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23 September 2024
Redefining Grief: Teigan Banks’ Exploration Beyond the 7 Steps
Teigan Banks' "7 Steps to Feel Completely Happy Again" follows Amber as she navigates losing her mother. Through humour and heartache, the play challenges the 7 stages of grief, reminding us that loss is personal, non-linear, and has no time limit.
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30 November 2023
The HOUSE of Bernarda Alba
The House of Bernarda Alba is about a formidable matriarch figure and her five daughters. It was originally written by Federico García Lorca in 1936 in the backdrop of the incoming Spanish Civil War, which ultimately led to his assassination...
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2 November 2023
Review: This one missed the station...
The Girl on the Train is a well-known entity, based originally on a book by Paula Hawkins and following its success was made into a film starring Emily Blunt. The play has been adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel.
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21 December 2022
‘Christmas Bells’: A Christmas song of grief
A year on since its initial release, this underrated Christmas number is still relevant.
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3 May 2022
Review: In Perpetuum
An unexpected loss of a brother offline results in a sister organising a virtual funeral inside his favourite video game.
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1 September 2021
Review: Isabelle Farah’s Ellipsis
Deeply personal and conscious of its own format, Farah’s Ellipsis opens up the symbiotic relationship between audience and comic in this stand-up show that uses her own experiences to criticise British society’s grief culture
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27 June 2021
Superhero on Screen: Exploring Grief, Loss and Mental Health (Part 2)
In this two-part column, I’ll be exploring examples of superhero TV shows which portray powerful depictions of grief, loss, mental health and what we should learn from their insights.
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11 June 2021
Superhero on Screen: Exploring Grief, Loss and Mental Health (Part 1)
In this two-parter for my monthly superhero column, I’ll be exploring examples of superhero TV shows which portray powerful depictions of grief, loss, and mental health and discuss what we should learn from their insights.
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9 March 2020
Glitch
Glitch delivers a deeply touching and grounded story about grief and finding your own path.
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