SMUTS bring The Addams Family to Life
The Addams Family is a well-known, iconic franchise containing several movies – both animated and live action – as well as a musical and popular TV series, featuring a ghoulish…
Improving Accessibility in Deaf Theatre
Theatre is meant for all to enjoy, but what if you were unable to enjoy it to its fullest potential? The British Deaf Association estimates that around 87,000 people in…
From Stage to Screen
Earlier this autumn, cinema-going Swifties were surprised with a sneak peek of the Mean Girls musical movie. As audiences across the US strapped in to watch the musical event of…
Stealing Genius: Examining the Exploitation of Black Artistry in the Arts
Words by Blaise Peters The issue of black authorship and ownership in the arts is a long-standing one that has affected countless black artists and writers throughout history. From the…
“Ace” Review and Interview
Ace is a performance piece about sex. Kind of, it’s about a lot of things. Sex is just the instrument to explore those things.
Wuthering Heights: A Review
The Wise Children production of Wuthering Heights brought a refreshing take on the classic novel by Emily Brontë.
An Interview with SUDS
Sussex University Drama Society (SUDS) has undergone many changes over the past years. Most recently a series of lockdowns and restrictions resulted in cancelling in-person shows, and opting for small…
Building a House into a Home
Theatre Editor, Ali Arief, reflects on venue building and their love of Fringe Theatre Sometimes in life you find yourself at the top of a ladder, sweating and swearing with…
The Legacy of Aeschylus
Theatre Editor Ali Arief speaks on the legacy of the Greek Play The Persians. I felt a certain kind of peace when I would enter my Classical Civilisation class. My…
The Stage, Witchcraft & Ritual
Words by Ali Arief Witchcraft and the Occult are subjects that I study earnestly. Throughout my years of studying these fascinating subjects, I have discovered incredible overlaps between the Occult…
Revolutionary Theatre: Les Misérables
Words my Molly Openshaw Looking at the journey of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, we can see how revolutionary it has been in the process of developing a novel into a…
Love & Information: A Review
Words by Ali Arief, Theatre Editor Relationships, friendships, connections, and love. From adolescence to adulthood, we strive to understand love and affection and how it presents itself in all its…
Diana the Musical: Keeping it Camp, not Classy
Words by Ali Arief If I’m perfectly honest I think this was the most bizarre musical I have ever watched. Readers may recall my scathing judgement explicitly targeted at this…
Review: Leopoldstadt
A review and personal familial reflection on Tom Stoppard’s touching play Words by Rob Barrie I have experienced very few plays that extend as intrinsically on a personal level as…
Why We Don’t Need a Princess Diana Musical
Words by Ali Arief, Theatre Editor On the 1st of October, an absolute lesson in complete distaste is going to hit your Netflix account overnight. Unless you’ve been living underneath…
SUDS: Getting Involved, Auditions And Excitement
Words by Ali Arief, Theatre Editor Sussex University’s well known, well-loved and highly popular Drama Society (SUDS) is reopening with a bang and I am so excited to announce that…
A Review of The Woman in Black
By Ali Arief I would be lying to you all if I said that I wasn’t super excited to see this absolute wonder of a play. As soon as I…
A Well Awaited Festival
Words by Elijah Arief Brighton is set to play host to it’s annual Brighton Fringe Festival on the 28th of May after receiving a £143,000 fund from the governments Arts…
What’s on this summer in Brighton
Words by Robyn Cowie With optimism that theatre’s shall be reopening their doors to crowds, albeit with social distancing and one the day testing, all across the UK venues are…
BlackStage UK: Fighting Microaggressions, Assumptions and Institutional Racism in Theatre
Words by Elijah Arief BlackStage UK is a platform which seeks to support Black artists and creators within the theatre sphere, created by Gabrielle Brooks the platform exists to tackle…