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Where could you possibly find the Chuckle Brothers, Chico from The X Factor and Kenneth the mouthy hairdresser from Benidorm all in one place? A pantomime of course! Not just any pantomime however, but the Theatre Royal’s festive extravaganza, Jack and the Beanstalk! Our story begins with Jack (Chico),...

Guiding the audience throughout the protagonist’s struggles in the process of creating a film, Tom Proffitt’s The Greatest Thing You’ve Ever Seen is a hopeful portrayal of how personal and physical obstacles can be overcome with conviction, perseverance, and a little help from your friends. The play opens with...

Light-hearted and easy watching, Nottingham New Theatre’s As You Like It adds extra gags and a modern twist to the topsy-turvy world of Arden in this student-led production directed by Felicity Chilver. As You Like It is jammed full of family feuds, match-matching and cross-dressing.  Rosalind and her dear...

Chaotic, comical and self-aware, The Super Awesome Happy Fun-Time Trick Performance by Ben Webber is an absurdist piece of comedy that is reminiscent of meta-theatrical works such as The Play That Goes Wrong, where the boundaries of the set, the audience, and the characters themselves are constantly broken down....

I travelled around Morocco for 6 weeks this summer with other students from around the world, here’s some of my advice about visiting and why you should go:   Cheap cost of living I think the happiest I was all trip was when we found a place doing breakfast for...

Experimental theatre with hilarious results! Yee Heng Yeh’s All The World’s a Stage and Other Stories is a brilliant play that blurs the boundaries, to say the least, whilst transporting you into everyday worlds that make you reflect on whether we are all just players on a stage. The...

The festive season gaining on us with such rapidity means one thing in theatre: the pantomime is back! This year, in response to the current Broadway and West End spectacle, The Nottingham Playhouse presents Aladdin as this year’s production. In Peking, China, a young boy, Aladdin (Danielle Corlass), comically...