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BLOG: Gareth Ellis – Going Underground

This year I have been spat out of Goldsmiths, University of London with a piece of paper which somehow lets people know that I know a bit about a specific subject, that I can write well enough for someone to gleam something relevant as they skim over my ten thousand word document in a cursory [...]

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Ed Fringe 2010: Honest, Milnes Bar

Writer: DC Moore Director: Polly Findlay Reviewer: Elizabeth Vile The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ Dave sits in a pub and contemplates recent events in his life, he is straight forward, he is brutal, he is honest, he is unhappy. DC Moore’s play about a man who doesn’t fit in at work or at home was performed brilliantly by Trystan [...]

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Insanity Isn’t – Contact Theatre, Manchester

Writer: Rudi Goblen Director: Teo Castellanos Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: ★★☆☆☆ The Contact Theatre may be trying to cross-pollinate and let the audience for their theatre works sample their improvisational presentations. Or perhaps they just realised that the 30 minutes running time of Insanity Isn’t required supplementation to become a full evening’s entertainment. Whatever the reason [...]

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The Return – Battersea Arts Centre, London

Devised/Performed by: Polarbear Reviewer: Honour Bayes The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ Whilst the terrain of performance poet Polarbear is a decidedly urban one of cool blue surroundings and computerised flickering descriptions, it is in many ways similar to the simple, barren beauty of the natural ice peaks that play home to his majestic animal namesake. An atmosphere of epic [...]

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