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Image Credit: Magnus D (CC BY 2.0) After a long day of lectures, labs and tutes it can be hard to be enthusiastic about even more science that is probably way over our heads. However, the combination of a huge faculty filled with brilliant minds eager to share their expertise and a university keen to […]
Continue ReadingAlice Troy-Donovan✮✮✮✮ Ten years ago The History Boys opened to rave reviews at The National Theatre. The play about a northern grammar school in the Thatcherite eighties and its various approaches to preparing post- A Level students for life was deemed both hilarious and profound in its exploration of the value and meaning of education. […]
Continue Reading✮✮ With Alan Ayckbourn as writer and director, Arrivals & Departures promises much more than it delivers. Attempting to tread the line between tragedy and comedy, it feels turgid, predictable and stilted; the cutting humour of Bedroom Farce is entirely absent. At times, this bloated play seems like something written by a bunch of GCSE […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the success of DruidSynge in 2005, Druid Theatre Company pays homage to Ireland’s current unofficial playwright laureate, Tom Murphy, by performing three of the respected dramatist’s plays in a day-long cycle – totalling almost eight hours of viewing time. However, by all accounts, DruidMurphy is well worth the time and money that must be […]
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