Electrifying: why Loft Theatre’s ‘The Crucible’ is essential viewing this week
Alpana Sajip reviews the Loft Theatre's production of 'The Crucible', Arthur Miller's play about polarisation and paranoia.
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Why arts students love the sciences
As part of our ArtsTech collaboration, we wanted to find out what Science and Arts students love about the other discipline, and why they think the intersection is so important. Read on to find out what aspects of science inspire arts students.
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Explaining climate change: a global warning
Alpana Sajip delves into how art can change our opinions of scientific issues such as climate change.
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“Tearing conflicts between Christianity and Islam”: a review of ‘Othello’
Alpana Sajip reviews English Touring Theatre's Othello at the Arts Centre, starring Victor Oshin.
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Should art be returned?
For Galleries and museums have always been some of the most important ways to learn about art and history. Not only do these establishments have an undeniable educative significance, but they are extremely valuable to a country’s tourism industry. From school trips to recreational trips, museums are frequented by...
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Hamilton: what’s the hype all about?
It’s the Broadway musical that has taken the world by storm. With the opening of the West End production of Hamilton pulling in five-star reviews from all the critics, two Boar Arts writers look at exactly why Hamilton is the musical the world has been waiting for. Isabelle Atkins I have this...
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Why ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is important today
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum; or, don’t let the bastards grind you down. This is the message that resonates from Margaret Atwood’s unsettling dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale, and in Hulu’s new screen version it is indeed a difficult one to forget. Though set in an unknown, unspecified future, the events...
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“All the world’s a stage”: the importance of global Shakespeare
As a panicked second-year English student currently in the middle of writing her Shakespeare essay, you might find it surprising to hear me still insist, with bloodshot eyes and a stretched smile, that Shakespeare should be taught everywhere. The news that the South African government is planning to review the...
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‘Batty’, but brilliant – ‘Die Fledermaus’ review
There are always famous pieces of classical music one recognises but can’t quite identify. I went into the Arts Centre theatre knowing absolutely nothing about Die Fledermaus – or thinking I knew nothing. But as the band struck up the overture, the familiar jolly overtones of Strauss’ waltz resounded throughout...
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Warwick ACS presents #TheJourney: AFROFEST 2016
To say I was blown away by Warwick ACS’ Afrofest this year would be an understatement. The talent exuded by this colourful carnival exploring the cultural experiences of Black British citizens was the most joyful and fulfilling event I have been to in a long time. The theme this year...
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Review: Tosca
A tragic, romantic yet sinister opera: Puccini’s Tosca is dramatically set under the threat of Napoleon’s invasion of Rome at the turn of the 19th century. Director Ellen Kent, assisted by conductor Nicolae Dohotaru and his talented orchestra, has brought this tour de force masterfully to life at the Warwick...
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Performance is the most potent form of protest
Ahead of Protest and Performance Week at Warwick, The Boar takes a look at some of the most influential artistic protests in the last few decades as well as protests closer to home. On Friday 26 February, Warwick For Free Education (WFFE) took over University Road in an attempt to...
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Review: ‘As You Like It’ – theatre or live screening?
Harry Smith and Alpana Sajip review Polly Findlay's Shakespearean comedy.
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