Emma Lawton

Last weekend, the NuDance Contemporary team came first in the national Loughborough University Dance Competition and were also awarded Best University amongst the thirty competitors. Impact Arts spoke to dance captain of the contemporary team, Georgia Attfield, a 4th year Pharmacy student,  about a special piece that sheds lights on the issue of autism....

Impact Arts caught up with director Tom Proffitt and producer Darcey Graham to chat about their upcoming play ‘The Glass Menagerie’ at the Nottingham New Theatre, to find out whether they’re remaining true to the direction of Tennessee Williams and how they’ve coped with the challenges of the production....

The spring season at Nottingham New Theatre is officially underway as amazing shows keep spouting from the pipeline. This week Impact talks to Laura Jayne Bateman and Lydia Smith, director and producer of the season’s third play, Not About Heroes. So, what is the play about? LJB: The play is...

It is not uncommon to see the works of esteemed playwrights, such as Arthur Miller, revived and revamped, attempting to put a new spin on plays which have been performed countless times. However, Touring Consortium Theatre Company present what feels like a very traditional production of A View From...

Impact Arts caught up with Jon Walker (Director) and Jacob Lloyd (Musical Director) from Musicality’s production of The Producers to talk about their upcoming show and progress behind the scenes. So, why did you decide to do The Producers? Jacob: Considering the huge success of last year’s show (The...

This week, Impact Arts speaks to Nikki Hill, writer and director, and Harriet Lowe, co-producer, of the New Theatre’s latest in-house production of ‘Let’s Just Pretend’ Give us a brief summary of ‘Let’s Just Pretend’- what’s the plot? Nikki: We meet Mark and Caroline when they are 16, under...

Amid recent controversy concerning the discovery of Harper Lee’s long lost manuscript, I leapt at the opportunity to review the novelist’s first, and only published work, on the Theatre Royal stage. Director Timothy Sheader’s ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ is everything the avid reader can hope for as it brings...