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Punk Rock by Simon Stephens is gloriously directed by Bridie Rollins and Lara Tyselling to create an almost flawless take on what is most certainly a complex and multi-layered play. The play focuses on the lives of seven teenagers as they prepare to take their mock A level exams,...

(Top) Hats off to this show-stopping stage adaptation of the 1935 screwball comedy musical film, in which elaborate dance numbers, eye-catching set design and hilarious one-liners prove that anything film can do, theatre can do better. Top Hat tells the story of American dancer Jerry Travers who becomes infatuated...

Algorithms, parallelisms and Enlightenment abound Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia – the production selected by Nottingham Playhouse to conclude their Time and Memory season this year. Director Giles Croft intended to culminate the season with a touch of paradise. Set in a dignified estate in Derbyshire, and with the incorporation of...

We’ve all been there at one time or another – whether it’s staring blankly at a GCSE anthology or sitting with your head in your hands in Hallward library, we have faced a poem that makes no conceivable sense. Staring incredulously at the mass of adjectives, desperately trying to find...

The Day after the Dead Before – Peter Rylands Time for the dead of night to rise and have its hour, Inside an ocean whose tides never cease and groan from the moon’s waxing power. Dried blood and hollow faces, haunting the streets, Where the sun shall rise for mortals...

Alan Davies; actor, QI panel member and stand-up comedian. Most will probably recognise Alan from Jonathan Creek and QI but few may know he actually began his career as a stand-up comedian. Impact Arts caught up with Alan as he tours the country with his new stand-up show “Little...

Anyone who is a fan of 8 out of 10 Cats or has glanced at the comedy scene anytime in the last few years will be familiar with Jon Richardson’s brilliant brand of comedy. Infamously self-depreciating, cynical and pernickety to the last degree, Jon is basically an old man...