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Andrew Warren, 56, senior treasury assistant at Somerville College and murder suspect, has turned himself in last night, eight days after a 26 year old’s body was found in the apartment owned by his alleged accomplice, Wyndham Lathem, 42. The body of Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, a hair stylist, was found in Lathem’s Chicago apartment on 27 […]
Continue ReadingAbove: Self-Portrait, 1953. © 2014 Vivian Maier, Maloof Collection, Ltd. Vivian Maier. Hers is the name of the moment in the world of art. The reclusive photographer, who died in 2009, has shot to public fame and critical acclaim with her strikingly intimate, curiously detached street photography. But who was this woman? How did an […]
Continue Reading✮✮✮✮ Chicago – a musical synonymous with glitz, glamour and grit. Set in Prohibition-era Chicago, where corruption abounds, the musical is a piece of satire tackling the idea of abuse in the justice system and exploring the issue of idolizing famous felons. Director Jack Sain reinterprets the script to create a phenomenal show that is […]
Continue Reading‘Costume designing Chicago is amazing. We have a fantastic range of different outfits to show off; from burlesque show-girls to commonplace reporters to vaudeville outfits and the murderesses’ abstract apparel. We wanted to use costume not only to inject colour onto the set, but also to reimagine the 1920s scene. The musical, crossing […]
Continue ReadingMichaelmas has sped by for most of us, but for the Fools & Kings team this will be the end of a long string of demanding rehearsals (which began three weeks before term). Watching one of these rehearsals, we certainly felt a sense of the energy of this fun and engaging piece – brought to […]
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