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Ellen Olley

Indigo Stage 

Review: The Trail to Oregon

May 6, 2022May 8, 2022 sub.editors 0 Comments Ellen Olley

“A light-hearted and self-aware romp without a single weak link in cast or crew.” Ellen Olley reviews The Trail To Oregon.

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Indigo Stage 

Review: A Night of Voices by Sightline Theatre Company

March 13, 2022March 13, 2022 sub.editors 0 Comments Chavi Chung, Ellen Olley, Hemotika Nazumder, Molly Knox, Stephen Ledger, Tia Norris, Yolan Noszkay

“As a whole, it was a pleasantly bite-sized experience of new and better-known talent.” Ellen Olley enjoys a Night of Voices with Sightline Theatre Company.

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Indigo Stage 

Review: Blood Wedding by Wrong Tree Theatre Company

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 sub.editors 0 Comments Adela Hernandez-Derbyshire, Charlie Culley, Ellen Olley, Hidyat Malik, Oscar Nicholson, Raphael Kris

“Wrong Tree’s Blood Wedding is an assured and slick reimagining that showcases some of Durham’s most exciting and experienced talent”: Ellen Olley reviews Wrong Tree Theatre Company’s ‘Blood Wedding’.

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Indigo Stage 

Review: ‘When the Bees Come’

January 28, 2022May 17, 2022 sub.editors 0 Comments Ben Rook, Benjamin Southwick, Calixte O'Brien, Ellen Olley, em oliver, Georgia Malkin, J Bhardwaj, Kate Moore, Milly Anderson, Olga Kwan

“The diversity of the cast, the uniqueness of the voice, and the unadulterated emotion behind the story telling all set this play apart.”: Em Oliver enjoys First Theatre Company’s ‘When the Bees Come’ by Calixte O’Brien.

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Indigo Stage 

Review: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

November 13, 2021November 13, 2021 sub.editors 1 Comment Ben Johanson, Ben Smart, Ben Willows, Charlie Howe, Ellen Olley, Emily Oliver, florence lunnon, Hetty Mentzel, Lara Eastaugh

“Punches with power and leaves you breathless”: Hetty Mentzel could not give more praise to DUCT’s ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead’

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Books Print Edition 

Spotlight on: Derek Walcott

October 30, 2021October 30, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Ellen Olley

“One cannot help but be transported.” As part of Books’ Black History Month feature, Ellen Olley explores the power and prestige of Derek Walcott’s work.

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Comment National Comment 

Debate: are vaccine passports our ticket to freedom?

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Ellen Olley, Holly Downes

Two contributors consider the merits and feasibility of the government’s recent “vaccine passports” proposal.

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