Not such Happy Days...
Disclaimer: do not book tickets for this as a February blues pick-me-up. The poster’s colourful, the title’s promising, but the only comedy you’ll get it the bleakest of tragicomedy.
ArtsFest is Coming, Look Busy!
Yes the biggest event of the union calendar has arrived. And I don’t mean the Big Elections. ArtsFest sees our scientists’ paradise turned over to our Artistic under culture for a week of something different.
Brum Photorealism
You’d be forgiven for thinking that London is the place to be for everything arts related...
V&A’s Boiler Room
The Friday Lates are, much as the name suggests, a series of exhibitions that take place on a Friday night, specifically the last Friday of each month.
Under The Vaults
Fred Fyles goes underground as part of the Waterloo Vaults Festival
Russel Tovey shines in The Pass
With the latest revelation from Thomas Hitzlsperger, and Tom Daley’s recent announcement that he is in a gay relationship, the topic of high profile sportsman and homosexuality is currently much discussed.
AMAZING, IN CAPITAL LETTERS
As I sat down in my plush theatre seat, tucking my kiddy school bag under my legs, I suddenly felt very small.
The Secret Photographers
Fred Fyles gets a glimpse of the works of Warhol, Burroughs and Lynch
Corruption of a convent girl
Manon premiered in 1884, at the height of the Belle Époque.
Republic of the Moon
Fred Fyles takes a trip to the new Earth-based Lunar Embassy
Hipster German expressionism
So here you are. You’ve watched all the Salvador Dali films in the house, knitted all the hipster beanies you need, the bars in Shoreditch are too mainstream on a Friday night and you’ve already spent hours listening to unknown bands on Soundcloud. So what next?
Arts Emergency!
How an educational charity is bringing art back to the masses