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The Sonnet Competition (again)
Sonnets on the theme of 'Distance'. The bed is cold again. Penelope, familiar with his ways, walks to the shore.
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May 2023

Under Milk Wood ★★★☆☆
The overall impression is scenic and wide-ranging, a wave of multi-voiced Welshness that washes over the audience like the sea.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray ★★☆☆☆
This immersive adaptation has none of the seductive sinfulness or blurry homoeroticism of the novel.
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April 2023

March 2023

The Sonnet Competition: Salt
Eleven sonnets on the theme of 'Salt'
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Alexander the Great: the Making of a Myth
"You want a piece of me": myths, legends, and videogames
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February 2023

July 2022

A Thousand Sons, Report to an Acadamy, and I, Kermit
Why can I see the bones in my hand? Nuclear veterans, an anguished performing ape, and Kermit the Frog.
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June 2022

Hamlet ★★★★☆
This bleak, modern adaptation is a great vehicle for the best lines from Hamlet – but it is not Hamlet.
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Operation Mincemeat ★★★☆☆
Joyful slapstick parody musical about a WW2 intelligence operation, romping through so many genres you’ll get dizzy.
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