A Word With…Gilbert and Sullivan Society
It’s that time of year again: Nottingham University’s Gilbert and Sullivan society are putting on their annual performance. This year the chosen opera is Iolanthe, a gentle political satire first...
View ArticleA Word With…. A Clockwork Orange
As A Clockwork Orange continues its run at the Nottingham New Theatre, Impact spoke to co-director Alex Mawby about the most stupid things said by cast and crew in rehearsal, amongst other things. What...
View ArticleImpact is Serenaded by 2Magpies
Serenade @ Antalya is the first production of newly launched 2Magpies Theatre. Impact spoke to co-founders and co-directors Matt Wilks and Tom Barnes, producer Nicola Fox as well as cast members Ginny...
View ArticleA Word With… The Reduced Shakespeare Company
The Reduced Shakespeare Company (in short) reduces long boring topics into short sharp comedies; three guys on one stage. This year they are touring The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged)...
View ArticleA Day In The Life Of…Reduced Shakespeare Company
The Reduced Shakespeare Company, in short, reduces long boring topics into condensed sharp comedies using just three guys on one stage. This year they are touring THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE...
View ArticleFans and Fantasy: Neil Gaiman in conversation with Philip Pullman @ Oxford...
The atmosphere of frenzied excitement is almost overwhelming. Hundreds of fans are crammed into a small theatre, chattering with breathless excitement, grinning feverishly and fidgeting with...
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Impact interviews: Milton Jones
Impact Arts caught up with award winning comedian Milton Jones ahead of his appearance at the Nottingham Theatre Royal Concert Hall as part of his On the Road tour. Milton talks growing up in suburbia,...
View ArticleWhen I grow up I want to be… a crime novelist
Ever harboured a secret ambition to be a crime novelist? Meet John Harvey – a renowned crime writer, with over 100 published books to his name, including the Nottingham based Resnick series. In 2007 he...
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When I Grow Up… I want to be an Arts Journalist
Eleanor Turney is a freelance writer and editor who also dabbles in arts marketing. She is the Managing Editor of A Younger Theatre, writes regularly for The Stage and The Guardian, and is currently...
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‘A Bloke in a Dress’: Interview with Panto Dame Kenneth Alan Taylor
Kenneth Alan Taylor has been entertaining audiences in dazzling dresses for over thirty years. This week he will step out onto the Nottingham Playhouse’s main stage, dressed to the nines at Dame Daisy,...
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Sir Nicholas Hytner: ‘It’s Time to Go’
Sir Nicholas Hytner is the current artistic director at the National Theatre; in October 2013, Rufus Norris was announced as his replacement. In 1989 he won the London Evening Standard Theatre Award...
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Woman’s Network take Portland by Storm on ‘V-day’
Vaginas, a belly-dancing flash-mob, and a new Zine – Woman’s Network took Portland by storm on ‘V-day’, Friday, 14th February 2014. If you were innocently browsing the Valentine’s Day stalls today in...
View ArticleInterview: Director & Musical Director for Musicality’s Phantom of the Opera...
The first university production of The Phantom of the Opera is coming to UoN. Our very own musical theatre society, Musicality, have dared to attempt one of the most iconic musicals in the history of...
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Room 30 @ Nottingham New Theatre
Room 30 is both the first play I have seen at the New Theatre and the first student-written production I think I have seen. I was incredibly impressed by Harriet Davis’ writing and direction for the...
View ArticleInterview with Comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli
Impact Arts caught up with comedian and broadcaster Hardeep Singh Kohli to talk comedy, Edinburgh and cooking ahead of the penultimate stop on his Hardeep Is Your Love tour tonight in Nottingham. So...
View ArticleInterview with Jon Richardson
Fans of comedian Jon Richardson can breathe an enormous sigh of relief. He has no intention of giving up stand-up comedy – ever, especially when speaking in the run-up to his latest tour, ‘Nidiot’....
View ArticleInterview with Alan Davies
Alan Davies; actor, QI panel member and stand-up comedian. Most will probably recognise Alan from Jonathan Creek and QI but few may know he actually began his career as a stand-up comedian. Impact Arts...
View ArticleNottingham New Theatre Interview –‘Doubt’
In the first of a series of interviews with the cast and production teams of Nottingham New Theatre’s 2014 Autumn Season, Impact Arts talks to Jake Leonard and Harriet Lowe, director and producer of...
View ArticleNottingham Fringe Interview –‘Infirmity’
Impact Arts talks to Boo Jackson and Tom Heath-Harvey, who are kicking off the New Theatre’s Fringe season with their own writing: Infirmity, playing at the Nottingham New Theatre this week. Let’s...
View ArticleNottingham New Theatre Interview –‘Bent’
We are now halfway through Nottingham New Theatre’s 2014 autumn season. Impact Arts joins Charlotte Van Rhee and Molly McGhee, director and co-producer of this week’s play, ‘Bent’ by Martin Sherman....
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