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Review: Our Carnal Hearts, Chapter Arts Centre – Experimentica Season

Our Carnal Hearts, Sunday 2nd April, Chapter Arts Centre, reviewer: Sam Walker GOLD. Always believe in your soul. You got the power to know. YouÔÇÖre indestructible. There was a point during Rachel MarsÔÇÖ performance where I found myself part of a choir singing Spandau Ballet with a bunch of strangers and not even feeling unusual. In her exploration of envy, and the honesty with which … Continue reading Review: Our Carnal Hearts, Chapter Arts Centre – Experimentica Season

Hannah Hopkins
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Review: Louder is Not Always Clearer, Chapter Arts Centre – Experimentica Season

Louder is Not Always Clearer, Saturday 1st April, Chapter Arts Centre, reviewer: Bob Wigin A man stands in front of the audience and begins to flail and jump, looking to the crowd for a response. Before long, he types outs sentences which are projected on to a large screen behind him. We learn that he is deaf. Louder Is Not Always Clearer is an impressionistic, … Continue reading Review: Louder is Not Always Clearer, Chapter Arts Centre – Experimentica Season

Hannah Hopkins
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Review: Class: The Elephant in the Room, Chapter Arts Centre – Experimentica Season

Class: The Elephant in the Room, Friday 31st March, Chapter Arts Centre, reviewer: Claudia Rutherford Influenced by the injustices circulating his political climate, Pierre Bourdieu proposed the theory that a ÔÇÿcultural capitalÔÇÖ exists within Western societies. It is one, he claims, to be systematically sought after, and promotes the idea that the culture enjoyed by the middle classes, is regarded as more valid than those … Continue reading Review: Class: The Elephant in the Room, Chapter Arts Centre – Experimentica Season

Hannah Hopkins
Culture

Review: Round and Round and Round, Chapter Arts Centre – Experimentica Season

Round and Round and Round, Wedneday 29th March, Chapter Arts Centre, reviewer: Emily Murray Before we walked into the theatre, we were told, “Men enter on the right and women on the left,ÔÇØ followed by, ÔÇ£When you get into the room, men are allowed to sit and women must stand.ÔÇØ The man then handed over a piece of paper to each of us, that read … Continue reading Review: Round and Round and Round, Chapter Arts Centre – Experimentica Season

Hannah Hopkins
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Review: Frankenshow, Chapter – Experimentica Season

Frankenshow, Wednesday 29th March, Chapter, reviewer: Rachel Nurse Postmodernist art with a technological twist. This was a very creative and different, but at times, a confusing show. A war between humans, robots and dinosaurs paralleled Earth’s own wars between nations. The narrator explained that war is not the answer to the questions – enacted with dolls, which were cleverly utilised in a scene which saw … Continue reading Review: Frankenshow, Chapter – Experimentica Season

Hannah Hopkins