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With an intriguing title, and due to not knowing what lay ahead, it was with trepidation that the members of a sold-out and overflowing audience entered the production’s performance space – the intimate, black box of Studio A for this one-off performance of Sisyphus’s Safari. Faced with a mattress...

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...

I have never been happier to be wrong about a video game in my entire life. DOOM, the fourth entry into id Software’s seminal franchise, was released May 13th 2016. Although an open multiplayer beta had left me very, very cold, I was so wrong. DOOM is an immaculately paced, beautifully designed,...

It was a bank holiday Sunday. The sun was shining. The birds were singing. Obviously, there was no better way for the Impact Music team to spend the day than exploring 2016’s Dot to Dot Festival. Established in Nottingham in 2005, D2D has since spread to both Bristol and...