Reviewed by Harry Bligh *** This play by Act One has to be one of the most dynamic performance I’ve witnessed. It could make you laugh, gasp and┬áeven shed a tear. Like a metaphorical aftertaste, it really made you think and question yourself when the play had ended. It starts off quite strange. We are introduced to a scared looking girl, Lisa, in a strange … Continue reading REVIEW: ‘The Wonderful World of Dissocia’
Reviewed by James Wilkinson & Harry Bligh Set 350 years after our most recent Act One rendition of Jacobean Theatre, we experienced the 1950ÔÇÖs exploration of mental health in Rhian Peake depiction of Find Me. Rather uniquely, the main characters were played by multiple cast members, this worked well, the consistent yet simplistic costumes, and character direction, meant the audience always knew who was portraying … Continue reading REVIEW: Find Me
Reviewed by Harry Bligh and James Wilkinson A stride away from conventional student haunts of a Saturday night in Cardiff we found ourselves at Act One’s performance of the macabre tragic ‘The Duchess of Malfi’. The set was simplistic but used very dynamically and with creativity to effectively capture the mood of each scene, the costumes and make-up were consistent to the theme of the … Continue reading REVIEW: ‘The Duchess of Malfi’
10th of February marks Welsh Language Music day, a time to celebrate music of all genres from all across Wales which are sung in Welsh. This year, Cardiff University Students’ Union’s Welsh Language Officer, Osian Wyn Morgan, teamed up with Xpress Radio to mark the occasion. Throughout Friday, Xpress Radio played a selection of popular welsh music compiled into a playlist. See our playlist on … Continue reading Welsh Language Music Day // Dydd Miwsig Cymru
Picture your standard 5am on a Saturday morning ÔÇô most of you are probably only just getting in from a night out at Pryzm or Glam. Now picture this; a cold morning on the M62 with a colleague from Xpress passed out in the car and getting lost trying to find the entrance to Creamfields 2016. Once we arrived, all aerosols were confiscated ÔÇô … Continue reading Xpress decks up at Creamfields
