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Issy Flower

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The (virtual) National Student Drama Festival

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 sub.editors 0 Comments Issy Flower

“You were able to participate as much or as little as you liked from the comfort of your home.” Issy Flower looks back at the National Student Drama Festival.

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Indigo Stage 

Andrew Lloyd Webber in lockdown: ‘The Show Must Go On’

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 sub.editors 1 Comment Issy Flower

“Filming live productions opens theatre to up for those who don’t live close to London.” Issy Flower on streaming musicals and the ‘theatre’s commitment to staying alive during the shutdown’.

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Books Indigo 

Goodbye Mog: in memory of Judith Kerr

May 25, 2019 sub.editors 0 Comments Issy Flower

‘It was hard not to fall in love with a character like Mog – as hard as it is now not to feel upset, knowing her creator has passed on.’ Issy Flower pays tribute to legendary children’s author Judith Kerr, who passed away this week.

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Those who made me

May 15, 2019 sub.editors 0 Comments April Howard, Bethany Townsend, Issy Flower

‘Woolf demonstrated to me that whatever attraction I did or did not feel towards a person of any sex was natural.’ Three students examine the writers who shaped their sense of identity.

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The Importance of Regional Theatre

April 6, 2019April 6, 2019 sub.editors 1 Comment Issy Flower

“Our regional theatres are a national asset: a place where actors can be trained, performances watched, and communities included all-in-one.” Issy Flower shares her opinion on the value of regional theatre despite its seeming decline.

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Indigo Indigo Features 

An Introduction to Red Nose Day

March 13, 2019March 15, 2019 sub.editors 0 Comments Issy Flower

With Red Nose Day approaching on the 15th of March, Issy Flower offers a summary of what it stands for, what its aims are, and how the day is celebrated.

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Indigo Indigo Features 

5 Types of Durham Couples on Valentine’s Day

February 10, 2019February 10, 2019 sub.editors 0 Comments Issy Flower

’They’ve got together in Jimmy’s enough times they feel they have to make a go at it for the bants’ – as Valentine’s day approaches, Issy Flower compiles a rigorous anthropological report of the types of couples one encounters in Durham on said day.

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Books Indigo 

M. R. James and the dwindling tradition of the Christmas spook

December 11, 2018 sub.editors 0 Comments Issy Flower

“The master of the Christmas ghost story”- Issy Flower discusses why Christmas is the real time for tales of the supernatural.

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