Katie Moncur

Eccentric, random and unusually funny, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency tells the story of private investigator Dirk Gently who re-friends past university student, Richard MacDuff, to help solve the death of Richard’s magazine-owning boss, Gordon Way (Callum Walker). Written by James Goss and Arvind Ethan David, Dirk Gently’s Holistic...

After my second time experiencing a DMA’s gig, I can now say with confidence that this is a band that is meant to be seen live. Though their first and newly released second albums both have a great deal of charm and character, you only really feel their electric...

Perhaps the most satisfying thing to the majority of concert goers, is the discovery of new artists, who often go on to become personal favourites further down the line. The atmosphere often starts relatively muted, before the crowd begin to appreciate the music they’re subject to. Indeed Tom Walker’s...

Who remembers the rules to a children’s game called Sardines? I sure didn’t when I turned up to my first Hide and Soc session. Rewind to a week earlier and there I was, a small fresher in a big pond flicking wildly through the University societies page looking for...

“Get on with it you Scouse fuck,” is, I imagine, not something you expect to hear from an audience who has paid to hear you perform. Nor do I imagine that when Liverpool band SPINN opened their set at the Chameleon Arts Café, they expected to finish with an...

Set in the dusty wilderness of the first Australian convict colony, Timberlake Wertenbaker’s 1988 drama follows the efforts of young, idealistic Royal Marine officer Ralph Clark to educate the vice-ridden convicts through the medium of theatre. Proposing that the prisoners put on a production of George Farquhar’s Restoration comedy...

On the evening of 9th March the UoN Korean Society, together with the Korean Cultural Centre, showcased several dazzling performances reflecting the best of Korean culture. Korea Day quite literally kicked off with a bang as the UoN Korean Society’s K-pop Dance Group performed to Bang Bang Bang and...