Want to hear a joke? Okay, here goes: there’s an escaped convict roaming the streets you probably live on or near, and he’s knifed six people tonight. One of the kids in our year died. I watched it from my window. Better lock your doors. I couldn’t believe the tweets, comments, Snapchats and statuses before […]
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What to expect from EUTCo’s “Animal Farm”
“All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.” I have been lucky enough to attend a preview of EUTCo’s adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, and I must say that I was extremely impressed with the result. Four months of hard work have truly paid off, culminating in a visually impressive […]
Review: Sealed
Imagine one day, through the post, you receive a sealed envelope. Inside the envelope, there is an address to a house somewhere in central London, and a request that you attend at a certain time. Would you go? That’s what the characters of writer Will Jarvis and director Niamh Smith’s play Sealed did. They went. […]
Review: Monster
A s Storm Angus set in, I sat down to watch Duncan Macmillan’s ‘Monster’, EUTCO’s first Term 1 show. In the newly (theatrically) appreciated Mardon Hall, I took a seat on the right-hand side of the common room, split from the other half of the audience by the stage in the middle of the room […]
Review: Bright
I had high expectations for this piece of new writing, put on by Theatre with Teeth, and was not disappointed. As a writing and directing debut from both Eva Carroll and Josie Farmer, “Bright” was of an incredibly high standard. The play follows a family of five, focusing in particular on the three siblings as they […]
Review: Holes @ Edinburgh Fringe
On a remote desert island Ian (Jack Smail) and Gus (Calum Wragg-Smith), quite possibly the last two men left alive, stand before sixteen-year-old Erin (Alice Palmer), quite possibly the last girl left alive, and explain to her that she must soon become the mother of humanity 2.0. Why should I? she asks. Because it’s right, […]
Midsummer’s dream turned midsummer’s nightmare?
O ne Midsummer’s day, rambling at the Hay Exeposé learned of the BBC play, “Watch it! It’s marvelous,” he told the crowd, For Russell T. Davies the applause rang out loud. Then I went away, forming this review Whose form now brakes off, to introduce it to you. Oh, and spoilers. Russell T Davies successfully […]
Review: Vera Vera Vera
“Bobby’s dead and you’re still breathing. That’s a fucking walking talking tragedy that is.” Delivered during one of the play’s most intense scenes, this line does a pretty good job of capturing the essence of Haley Squire’s black comedy. Featuring the directorial debut of Poppy Harrison, EUTCo’s production of “Vera Vera Vera” is beautifully bleak, […]
The T3 Review
The third term is a busy one in the drama department with a seemingly endless stream of shows and creativity being performed around the university. Meanwhile Niamh Percy, a second year drama student has ambitiously set out to run a blog and team of writers to review every show performed. Arts and Lit Online spoke […]
Review: The Angry Brigade
EUTCo’s penultimate show of the year, The Angry Brigade, opened on Wednesday, and certainly lived up to the standard set by the society’s recent productions. Fiery, clever and comedic, the show filled the Lemon Grove with a sense of anarchy and rebellion that satisfied my expectations for James Graham’s 2014 play. Directed by Maya De […]