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Entering the darkened theatre, I must admit I had no idea what to expect. Performing improvisation is one of my pet dramatic hates, and the possibility of excruciating silences and cringeworthy sketches were what I feared. Immediately as the lights went up however, my fears were happily proven to...

Be prepared to be enter the world of Stephen’s (Alex Wells-King) flat, where he keeps a woman (Monica Forero) chained to his radiator! A fast piece of dark humour that will either have you belly laughing, or tutting with disgust, I Keep a Woman in My Flat Chained to a Radiator...

With bad puns, excellent acting, and a disappointing lack of dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus Sketch has it all! Well, apart from the dinosaurs. Impact Arts reviews this ambitious sketch show written by Nottingham students Jamie Drew and Ian Sheard (and also starring the latter), and produced by Joanne Blunt, ahead of its...

All show and little substance; Green Day’s American Idiot boasts a chaotic, punky, angst-fuelled sound and aesthetic that unfortunately lacks the support of even the thinnest of plots. While the cast undoubtedly put on a spectacular musical performance in this stage adaptation of Green Day’s famous rock opera album, the lack of...

The expectations given with any Agatha Christie-based plot, when concerning the mystery genre, will always be notably high. The expectations for arguably her most popular work And Then There Were None are no different. A plot strewn with mystery, murder and remarkable precision for detail has never failed to...

Constellations, written by Nick Payne, is a play that questions concepts of fate and free will, whilst demonstrating the inevitable complexities that come along with any romantic relationship. This is paired with the dramatization of the ‘Quantum Universe’ theory, giving the play an added depth of meaning. As I...

A glorious concoction of disco, glitter and sex, Saucy Jack’s and the Space Vixens is the latest offering from Musicality. The funkiest thing to ever happen in the Studio, if you enjoy unnecessary sexual innuendo, then this is the show for you!  Narrated by the psychoanalyst, Dr. Willy Von Whackoff (played...