G & S: The Mikado REVIEW
18th March 2008
The Mikado is Gilbert & Sullivan's most successful and famous work, and it seems apt that on the fortieth anniversary of the Exeter University Gilbert & Sullivan Society, this seminal operetta should be gracing the boards of the Northcott stage.
The production, directed by Ben Wills, spared no costs in transporting ...
Young Sensation REVIEW
18th March 2008
Young Sensation kicked off their show at the Cavern on Wednesday 5 March with an impromptu acoustic song played, xylophone and all, in and amongst the drinkers at the Cavern, which immediately caught the crowd's attention. The band followed this up with a fun and energetic live performance, moving confidently ...
Hungry Vegan @ Harry’s Grill Bar
18th March 2008
Fresh Veg, No Bull
The Hungry Vegan is an occasional column, shedding light on herbivorous offerings at mainstream Exeter restaurants. If there are any places you would like the Hungry Vegan to try, email subeditor @ electric-stitch.com.
With my omnivorous family in town, I figured it was finally time to put Harry’s ...
Stitch Monday 15
12th March 2008
One final Good Stitchy Morning to you!
This is the last Stitch Monday email form the old committee so enjoy… and relish the fact that it’s actually coming late on Tuesday. We had our AGM last Wednesday and we can announce that the new committee are:
President: Sarah Ogilvie
Editor: Frankie Holloway
Subeditor: Luke ...
G & S: The Mikado INTERVIEW
9th March 2008
Stitch emailed Kathryn Beaty to ask her about her role as Yum-Tum in The Mikado...
Kathryn, an Exeter Drama student, has been interested in G&S since she was about six or seven when she saw her stepmother in an amateur production. She got involved with the society when she first came ...
G & S: The Mikado INTERVIEW
9th March 2008
Stitch contacted the Musical Director (MD) of The Mikado, Jonathan Broad, and asked how things were going…
“The most rewarding moment so far has been when we first did a run of the entire show with both orchestra and cast together for the first time – it gave everyone a lift, ...
Stitch Monday 14
3rd March 2008
Good Stitchy Monday Morning to you fine Sir or Lady!
This week is important because we have our ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING on WEDNESDAY 1-2pm in the FREDDIE MERCURY suite (downstairs in Cornwall House). Come and make Stitch live on in the future by standing for or voting on the committee – ...
EUTCo: Accidental Death of an Anarchist REVIEW
1st March 2008
EUTCo's production of Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo is a political farce hidden underneath play-acting and slapstick. Based on a true story, Fo’s seminal play explores the circumstances surrounding the arrest and eventual death of an anarchist rail worker, who ‘fell’ mysteriously from the fourth storey window of ...
EUTCo: Accidental Death of an Anarchist INTERVIEW
29th February 2008
Stitch interviewed producer Kelvin Fawdrey about this week’s EUTCo production, Accidental Death of an Anarchist.
I asked Kelvin what the role of the producer actually involved and what it was that the producer did. “Good question†was his initial response! He remarked that while a producer can delegate various production tasks, ...
Hungry Vegan @ Exeter Picturehouse
25th February 2008
The Hungry Vegan is an occasional column, shedding light on herbivorous offerings at mainstream Exeter restaurants. If there are any places you would like the Hungry Vegan to try, email subeditor @ electric-stitch.com.
“Let’s go to the pictures!†I say. Sure, cinema prices in the UK are about double those back ...
Stitch Monday 13
25th February 2008
Happy Stitchy Monday Evening!
Just to let you all know, we have an AGM coming up NEXT WEDNESDAY 5th March, 1pm in the Freddie Mercury room, Cornwall House.
If you would like to be on the committee, have a look at the previous email for more info, and email nat@electric-stitch to let ...
EUTCo: Accidental Death of an Anarchist PREVIEW
18th February 2008
For EUTCo’s Week 8 show, director Jude Christian (House of Bernada Alba) returns with co-director Georgina Ower to bring this masterful political farce to the M&D Room.
Accidental Death of an Anarchist, by Dario Fo, is based on the true story of a railway worker arrested and ...
Stitch Monday 12
18th February 2008
A very Stitchy Monday Evening to you!
This week is the Animated Exeter Festival (AE), which means that Exeter comes alive with the best of world animation to audiences in Exeter, showcasing and encouraging the wealth of creative talent in the region, both amateur and professional.
It is also your last chance ...
G & S: The Mikado PREVIEW
17th February 2008
Gilbert and Sullivan Society will be performing The Mikado at the Northcott theatre in three weeks. The Mikado is a highly entertaining operetta, following the story of Nanki-poo, a young Japanese man who arrives in the town of Titipu in search of his love, only to find that she is ...
EUTCo: The Miracle Worker REVIEW
17th February 2008
I sat in my seat in the refurbished Northcott Theatre unsure quite what I was expecting. Not being familiar with The Miracle Worker, I had done some internet research to find out a basic plot outline and to look into the historical Helen Keller, so I was intrigued to discover ...
Spacex: Cory Arcangel REVIEW
16th February 2008
My first visit to the Spacex Gallery has left me with mixed feelings. Cory Arcangel’s exhibition was half amazing, half awful.
To start with the amazing bit: a couple thousand short films about Glenn Gould is the reason I went to Spacex to start with. Two large video screens play Arcangel’s ...
Frankie’s Found… The Real McCoy
16th February 2008
Despite Exeter High Street being dubbed the blandest in the UK, Frankie’s occasional column will show you the hidden gems amidst the chainstores, featuring any place she happens to wander into and wants to tell everyone about. Email subeditor @ electric-stitch.com with suggestions for her to try next.
Hidden at the ...
Hungry Vegan @ The Light of India
16th February 2008
The Hungry Vegan is an occasional column, shedding light on herbivorous offerings at mainstream Exeter restaurants. If there are any places you would like the Hungry Vegan to try, email subeditor @ electric-stitch.com.
February is a dark and chilly month – a time when hungry vegans prefer not to dine exclusively ...
Picturehouse goes digital
16th February 2008
The digital age is upon us and Exeter is leading the way with the Picturehouse and Vue's spectacular digital projections.
What is digital and why is it better?
For over 100 years, watching a film in the cinema has been pretty much the same. Some celluloid is shot at high speed past ...
Knit-A-Mitt
16th February 2008
November: cold and windy, and hands all over campus were chilled. Something had to be done. We decided to unleash the power of knitting.
Thus the birth of Knit-A-Mitt, a workshop for anyone interested in learning to knit while relaxing on the sofas of Starbucks with wool in one hand, hot ...
