It’s panto season! We get a behind-the-scenes perspective from first-time pantomime performer Meriel Cunningham. Meriel recently graduated from The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she trained as an […]
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Tag: theatre
Nutcracker
For those of you who don’t know the story, the Nutcracker is a tale of a young girl at a Christmas party who gets given a Nutcracker doll. When she goes to sleep she has an extraordinary dream about the Nutcracker battling a Mouse King and then turning into a handsome soldier who in reality is one of the attendees of the party. All of the excitement is set to the stunning music of Tchaikovsky.
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The Exorcist – Kings Theatre
Translating any genre of film from screen to stage can be a tricky feat, let alone a well loved classic and a staple of the horror genre. In choosing to […]
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Cabaret – Festival Theatre
Cabaret is set in Berlin in 1931 in the underworld of clubs, particularly, The Kit Kat Klub. It’s New Year’s Eve and midnight is about to strike when American author, […]
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Magic Mike
To say it wasn’t what I expected is an understatement. Having never seen the film magic Mike, but heard plenty about it, I assumed I was in for a night of egotistical, completely naked boys gyrating around a stage – not my cup of tea.
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It’s True, It’s True, It’s True – The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford
Sometimes you have plans – made a commitment – and when the time comes you absolutely cannot bring yourself to face it. Long day, stress at work, under the weather – […]
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