Since 2005, American poet and performance artist Dennis Cooper has been cultivating a blog. Through image-heavy posts and a dedication to interaction with his followers, the blog is home to an engaged community of artists and fans. ‘Weaklings’, written and directed by Chris Goode, is loosely based on this blog’s...
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Mock the Week regular and contributor to puppet satire Spitting Image, Andy Parsons sold out his set at Warwick Arts Centre in February. On this occasion though, the comedian was less lucky with the smaller audience in the Royal Spa Centre for ‘Live and Unleashed – but Naturally Cautious’. Thankfully...
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New Zealand’s Live Live Cinema, presented by Jumpboard Productions, bring their unique take on Roger Corman’s 1960 cult hit Little Shop of Horrors to Warwick Arts Centre from 10th-12th June. The four-strong team dub over the original film’s characters, music and sound effects, essentially becoming both Foley artists and entertaining...
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Emily Dunford compares liquid eyeliners to decide whether the splurge is worth it...
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The Execution of Maximilian (c. 1867–8) by Edouard Manet depicts the fatal moment when the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian was executed alongside two of his generals, Mejía and Miramón, on 19 June 1867 by Mexican troops. The subject matter was so contentious that Manet was prevented from exhibiting the series...
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Seann Walsh, team captain of Channel 4’s Virtually Famous and featured on programmes from Live at the Apollo to Celebrity Juice, comes to Warwick Arts Centre on 8th October with his new show, Seann, 28. Following the success of his 2013 show, The Lie-in King, The Boar caught up with...
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Forced Entertainment always seem to divide opinion and this is especially so at Thursday’s performance of The Last Adventures. Gaggles of school children argued about whether the piece was “really well clever” or whether to leave the auditorium, amongst a blend of perplexed-looking or smiling theatre-goers. This having spent 80...
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Forced Entertainment’s 2013 show The Last Adventures comes to Warwick Arts Centre for its UK premiere on 1st-3rd October as part of Fierce Festival. Boar Arts caught up with live guest musician KK Null, a front-runner in Japanese noise music and founding member of Zeni Geva, to discuss his musical...
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Music Theatre Warwick combines acting, singing and dancing with opportunities to get involved in one or all of these disciplines. They perform three main shows- a production in the Warwick Arts Centre Theatre, one in the Studio and a student-written musical revue- as well as other performances throughout the year....
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In our twist on a 'Books Bucket List', nine writers reveal the top book that has stayed with them throughout their lives
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Ahead of their upcoming amateur production of “in-yer-face” playwright Simon Stephens’ “Wastwater” at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Emily Dunford caught up with The Human Animal, a theatre collective formed by students Juliet Clark, Maria Hildebrand and Samuel Wightman.
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Emily Dunford discovers what it’s like to live below the line
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Emily Dunford reviews Musical Theatre Warwick's 'The Improv Musical', which is soon to make its way to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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