Tag: Stoke Young Reviewers
Interested in music, film, theatre, arts and festivals? Do you think you’d like to record or write a review for Voice? Then get in touch!
If you're aged 16 – 25 years and live in Stoke then get in touch to find out how you can learn from professionals, access events, training and opportunities and develop your own opinion pieces with Voice.
We're currently working in partnership with New Vic Theatre to support young people in becoming young reviewers. The programme helps them to access events and opportunities in their local area and develop their skills as reviewers. We will be offering training in how to write reviews, podcasting and interviews. Our next session will be on Saturday 23rd November, 5.30-7.00pm - with a press ticket to see the theatre's performance afterwards at 7.30pm. So come along and meet like minded people!
You don’t have to know about the local arts scene or how to review - just register your interest or email [email protected] to find out more.
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8 February 2025Interview: Alex from BBC's The Traitors
View BlogI had the wonderful opportunity of hearing from Alex himself about his time on the show - The Traitors, Season 3, answering lots of insightful questions about his time in the famous Scottish castle...
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7 February 2025Review: BBC's The Apprentice, Episode 2
View ReviewThe candidates are back to take on their next task, but with one fewer amongst their numbers. This week brought us drama, delusion and disputes, but here are my views on how the evening went...
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1 February 2025Brian and Maggie: the Trouble With Adapting Modern History
View ReviewThe viewers, placed in the swivel-chair of journalist Brian Walden, are invited to interrogate the Thatcher legacy in this Channel 4 drama miniseries. But can the small screen ever fully capture such a divisive figure as Margaret Thatcher?
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1 February 2025My Journey To Faith
View BlogThe autobiographical account of how I came to a saving faith in God, why I made this decision, and the difference that it makes to my life today.
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31 January 2025Review: BBC's The Apprentice Is Back
View ReviewAfter ten long months, BBC's biggest business programme, The Apprentice, is back, and we couldn't be more ready for it. 18 entrepreneurs battle it out for the grand prize of a £250 000 investment, plus a new business partner.
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31 January 2025Interview: Leon from BBC's The Traitors
View Blog25 players arrived in Scotland to battle it out for the chance to win up to £120 000. That 25 swiftly became 9, one of whom was Leon - 'a humble guy that normally sells mobile phones'. Today, I heard from him about his time on the show...
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27 January 2025Interview: Fozia from BBC's The Traitors
View BlogSeason Three of BBC's The Traitors racked up over ten million viewers, firmly cementing itself as one of the UK's favourite reality TV shows. Today, I had the honour of hearing from one of the 25 contestants that took part...
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27 January 2025Interview: Young People In Theatre
View BlogI caught up with seventeen year old theatre enthusiast Molly Ferneyhough to talk all about her recent job working on the New Vic Theatre's Christmas Production of The Three Musketeers.
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23 January 2025'Who is...' The Traitors Edition
View BlogWe've all been enthralled by this year's series of The Traitors and the wide variety of playing styles, but in this article I've answered some of the key questions about this season's contestants from a viewer's perspective.
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15 January 2025Are Young People Turning Away From Involvement In The Arts?
View BlogA critical analysis of why fewer young people are attending out of school drama groups, and the key factors which determine this trend.
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14 January 2025The White Heat of AI: Starmer's Wilsonian plan
View BlogPM Kier Starmer's plan to 'mainline AI' into the UK's 'veins' harks back to fellow Labour leader Harold Wilson's vision of technological progress in the 1960s. However, this time round Starmer must address new environmental and political concerns.
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11 January 2025How Reality TV Reflects The Suppressive Nature Of Society
View BlogAn in depth look at how the BBC TV Show The Traitors is demonstrating real problems that we face in society today regarding gender stereotypes and emotions.
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6 January 2025TV Show Review: The Traitors
View ReviewTwenty-two ordinary people fighting it out for the grand prize of £120 000, but this is a game show like no other...the ultimate test of trust and traitors, this is my take on the first three episodes and what we have witnessed unfold so far.
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26 December 2024Film Review: Vengeance Most Fowl - Wallace and Gromit
View ReviewThis brand new Wallace and Gromit film excited many viewers on Christmas Day as it was aired for free on the BBC, and it certainly didn't disappoint. Thrilling and funny, with a hint of intrigue, this film is perfect for family enjoyment.
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26 December 2024The Superior 'Pride and Prejudice' Adaptation
View BlogIt is a truth universally acknowledged that Pride and Prejudice is a well-loved classic, but which version does Austen's novel the greatest justice? In this rigorous examination, both the 2005 film and 1995 TV miniseries compete for the supreme title
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16 December 2024Blog: Theatre - Is It Dying Out Among The Young?
View BlogThat amazing, awesome, incredible feeling when you walk into a theatre auditorium. The inexplicable joy you experience when you're transported into a whole different world. That feeling of elation as you depart to go home. So why all the empty seats?
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13 December 2024Film Review: Wicked - From Stage To Screen
View ReviewMysterious. Mesmerising. Moving. Magical. Is it possible to recreate that feeling (I'm not talking about loathing!) that you experience from watching such a Magnificent Musical like Wicked and transfer that to the audience through a screen? ...
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5 December 2024Punk Exhibition with 'The Sex Pistols'
View Photo BlogThe Punk scene of the mid-70s was thought to be a bygone era. Yet Stephen Colegrave has built a bridge between Punk of the past and the present.
