Bassanio court Portia. Shylock’s daughter, Jessica dreams of escaping,…
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Continue reading →: Chicken Licken at Polka Theatre.There’s nothing sweeter than the sound of children’s laughter and this production of Chicken Licken from The Hiccup Theatre provides plenty of that. The story of Chicken Licken is familiar to many; the young chicken (Phillipa Russell) is struck on the head by an acorn and mistakenly believes the sky…
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Continue reading →: The Importance of Being Oscar by Micheál Mac Liammóir.Alistair Whatley delivers the informative life story of the famous writer and dramatist Oscar Wilde. From his carefree flamboyant days in Oxford during his time at Magdalen College to his darker times during his incarceration in Reading Gaol where he wrote the famous ballad. Wilde led a life in a…
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Continue reading →: Puppy-King’s Head Theatre.Dogging, a female-led porn film business and more dogging. The group who regularly meet up one night a week in Puppy treat the dogging session in the same light as the yoga and amateur theatre group meetings they attend on other evenings. Just an extension of their busy social lives…
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Continue reading →: Here Comes Your Ghost Again by Callum Murray.An intimate production performed in the intimate space of the Bread and Roses Theatre allows the audience to watch every movement and observe their body language. Here Comes Your Ghost Again centres around Dan and Esther’s relationship over time, from their first meeting up to the current day. The story…
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Continue reading →: Interview with Derek Newlan.With the Edinburgh Fringe now four months away I have caught up with Derek Newlan before he becomes inundated with Fringe requests and the major task of booking in the shows to be assessed. For those familiar with the Edinburgh Fringe Derek has become a familiar face dashing around with…











