As part of a new wave of live-action remakes of cinema and on-stage classics, Cats the movie is the next CGI production to hit the big screen. A musical theatre triumph composed by Andrew Lloyd […]
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat Dazzles at Leeds Grand Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s late 60s musical, based on the biblical story of Joseph and his ‘coat of many colours’, took to Leeds Grand Theatre on Tuesday.
Ones to Watch: Cannes 2019
Under the cool palms of the French Riviera the film calendar’s most luxurious festival takes place once again. Here are 5 films to look out for at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival: Once Upon a […]
Review: High Life
Claire Denis’ first film in the English language is an erotically charged, domestic drama set in the far reaches of space. If such a description seems paradoxical it is because High Lifeis anything but ordinary. Ostensibly, […]
Rocketman: A Biopic Done Right
Last year, Bohemian Rhapsody pioneered the grandiose of the musical biopic genre in Hollywood, with a huge build-up of excitement through various media campaigns and raking in a whopping $900 million at the box office. […]
‘Hilariously Macabre Yet Beautifully Performed’ – Music Theatre’s The Addams Family
To say Music Theatre’s production of The Addams Family ‘sprang into life’ from its first moments would be a disservice to the hilariously macabre yet beautifully performed show the society put on. From the instant […]
Jargon: An Exciting Piece Of New Writing
Jargon by Open Theatre is a hilarious piece of new writing by Kieran Bose Rosling, showing this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the Banham Theatre. Rosling’s experience as a medical student brought this play to […]
“Art from the pen”: An exhibition of magic and whimsy
When the opportunity to interview artist Helen Gibson, or perhaps better known through her alias as The Perky Painter, presented itself I was keen to visit the Arch Café once more. I first met Helen […]
Review: Tolkien
Tolkien documents the childhood and early adulthood of the author J.R.R. Tolkien. His experiences during the First World War are punctuated with flashbacks to the unique friendships he formed with his fellow members of the […]
The Complex God: Mental health and accusations of fat-shaming in Avengers: Endgame
SPOILER WARNING for Avengers: Endgame Franchise films and cinematic universes are perhaps most often associated with their expensive action set-pieces and CGI battles, and many franchises have fallen because too much of an emphasis has […]