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6 December 2016
What goes on at...the Mercury Theatre Colchester?
Following on from our coverage from Mozfest 2016, we caught up with some of the organisations like the Mercury from the festival to highlight what work they do in the crossover between the digital sector and arts and culture.
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6 December 2016
Thomas Chimiak, Random Acts Midlands filmmaker
From Random Acts Midlands, Thomas Chimiak's visual poem, Vocal Barriers, is a statement on the role of technology in our society. He shared with us his experiences about the Random Acts project.
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6 December 2016
The Royal Shakespeare Company's 'The Play's The Thing'
With 2016 marking 400 years since William Shakespeare's death, what happened when Arts Award Activist, Kheira headed to his hometown to review the Royal Shakespeare Company's 'The Play's The Thing' exhibition?
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5 December 2016
Living History - a new art form?
Ever since Downton Abbey, the flash of a maid's uniform has always meant some kind of period drama
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4 December 2016
Danni Spooner, Random Acts Midlands filmmaker
From Random Acts Midlands, Danni Spooner's evocative short film, FAG, is a telling development of ideas around gender. She gave us her perspective on the Random Acts program, and what went into making the film. Read our review here
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30 November 2016
The Legend Of Rawry by Michael Baillon | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, Michael Baillon's animated splendour reveals the beautiful mind of an inspiring artist, and the power of autism.
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9 December 2016 – 22 December 2016
The Little White Bird
An original piece of children's theatre inspired by the novel by J.M. Barrie.
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29 November 2016
Vocal Barriers by Thomas Chimiak | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, Thomas Chimiak's "Vocal Barriers" is a striking visual accompaniment to a spoken-word poem, focusing on technological advances and its impact on the modern day generation.
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28 November 2016
FAG by Danni Spooner | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, Danni Spooner's experimental short film may appear strange, but it is nothing other than a "rebellious reflection on the cis-gendered society we exist in."
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28 November 2016
2001 : A Space Odyssey - Keir Dullea & Gary Lockwood
The massive science fiction hit by director Stanley Kubrick welcomed two of the actors from 1968's '2001 : A Space Odyssey'. Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood took part in a panel at Birmingham MCM Comic Con this month.
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27 November 2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens film review
A brief film review of The Force Awakens for my silver Arts Award portfolio.
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27 November 2016
The Martian film review
A brief film review of The Martian for my silver arts award portfolio.
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26 November 2016
Contactless by Francis Quigley | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, Francis Quigley's short film 'Contactless' forces us to delve into a seemingly dystopian world we have not yet encountered before.
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26 November 2016
Agi K at Mozfest 2016
Back from London and buzzing from MozFest 2016, where thousands of dedicated enthusiastic people were sharing projects directed at making the world a better place.
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25 November 2016
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - 'a bit like X-Men's Xavier Institute'
We had the Twilight Saga. We had The Hunger Games. We even had Divergent and The Maze Runner. Now, to add to the list of YA (young adult) book-to-screen adaptations is (drum roll please)… Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, based on Ransom Riggs' novel of the same title and directed by Tim Burton, who's known for his gothic, dark movies and adds something fresh to the YA market – it can also be seen to be influenced by various other movies, while largely following the original novel.
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25 November 2016
St. Benedict's and their Silver Arts Award
Bury St Edmunds is not only a town immersed in medieval history, it is also the home of what has become a nationally recognised Christmas Market.
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24 November 2016
Francesca Vern from Wallace Youth talks about Takeover Day
I attended Wallace Takeover day and spoke to Francesca, who took part in the evening Museum Takeover event at The Wallace Collection.
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24 November 2016
Takeover Day at the Wallace Collection - talking to Hannah Stokes, young organiser and singer
During the evening of The Wallace Collection's takeover, organiser Hannah Stokes sang and performed to crowds of over fifty at a time. I caught up with her to discuss her skillsets, and ask how her confidence has improved since joining Wallace Youth.