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18 December 2016
Nineteen Eighty-Four
For Read a New Book Month I decided to tackle George Orwell's dystopian novel. Here's how I got on...
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18 December 2016
Art history's alternative Christmas styles
Since the Enlightenment, Christmas as a religious celebration has all but disappeared from the art world. But even pre Enlightenment, the Nativity was shown in a wide variety of ways across the world.
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15 December 2016
Send Her Victorious by Ben Norris | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, Victorious is an enigmatic film, a relevant film in the throes of controversial topics.
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15 December 2016
Hamlet Part II at the Hen and Chicken's Theatre
If you are not aware of how Hamlet ends, I'm sorry to spoil it but everyone dies.
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15 December 2016
Christmas and art: what's the story?
When we think of Christmas and art, we immediately think back to pre-enlightenment art, picturing religious scenes depicting the original meaning of Christmas. But how have these ideas been translated into modern art?
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14 December 2016
Hairy Fairy Tails by Open Sky Theatre
Delving deep into a world of trolls, underdogs and other treasures, Open Sky presents a two-person show of rhyme, mime, and a journey through time.
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14 December 2016
King Lear at the Barbican Centre review
'Nothing can be made of nothing.'
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13 December 2016
Beauty and the Beast at the Cambridge Junction
The innovative production of a much loved fairy-tale.
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13 December 2016
What's it all about? Christmas in Film
As the evenings draw in, frost sneakily creeps over the ground and the weather outside gets frightful, it is time to get comfy on the sofa with friends and family and put on the inevitable Christmas films!
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13 December 2016
Arrival (2016)
Paramount Pictures presents a gripping nonlinear science fiction movie addressing common humanity, delving deep into worldly possibilities of extraterrestrial life on Planet Earth.
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11 December 2016
Re-Code by Man Made Youth | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, filmmaking group, Man Made Youth, provides a moving interpretation of how dyslexia feels
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11 December 2016
This Movement is Silent by Paul Stringer | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, Paul Stringer's powerful, poignant and potent portrait of Birmingham combines poetry and filmmaking.
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8 December 2016
How is Christmas portrayed in theatre?
Why wouldn't you love Christmas? Time united as a family, a chance to find romance under the mistletoe, snow falling outside as you wrap yourself up with a hot chocolate and Miracle on 34th Street.
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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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6 December 2016
International Theatre: A review of ‘MDLSX’
Not conforming to typical theatre standards, Silvia Calderoni uses her unique attributions to create a performance as interesting as herself.
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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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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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29 November 2016
Takeover Day 2016 at Time & Tide Museum
Time & Tide Museum in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk embraced the theme of 'The World Takes Over' as they worked with children who spoke English as a second language to create & deliver an exhibition of their own.