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Sunday 1st April 2012

‘Defying Hitler’ @ Djanogly Theatre, Nottingham Lakeside Arts

“War…there’s been wars since the 1900s, before then, and they’re just going to keep happening,” was what I heard the the elderly gentlemen sitting next to me at the Lakeside Theatre declare to his companion. Defying Hitler documents the rise of the Nazis from the perspective of Sebastian…

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Saturday 31st March 2012

Blagger’s Guide To… Dickensian Quotes

Charles Dickens: father of some of the most iconic characters of English literature. This year marks the big two-double-zero for him, and, as part of our birthday celebrations for dearest Charles, we thought we’d provide you with a handy Blagger’s Guide on a few of his most celebrated…

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Friday 30th March 2012

‘Dickens & London’ Exhibition @ The Museum of London

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. On the bicentenary of Dickens’ birth one enters the Museum of London arrested by scenes very much like A Tale of Two Cities. In the first U.K. exhibition for over forty years, Victorian London is brought…

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Thursday 29th March 2012

‘Closer’ @ New Theatre

The first thing to say about Matt Wilks’ rendition of Patrick Marber’s Closer is that it is not for the faint-hearted. With sex, violence, and strong language throughout, it’s certainly not one to take your grandparents to. However, the second thing that must be said about Closer is…

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Tuesday 27th March 2012

Dickens for Hard Times

The more things change, the more they stay the same. The enduring veracity of this proverb is the bridge between modern readers and any writer that has ever written on the human condition and the social world it inhabits. But it is Dickens, arguably more than any other…

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Tuesday 27th March 2012

‘Romeo and Juliet’ @ Nottingham Playhouse

‘Two Houses. Five Days. A Whirlwind Romance.’ Romeo and Juliet: the tale of two young lovers from rival families who fall hopelessly and inexorably in love but whose relationship and lives are destined to end in fatality. We all know the storyline of Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy and have…

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Tuesday 27th March 2012

Stewart Lee’s ‘Carpet Remnant World’ @ Nottingham Playhouse

“Smug elitist liberalism. Who is this cunt? …I hate Stewart Lee. He’s like Ian Huntley to me,” reads a listless Lee to a backdrop of soothing jazz. These are only a couple of gems from his extensive collection of hilariously disproportionate and unwarranted hate-mail. All too often misunderstood…

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Sunday 25th March 2012

An Interview with Theatre Unlimited’s Rupert Wickham

Ahead of Theatre Unlimited debuting their Living History series next week, a collection of two plays focused on the rise of the Nazis and Stalinist Russia, Impact managed to meet with artistic director, Rupert Wickham. After the success of Defying Hitler adapted by Wickham himself, he has now…

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Sunday 25th March 2012

RSC’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ @ Nottingham Theatre Royal

“Come, Kate, well to bed…” Act 5, Sc II Shakespeare’s shrew is a beautiful mess of a character. The way in which she is treated, suppressed, deprived and altogether tamed is a director’s dream, with numerous interpretations at hand to the constantly revive the progressively irrelevant classic in today’s…

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Sunday 25th March 2012

‘Innocent Infidelity’ @ New Theatre

Innocent infidelity at the New Theatre was nothing short of sheer brilliance and innovation. The New Theatre cast brought to life an original script written by Director C.J. Wilmann. Influenced by the poignant melodic tones of Robert Browning’s Porphyria’s Lover, the play tells a tale of how an…

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