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VAULT Festival 2023 – Full Coverage

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Interview: Jonathan Oldfield on Criminally Untrue, ‘Accidents and mistakes become gold’

The Understudy2 years ago1 year ago

by Jim Keaveney. PillowTalk Theatre bring their production, Criminally Untrue, to VAULT Festival this weekend. The show is a completely improvised…

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Interview: Coin Toss Collective on FREAK OUT!, ‘Expect the unexpected’

The Understudy2 years ago1 year ago

by Jim Keaveney.  Inspired by the UK’s disappearing coastline and drawing on our research on affected communities in East Anglia, FREAK…

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Interview: Caitlin Evans on BURNOUT, ‘The climate crisis is a reality for them’

The Understudy2 years ago1 year ago

by Jim Keaveney.  BURNOUT, written by Nicole Acquah who made the Women’s Playwriting Prize Shortlist in 2022 for SANKOFA, and devised…

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Interview: Becks Turner on Melonade, ‘A celebration of the fact that no two brains are the same!’

The Understudy2 years ago1 year ago

by Jim Keaveney.  Becks Turner in Melonade. Photo: Daniel Bennet Theatremaker and comedian Becks Turner creates interactive, cabaret-style, game theatre, with…

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Interview: Callum Tilbury AKA Lady Aria Grey on Grey Widow, ‘It’s a punchy, joke-a-minute ghost story’

The Understudy2 years ago1 year ago

by Jim Keaveney.  Written and performed by Lady Aria Grey (AKA Callum Tilbury), Grey Widow, playing at this year’s VAULT Festival,…

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Interview: By The Balls Theatre Company on Goodbye ’89, ‘The show is pretty funny, if we do say so ourselves!’

The Understudy2 years ago1 year ago

by Jim Keaveney.  By The Balls Theatre Company, comprised of Ellen Trevaskiss, Alice Berry, Michaella Moore, Rebecca Fox, Martha Caidan and…

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Interview: Scram & Scrum on Hutchy the Hare, ‘Playful children’s entertainment with existential horror’

The Understudy2 years ago1 year ago

by Jim Keaveney.  Scram & Scrum team  Hutchy the Hare to VAULT Festival with performances beginning this evening in the festival’s…

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Review: Pete Strong: Greenfinch, The Glitch at VAULT Festival ★★★★★

Jim Keaveney2 years ago1 year ago

This review was originally published by The Understudy. by Jim Keaveney Poet and theatre-maker Pete Strong’s Greenfinch is full of poetry…

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Interview: Rory Thomas-Howes on Con-Version, ‘We want people to understand the pain of the practice’

The Understudy2 years ago1 year ago

Shortlisted for the VAULT Five and Charlie Hartill Award, Paper Mug Theatre are bringing Con-Version, a genre-defying exploration of conversion…

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Review: A Game Not Lost, Pit, VAULT Festival ★★★★☆

The Understudy2 years ago1 year ago

by Jim Keaveney.  Isabella Leung as Ching Shih. Photo: Paradise Photo We are sitting with one of the most feared and powerful…

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