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I had the pleasure of catching up with Joe Strickland, the director of the NNT’s latest production “X”. The sci-fi horror productions debut was last night and will be running until 10th November. “The best bit has been putting little homages to classic sci-fi and horror tropes into the...

As this year’s medics’ musical Legally Blonde approaches, I got the chance to interview several members of the creative team: Megan Laud (producer), Holly Richardson (assistant producer, ‘Margot’), Harry Pavlou (co-director, ‘Emmett’), Jamie Short (co-director, ‘Carlos’), Abigail Rees (choreography, ensemble) and Georgia Oakes (‘Elle’). Let’s start at the beginning; how...

Amongst the most common Halloween costume characters, zombies, vampires, ghosts… there is one that remains triumphant: the witch. But where does this fascination with witchcraft come from? Made punishable by death in the UK in 1542 under the reign of King Henry VIII, witchcraft was a crime leading to...

We’re blessed here at UoN to have the only entirely student-run theatre in England, but we’re even more blessed by the incredible amount of time and effort that members of the NNT put into their fantastic productions. Currently ongoing production, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride,...

In light of recent spooky holidays *cough cough Halloween* this months showcase focuses on the macabre, unearthly and most of all The Supernatural! Witching Hour   This existence as a fatigued ghost- each waking moment an aching darkness.   Lauren Winson   Purgatory   I tiptoe through the graveyard...

At the end of October-month skeletons dance on the graves of our mothers and fathers. They rise to the call of the night and bring out their buried fiddles to play a jig. Only Red Jack Robin, little Jack they call him who perches on the branches of the...

Unless you are a literature student specialising in the 19th-century gothic genre – you probably aren’t familiar with the names Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, no? Try Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë… hopefully these ring a bell (pardon the pun). The sisters are responsible for some well-known novels such...