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    High Society: Melody Chapter 3

    “How did I get here?” wondered Melody to herself. One minute I was starry-eyed and starting my first acting class, and now I’m here: inside a narrow wooden box, being sawed in half by a monkey. Clearly, the week hadn’t been a good one.  On Tuesday (Melody’s least favorite day…

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    Review: Hiraeth Artistic Productions Hamlet

                      The first five minutes of Zoe Ford’s production of Hamlet are unrecognizable as one of Shakespeare’s most well-known tragedies. The play opens with Hamlet being subjected to a shockingly graphic strip search; for reasons never explained, Hamlet is incarcerated at HMP…

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    Roadz Exhibtion

    Art is a very hit and miss thing, as was finding the Curious Duke Gallery to see Andrea Tyrimos’ Roadz exhibition. Tucked down a side street, just off Old Street this tiny little gallery was surrounded by a throng of people all buzzing about the art on display inside. The…

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    The Secret Theatre

    “Secret” stuff is very much on trend in London at the moment, and in concept it is an exciting and interesting idea.  In order for it to be successful though it needs to be seamlessly executed and utterly absorbing.  Even when this is achieved though, I suppose it is inevitable…

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    High Society: Albert Chapter 3

    “Take me to the sea!” Albert shouted as he jumped into a taxi.   Albert had become more impulsive with age, and why not indeed? Today he longed to stand on a pier and watch the waves crash against the rocks. He’d enjoyed doing this with his late wife for…