Scarlett White

Written in 1836, Nikolai Gogol’s work of political satire examines the absurdity and corruption of Imperial Russia. The play follows an unethical mayor, along with his equally immoral officials, attempting to prepare their provincial town for a visit from a government inspector. However, the inspector in question is travelling...

Compelling and completely haunting, Peter Whelan’s The Accrington Pals at the Nottingham New Theatre puts on an impressive performance for their opening night audience. Despite the lengthy run time of 135 minutes, the thoughtful staging and captivating acting maintains the audience’s attention throughout the performance and beyond, leaving us silently pondering...

In 1914, soldiers of the Indian Army travelled over four thousand miles to fight alongside the British in the First World War. Few of them spoke English, and many were unable to read or write. Four years later, 72,000 of them lay dead. Written by Ishy Din, Wipers is...

This year marks the 3rd time that NU Dance has won ‘Best Overall Club’ at the biggest inter-university competition in England. They are, by all accounts, a pretty big deal, but back home on Uni Park Campus is where they continue to do us proud. Watching them perform their...

Shopping and F***ing is a 1996 play by English playwright, Mark Ravenhill. In a world where everything has been reduced to mere transactions, ‘money is civilisation and civilisation is money’. Under these circumstances, even the product of purchase is rendered secondary to the moment of exchange, ‘the trade’. From...

It’s upstate New York, 1979, post-Vietnam. Set in the Latowski family’s front kitchen-come-bar, Tom Willis’ Electric Nebraska consumes the greying myth of the ‘American Dream’ with such dexterity you’d be forgiven for thinking it had been written by Mr Miller himself. Alongside smatterings of Donnie Brasco and his ‘fuggedaboutit’...

Nottingham’s own Daniel Hoffman-Gill’s intimate play takes the audience on an emotional rollercoaster, either laughing or crying with no in-between. From moments of extreme emotional intensity to childish dinosaur impressions. Issues of disability, friendship and loss come to dominate the play through Hoffman-Gill’s sincere dialogue which is brilliantly brought...