Will you hold my hand: How the arts encourage expressions of identity
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Review: Bare
It is easy to draw comparisons between Bare and Spring Awakening: we have teen angst, underage sex, emotion through rock songs and neglected children unprep...
Review: RENT
The Tony award-winning musical Rent has had a long and illustrious run. From its inception as a short workshop production in New York in 1994, to its cinematic ...
The Wicked Stage: Once – A new musical “that celebrates music”
Many Brits and Irish have long been fans of the 2006 indie film Once, especially for the music by Glen Hansard, known for his band The Frames and appearing in T...
The Wicked Stage: Can musicals be used as tools for social change?
Last year I wrote a response to fellow writer Elinor Walpole’s article on the relevancy of musical theatre in today’s society. I argued that musicals didn’t n...
Review: Anthony Rapp – Without You
Anthony Rapp is an American actor who got his lucky break originating the role of Mark in Jonathan Larson’s Rent. Rapp worked with Larson, starting with a sta...