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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
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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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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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
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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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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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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23 November 2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
I'm one of those people who has a diary but doesn't have anything interesting except it's full of new film release dates.
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23 November 2016
Jess Glynne at the Echo Arena, Liverpool
Jess Glynne is currently travelling around the country on her latest arena tour, Take Me Home.
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23 November 2016
'Glory Days' - Little Mix
It's that time of year again when Little Mix release another wildly anticipated album.