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In sickness, health, and wrongdoing: ‘The Drama’ in review

CW: Gun violence. “What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?” is the driving question of Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama. The film centres around a couple whose otherwise perfect relationship is...

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s theatre: Defining the ill-defined

It has been 93 years since the first performance of Bertolt Brecht’s The Good...

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Authenticity and the pop genre: Slayyyter’s ‘WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA’

Originality could be dead in pop music. The genre is so self-referential that it...

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Why you should spring clean your bookshelf this Trinity

In the Northern Hemisphere, astronomers mark the beginning of spring on the date of...

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Loveable rogues: why we love a good villain

The old proverb that a hero is only as great as their villain is a valid concept. In order to understand a villain, we...

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How To Save A Rock With A Circle Review – ‘centres a sense of community’

Taiwo Oyebola finds Pigfoot Theatre’s work-in-progress play about the environment funny and oddly optimistic

Factfulness review: On the importance of truth

Dr Hans Rosling's final book reminds us of the enduring importance of truth, says Harry Lloyd

Enchanted by the power of on-screen magic

Serena Arthur explores how our perceptions of magic transform throughout life

Perceptions of the monstrous

Molly Innes looks at artistic representations of monstrosity and self

There is no place for grief in a house which serves the muse

'The Muse' in Tim Walker's short film and Dante Rosetti's Siddal Portraits

Idle reading: books in praise of laziness

A consideration of two books with different approaches to the same philosophy: the art of laziness.

Feeling comfort while in the uncomfortable

Why are we so drawn to music that puts us on edge?

Collaborators Review – a comedy of Stalinist Russia

Despite its seeming irreverent nature, this play has 'moments of profundity'

How To Save A Rock With A Circle Preview – ‘conveys urgency with a sense of humour’

Cecilia Wang previews Pigfoot Theatre's work-in-progress which focuses on the impact of climate change.

Depraved Genius of Caravaggio

David Alexander on our relationship with morally reprehensible artists

‘It was Beauty killed the Beast’

Monster love tales other marginalised communities

Stephen King’s It: the horror novel that sparked a love affair

The pleasure and terror of reading Stephen King

Characters we love to hate

Sam Millward surveys the rise of the antihero as a problematic but compelling character

Election Review – an ‘interesting and ambitious’ look at politics

Lowenna Ovens finds this student-centric election night depiction to be an 'intriguing concept'

Citizenship Review – ‘witty, thoughtful and true-to-life’

Ami Griffiths is impressed by a direct but deft portrayal of bisexuality.

Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? Review – ‘genre-crossing and well-executed’

Katie Knight is impressed by Klaxon Productions' production which incorporates new forms of media.

Top Girls Review – ‘uncomfortably straddles the experimental and the domestic’

"Adam Radford-Diaper’s adaptation is slick and well-acted, often wonderfully absurd and funny, but ultimately leaves me feeling slightly cold."

Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? Preview: ‘The political becomes personal’

Cesca Echlin previews Caryl Churchill's 2006 play, which she finds entices the human out of the political

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Culture

In sickness, health, and wrongdoing: ‘The Drama’ in review

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s theatre: Defining the ill-defined

Authenticity and the pop genre: Slayyyter’s ‘WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA’

Why you should spring clean your bookshelf this Trinity

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