David Bowie’s visual aesthetics and artistry
“A displaced, otherworldly figure, dropped into the London night.” Shade Bannigan Davis investigates the glam rock star’s visual artistry.
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Review: That Face
“…undoubtedly a triumph” Stage Reviewer Anna Pile is blown away by Fourth Wall’s iteration of Stenham’s ‘That Face’.
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Morality as muscle – Tender Is the Flesh
“We must train empathy like we would any other muscle” – Shade Bannigan-Davis offers poignant insight into the moral turmoil of Bazterrica’s ‘Tender Is The Flesh’.
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Is it better to speak or to die?
“In many ways, it’s an ode to joy.” Shade Bannigan Davis discusses time’s inevitable passage and the ambivalence of memory in ‘Call Me By Your Name’ (2017).
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Life and death in Caravaggio’s baskets of fruit
“Dust to dust.” Shade Bannigan-Davis explores the transience of life through Caravaggio’s paintings.
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Fairy tales, fantasies and authority in ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’
“Ofelia’s odyssey is all for the sake of reaching a place beyond death.” Shade Bannigan Davis questions how humans chase the myth of immortality in ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ (2006).
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Review: The Addams Family
“The Addams Family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, exploring themes of conformity, love, and secrets.” Dionne Scougul enjoys Foot of the Hill’s Theatre Company’s ‘The Addams Family’.
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‘Nosferatu’, the vampire, and disease: how horror is changing in our post-pandemic world
“As a people’s fears change, so too does its horror”: in light of the release of ‘Nosferatu’ (2024), Shade Bannigan-Davis analyses the increasing relevance of vampire stories in our post-pandemic world.
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Review: The Last Five Years (20:30 show)
“Tone Deaf Theatre Company’s production of The Last Five Years was marked by an intimate subtlety that immersed the stage with the sensitivity of a relationship that doesn’t try to idealise itself.” Investigations editor Elliot Burrin enjoys Tone Deaf Theatre Company’s ‘The Last Five Years’.
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Review: The Last Five Years (18:30 show)
“Emotionally expansive yet constantly intimate, Tone Deaf Theatre Company’s The Last Five Years delivers a unique love story with a confidence and subtlety that makes musical theatre look easy.” Daniel Forster is blown away by Tone Deaf Theatre Company’s ‘The Last Five Years’.
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