Only one slight complaint: fairy cakes with pinked iced vaginas. I cannot be persuaded to eat genital confectionary.
Other than the suspect sweet treats Nottingham University’s version of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues was an orgasmic success. Ignoring the amateur dramatic pitfalls of poor sounding and awkward seating, there is little that would discourage me from [...]

Review One by Clara Baldock
A solitary figure on stage steps into the light and so the play begins. The town of Grover’s Corners, which serves as a microcosm for the rest of world, is mapped out through the creative use of lighting and soon the audience is immersed in the bustling life of ‘Our Town’. [...]

Student Society stages its first production of H.M.S. Pinafore

Wednesday 24 March – Saturday 27 March

“The 2010 cast have put in an amazing amount of effort into H.M.S. Pinafore, and we hope to continue the high standard of performances that the society has a reputation for in the Nottingham community.” Director Robin Parker
Nottingham University Gilbert [...]

Review One by Amy Pearson
The initial stereotype of the Dartmoor moors would be hills, stone fences, sheep and rain. A pleasant and idyllic lifestyle. But upon being bombarded with deafening aeroplane sound effects, which made the floor rattle, this impression was completely annihilated.
Such intensity exuded from the rest of the play. Tension amongst the three [...]

As part of Light Night 2010, the Playhouse is presenting ‘Forever Young’, the story of retired thespians of our generation reminiscing and rebelling in their theatre come nursing home. With ferocity enough to match the warring Varsity supporters, our own opinions were starkly divided. So in the interest of balance, equality and receiving more free [...]

For the past three days audiences have been laughing out loud at the sights and sounds of New Theatre’s most recent production. Put on as a fundraiser for this year’s trip to Edinburgh, ‘Strictly Coming stars in their eyes…on ice’ was exactly what the flyer promised: “the ultimate spoof…very entertaining and inevitably weird.” After an [...]

Review One by Alyce Biddle
Turning up to what I must admit was my first experience of improvised drama I had no idea what to expect. And has it happened neither did the cast. Greeted by a girl who had painted herself green and obviously taken some creative direction from Gollum, I was feeling incredibly uncomfortable [...]

As one who has had an interest in ballet since I could demand a tutu (and then be disappointed that wearing one in public was considered a social faux pas even when 4 years old) I was intrigued by what the Northern Ballet would have to offer. My lovely boyfriend, who probably had a night [...]

Like the Royal family, Morris dancing, and Jedward, pantomimes at Christmas constitute just one of the myriad of guilty pleasures that are part of the British tradition. If you want to see men flamboyantly dressed as women, girls pretending to be boys and fancying other girls, and thigh high leather boots – all in a [...]