Kashmini Shah Contributor
A Politics and English Literature graduate based in London, working in Publishing. Kashmini has written for Voice Mag and Chortle at the Edinburgh Fringe, and is a winner of the Malorie Blackman Scholarship for Creative Writing, where she works on a fantasy and a crime novel. She likes to write on a variety of topics, from book reviews, to engaging with feminist discourse in the media.
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12 December 2024The RSC's magical performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream
View ReviewA Midsummer Night’s Dream by The Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican truly did feel like a dream.
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4 September 2024The Strangest Never-Ending Tea Party You’ll Ever Attend
View ReviewThe Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, directed by James Hyland, is an absurdist and immersive play that delves into memory loss and madness.
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16 August 2024Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
View ReviewRobert Louis Stevenson's novella comes to life in this stripped back one man performance of the most chilling tale you'll see this Summer.
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29 May 2024Hadestown: The Tragedy We Can't Get Enough Of
View ReviewWhen you know a tale ends in tragedy, and still choose to embark upon the journey… that is what love is, and that is what life is. This is what Hadestown teaches us, through a layered narrative, two great love stories, and powerful music.
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11 May 2024Sara Pascoe's Weirdo: Literature and Laughs
View ReviewSara Pascoe takes centre stage in an iconic white suit, with prewritten heckles about herself, ready to celebrate the paperback launch of her book, Weirdo, in style.
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18 April 2024Jonathan Pie: Heroes and Villains Review
View ReviewComedian Tom Walker takes to the stage as Jonathan Pie. Never before has the Senior Deputy Westminster Representative for the BBC been so hilarious – if only Jonathan Pie could grace our screens for the daily news!
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8 March 2023Virginia Woolf would embrace equity feminism
View FeatureWhen feminist writer Virginia Woolf wrote “woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction” in 1928, she couldn’t have predicted the relevancy it would hold in today’s society.
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23 February 2023Visual Artistry at the Kakilang Festival
View ReviewHome X at the Kakilang Festival is an innovative display of East and Southeast Asian heritage, exploring the concept of "home" through virtual worlds and gaming.
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30 January 2023Comedy musical ‘Cowboys’ by Crizards
View ReviewEscape into a world of the bizarre, as Will Rowland and Eddy Hare are Crizards, performing a comical musical all about cowboys.
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18 January 2023Fagin's Last Hour by James Hyland
View ReviewActor James Hyland of Brother Wolf produced and performed a darkly captivating performance based on Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
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14 December 2022A Christmas Carol - As Told By Jacob Marley (Deceased)
View ReviewJames Hyland from Brother Wolf adapts and performs A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens from the perspective of Jacob Marley, in a one-man show about regret, hope, love, and gratitude.
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2 November 2022The thrilling tale of 'Dracula's Guest' by Brother Wolf
View ReviewAshton Spear and James Hyland bring a haunting Victorian horror story to life, contemplating death, revenge, morality, and spite.
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26 September 2022London's Roman Amphitheatre
View ReviewVisit the amphitheatre discovered in London at the Guildhall Art Gallery!
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13 September 2022The Cedar & The Sea: a sensory tour of a neo-Gothic building
View ReviewExperience Two Temple Place, a neo-gothic building on Victoria Embankment, through a unique sensory and artistic tour.
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5 September 2022When media tropes feed the flames of misogyny
View FeatureRomanticising the degradation and objectification of women in the media can normalise such behaviour in reality, teaching young women that they exist as second-class humans.
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29 August 2022Mama Love by Lea Whitcher
View ReviewWhat does it mean to identify as a "mama" in a patriarchal world?
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29 August 2022Lottie Plachett Took a Hatchet
View ReviewThe Lizzie Borden case gets a "camp comedy" makeover.
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Unit 1 A: Snippets of a graphic novel by Lois Chong -
What makes something art? by Lois ChongI absolutely love the presentation of your issue here! It's so creative and makes for such an interesting read. You make some really good points concerning the nature of art and I can really see your thought process clearly :)
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I found this fascinating :) Not only is this very well written, but it addresses a lot of key issues, and I love how you've included so many different quotes and opinions from a range of people!
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Comment posted on 14 February 2019
I love how creative this is! The graphic novel style work is incredibly imaginative, and both the colour and biro work looks well developed. Can’t wait to see how the finished novel turns out!!