Standing 8 Theatre Company Presents
GO DOWN SWINGING
A new play by Dan McGarry
On Friday 23 June at 7.45pm
A FREE rehearsed reading of a new play inspired by the life of Edwin Valero, a world champion boxer from Venezuela, takes place...
There’s a masochistic pleasure in visiting the gardens of strangers. You get to poke around gardens that are usually much nicer than yours, attached to homes that are probably bigger than yours, eat piles of home-made cakes and then...
Someone flashing their knickers at you for two hours might sound like an ideal night out for some. But when you’re out for an anniversary meal with your beloved at The Red Lion at East Haddon, it’s a little...
I suffer from a sadly all too common condition – a form of clothing dyslexia, or fashion blindness if you will.
I laboured under the misapprehension for a long time that you got dressed to stay warm and dry and...
Hilary Scott discovers how the University of Northampton fashion department is designing for the future...
The word ‘fashion’ will probably prompt one of two pretty polarised responses: a frivolous, superficial obsession of (mainly) women, or a crucial, confidence-boosting, creative reflection...
Writer Tre Ventour reacts to Death of a Salesman at Royal & Derngate...
Salesman Willy Loman (Nicholas Woodeson) is a man in crisis. He’s about to sacked from his job, he can’t make ends meet and he can’t pay his...
June always brings with it so much excitement as we head towards our traditionally busier time of year, writes Christopher Elmer-Gorry.
Whether that's as a director or a writer, the nature of working in the theatre industry, and specialising in...
Alan Moore explores The Erstwhile, the second book in the Brian Catling fantasy trilogy that began with The Vorrh...
It was some few years ago, just after I’d emerged from reading Brian Catling’s mesmerising tour de force The Vorrh, that...
The final vent in the Transition project was themed around Identity with exhibition of works from Steve Godfrey & Roy Wallace. Steve Godfrey explored Vampiric Presence where he describes the existence of the Vampire subculture as prevalent now as...
As a therapist I am repeatedly asked the same question “How can I be happy when the world is in such turmoil?” ...writes Lena Davis.
Well, just like you, I’m bombarded by news via the internet, TV and the press....
