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Santander Cycles

When I was a child my Dad took me to the Science and Natural History Museum almost every weekend, and I loved it!

I have the most amazingly happy memories of both of them and so when I saw there was a competition to win tickets to cycle around the Science museum, after hours, on a Santander bike, I jumped at it!

Our tour group consisted of seven people including our tour guide, Daryl. Due to the…

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Aliens do have Christmas

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Misty by Arinzé Kene @The Bush

Misty by Arinzé Kene @The Bush

“Here is the City that we live in, notice that the city that we live in is alive, analyse our City and you’ll find, that our City even has bodily features, our City’s organs function like any other creature.” This is how Kene opens his show, with the first track ‘City Creature’. Through this track he sets up London as a living, breathing beast. This concept of life, beats through the piece and…

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Climatic Commutes

Rain drops, train stops, The Eyes rolling, The Mouths sighing, their hot bodies pressed together. Sweat drips, train starts, The Eyes flickr’ing, The Mouths moaning, their minds race to get there quicker. Pulling in, pulling out, The Eyes gleaming, The Mouths shouting, their souls scream for release to come. Journey ends, never friends, The Eyes dimming, The Mouths closing, their feelings cease…

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Climatic Commutes

Rain drops, train stops, The Eyes rolling, The Mouths sighing, their hot bodies pressed together. Sweat drips, train starts, The Eyes flickr’ing, The Mouths moaning, their minds race to get there quicker. Pulling in, pulling out, The Eyes gleaming, The Mouths shouting, their souls scream for release to come. Journey ends, never friends, The Eyes dimming, The Mouths closing, their feelings cease…

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The Jungle @ The young Vic Reviewed

For two hours and forty-five minutes the extraordinarily talented cast members of 'The Jungle' led me along the boarder between heartbreak and hope, and for that I am truly thankful. Both thought (and perhaps more importantly) action provoking this is a play which everyone should see. *****

‘The Jungle’ is a powerful and poignant play which shines a bright light on one of societies darker issues, the ‘refugee crisis’. From all corners of the world there are thousands of people who find themselves in a positions meaning that they cannot remain in their home countries. One would hope that in 2018, after the many atrocities, disasters and injustices faced that we would no longer live…

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If you fancy an hour of simple silliness then Macbeeth is the show for you *** If you're one of those old school thesp types that thinks Shakespeare should be delivered word for word in a morbid and lets face it, often monotonous way, then this show is not for you.

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Waiting for Godot at the Arts Theatre London

This production of Waiting for Godot is almost exactly how I envisaged the play upon first reading. The striped back stage encompassing a single rock and a twisted old willow gives us nothing to distract from the duo of double acts who help us pass the two hour running time. Incredibly minimal staging means we cannot hide from the bleak beauty of Beckett’s play and forces us to walk the tightrope…

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Dangling

This maybe a tiny stage, but it doesn't stop Abigail Hood's 'Dangling' making a big impact. **** 

https://vimeo.com/224279077 According to Missing People, an estimated 250,000 people go missing in the UK each year; but where do they go, why do they leave and what happens to those they leave behind?  In a thought provoking and poignant play, Hood looks to explore these questions by shining a light on two young girls, one missing and one about to be. On one side is the mother and father of a…

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Common at the National Theatre: Reviewed

A play full to the brim of themes and words yet somehow lacking in power and meaning **

Welcome to 19th Century England. Belligerent and bleak, the country collides with the city over land ownership. The previous set up of ‘common land’ meant that lots of small holdings were used by the independent poor as a way to make profit and to live off of. This however, was threatened by the introduction of the Enclosure Acts. Under these acts the land is grouped together, enclosed and given…

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Bridle

'Bridle' is an incredibly honest, realatable and thought provoking piece.****

Set in a world where female sexuality is punishable by law, we meet a woman who has been arrested and detained by an anonymous authority. Usung part stand up, part interview, part flashback, she tells us how she came to be in this place. Zipping in and out of her life in a non linear fashion, she shines a bright light on the parts which most people tend to hide. From troubled childhoods, abusive…

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A Brief Commuters Guide To Not Being A Wanker

A Brief Commuters Guide To Not Being A Wanker

If you have read my blog you will know I have zero love for public transport, and am constantly ranting about it. The thing is I don’t want you to feel like I’m persecuting the transport providers, I’m just not that kind of person, I truly believe in equal rights for all which is why I hate everyone equally. Now lets take a look at how you can stop adding agro to what is already arguably one of…

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Woyzeck at the Old Vic: Reviewed

Boyegas decline into madness is incredible to watch a true masterclass in acting. Both painful, disturbing and utterly captivating I cannot commend him enough for it.****

Often referred to as the first working-class tragedy  ‘Woyzeck’ centres around a poverty stricken soldier, his partner Marie and their illegitimate child. In the attempt to earn enough money to support his family Woyzeck is left with no option but to perform a number of degrading tasks for his Captain and take part in dangerous clinical trials for the Doctor. This combined with an all consuming…

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Turning 25, my quarter life crisis

Why is it only those going through a mid life crisis that get attention? What about us lot who are hitting our quarter life crisis, don't we get some too?

Why is it only those going through a mid life crisis that get attention? What about us lot who are hitting our quarter life crisis, don’t we get some too? So six months ago I turned 25, and as with every birthday since 21, I felt pretty miserable about it. This year however I decided rather than just getting drunk, I would actually make some changes. Okay, I mean I got drunk too, but after that I…

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NYT Audition process

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Ordinary Days at the London Theatre Workshop: Reviewed

An inspirational reminder that you don't always need big budgets, elaborate sets and full orchestral scores to create a five star show,  some times all you need is a tiny black box, a beautifully written story and an exceptional talented cast.****

An inspirational reminder that you don’t always need big budgets, elaborate sets and full orchestral scores to create a five-star show. Sometimes all you need is a tiny black box, a beautifully written story and an exceptionally talented cast. In this all-musical show we follow Deb (Nora Perone) Warren (Neil Cameron), Claire (Kirby Hughes) and Jason (Alistair Frederick) on an intertwining journey…

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