The Jurassic Park theme (as played on a recorder) was bone chilling, with toy dinosaurs marching across the screen before a MasterChef-esque opening credits introduced the production team. It quickly demonstrated one of the show’s strengths which was its excellent use of multimedia and seamless transition between screen and stage for different sketches. Continue reading Thoracic Park: A Rib-Tickling Performance
If there is any way to make such a controversial show enjoyable without sanitising it, going the whole hog and exaggerating it to a non-naturalistic and parodic level proved an effective strategy for IH. Continue reading International House’s Grease
It is evident that even though Nora is in ostensibly different circumstances to her original era—and women’s rights have advanced significantly—very little has changed internally for her. The home, marriage and family proves to be just as suffocating, making her reclamation of freedom just as radical. Continue reading Nora: A Doll’s House Triumphs at Union House
After years of Covid-related delays, opening night for the long awaited UHT production of Nora: A Doll’s House draws near. It’s a bittersweet occasion as the final UHT production to be held in this famous theatre before it is relocated, but Nora will be both a farewell and a
celebration of the many happy memories made in this space. I spoke with James Madsen-Smith and Leah Bourne, two of the performers in Nora: A Doll’s House. Continue reading Interview with the Actors in UHT’s Nora: A Doll’s House
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