Shit, they’ve done it again! The Tealights’ second show at the Lending Room was once again a clean-cut, sophisticated and utterly hilarious night of sketch comedy. Tealights: Raiders of the Lost Sketches last semester was so memorable- people are genuinely still talking about it- that I was worried my expectations would be too high this…
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Posh: Interview
Alongside my review, I sat down with director George Marlin, and actors Amelia Hampton-Williams and Will Chambers to discuss Posh and politics. The play was gender-blind casted. Do you think this added a new dimension to each role? Amelia: To play a guy who is so horrible almost made it farcical. Because we had women…
Tealights ‘Raiders of the Lost Sketches’: Review
It’s very rare nowadays that I experience the childlike disappointment of a show ending too soon, but Leeds Tealights: Raiders of the Lost Sketches brought it out in me once more. A fast-paced, brilliantly delivered and hilarious performance, I’d recommend Tealights to anyone. I’ve strained my brain to recall as many sketches as I can…
Before It Rains: Review
How do people love if they have never known real intimacy? Or never known a healthy form of it? These are the questions asked by the University of Leeds Open Theatre production of Before It Rains, Katherine Chandler’s 2012 play. Michael (Malcolm Webb) is 30, autistic, and living on a deprived estate with his loving…
‘Othello’ Review
Director: Melanie Noa Jehan Assistant Director: Roisin Culligan-Hughes Producer: Lydia Tissier Assistant Producer: Chloe Arrowsmith Cast: Becky Barriball, Tife Kusoro, Rachel Parkinson, Sophie Botham, Fen Greatley-Hirsch, Izzy Evans, Chloe Lovatt, Tom Gibson, Alfie Howard, Annabel Marlow, Phoebe Lanagan, Holly Boyd-Gill, Elle Blondeau, Ella Carter, Alice Keller, Andrew Brown, Lottie Fowler and Marc Didbin A modern…
‘No Exit’ Review
Director-George Manson Assistant Director- Franky Lynn Producer- Georgia Lowther Assistant Producer- Emily Cosaitis Shadow Director- Finn Ridley Cast: Joel David, John Chavasse, Kate Winter, Liv Moon If you’ve seen the recent Netflix show The Good Place, Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit – written in 1944 by the existentialist philosopher as a humorous take on hell –…
‘Dr Faustus’ Review
Director: Olivia Allen Assistant Director: Martha Barnett Producer: Steph Green Assistant Producer: Abby Barker Choreographer: Kashka Arnell Cast: Thomas Davy, Lydia Duval, Georgia Bennett, Betty Meakin, Georgie Gillespie, Rueben Foux, Aimee Churchhouse, Alex Pestell, Lewis Fraser, Tom Gibson, Andrew Brown Christopher Marlowe’s magnum opus Dr. Faustus is a play of duality; is Faustus a figure…
‘Shut Up Helen’ Review
Writer/Director: Aimee Cross Assistant Director: Ella Carter Producer: Susannah Murphy Show Designer/ Stage Manager: Caroline Charnock Shadow Director: Morgan Hartley Shadow Producer: Camille Hitchen Cast: Chloe Arrowsmith, Louise Johns, Eve Walton, Fen Greatly-Hirsch, Jason Bridge. Valerie (Chloe Arrowsmith) has spent most of her life belittled by ‘the voice’, so when her therapist, Dr. Brooks (Louise…
‘Jellyfish’ Review
Writers: Josh Kirby and Hugo Jones Co-Directors: Josh Kirby and Hugo Jones Producer: Sam Miller Assistant Producer: Josie Davies Set Designer: Esther Davis Cast: Alec Sims, Rachel Cannon, Charley Copperthwaite, Joe Perrin, Morgan King, Eliza Jones, Sam Miller and Jaemal Fergus. Its been over fifty years since That Which Came Before, and those who remain…
‘Neighbourhood Watch’ Review
Director: Lily Melhuish Assistant Director: Georgia Lowther Producers: Connie Dimsdale & Maya Wilson Shadow Directors: Kate Winter, George Manson & Martha Barnett Cast: Lottie Fowler, Tom Mitchell, Dean Hull, Emily Cosaitis, Josh House, Lauren Kelly, Ben Perry, Becky Barriball Who knew death, domestic abuse, and class struggles could be so funny? Neighbourhood Watch may have…
‘Sell Out(s)!’ Review
Producer: Lily Melhuish Devised and performed by: Joseph Callaghan, Em Humble, Will Sidi, Joseph Goodman, Charlotte Hutchinson, Robert Preston Who knew a couple of tealights could fully ignite a stage? Well, The Leeds Tealights did just that – and unapologetically. With two new members this year, and a brand-new show, the acclaimed sketch comedy group…
‘Jazz & Blues Society Charity Gig’ Review
Organised by: Freya Thompson, Bella Quirin, Ben Lee, Jake Fowler, Nancy Eves, Fergus Bradford Through what has been a very hectic term for most students in Leeds, opportunity to pull out your funkiest moves and listen to some fantastic live music has been scarce. That is until Jazz and Blues society decided to host their…
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