We here at Tribe Theatre are constantly impressed by the quantity and quality of student playwrights in St Andrews and want to help showcase their talent by publishing snippets of their work. On the Rocks presents us with an amazing opportunity to do this because not only are the theatre productions in the Student Arts [...]
We here at Tribe Theatre are constantly impressed by the quantity and quality of student playwrights in St Andrews and want to help showcase their talent by publishing snippets of their work. On the Rocks presents us with an amazing opportunity to do this because not only are the theatre productions in the Student Arts [...]
Peter von Zahnd reviews ‘The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?’ which went up in the Barron Theatre on March 8th and 9th. The Goat, or Who is Sylvia, one of Albee’s more recent plays, is rich in the scenic techniques which it utilises. The relatively linear plot maintains momentum with a string of twists: [...]
Chloe Hill has been elected as next year’s Association President. She will be the first female President in 13 years, she will preside over massive Union redevelopment and she has voiced arguably some of the most radical and wide-ranging policies of the campaign. We talked to her a week after her dramatic election victory. [...]
Zoë Hofstetter places herself behind the eyes of a Dutch tourist living the Huilo-Huilo Experience, then returns to her own shoes to tell the hidden truths of this paradise behind the volcano. As a regular boy from Holland, my childhood encompassed cycling on flat, paved roads from primary school to secondary school and then jumping [...]
Chris Cannell reviews Wasted Love, which went up the 1st-3rd of March in the Barron Theatre. “Sharing helps.” So begins Wasted Love, a musical which at first skitters humorously over, then joyously dives into, some pretty heavy themes: love, therapy and modernity. It is a generous piece, gladly sharing its soul with the audience. This generosity [...]
Patrick Williamson looks at one of the the newest and most controversial forms of meat production. In many of our diets, meat in its various forms plays a central role, often acting as the focal point of a meal. In the UK the average person consumes 86 kg of meat a year, but this meaty mountain is [...]
Dominic Kimberlin, second year student and experienced St Andrews actor, has just begun rehearsals for ‘We Long Endure’, a play that he wrote. This puts him in the unique position of being a writer, actor, and director—that’s quite a lot of hats for a second year! He shares his stream-of-consciousness perspective on what being a [...]
Hannah Sycamore reviews the Manchester City Art Gallery’s First Cut exhibition. Awful pun I know! The First Cut was in fact a truly superb exhibition that was on throughout November, December and into January in our very own metropolis of North-Manchester (which the gallery constantly reminded you of by filling the hall surrounding the [...]
A look at how bloggers are affecting the fashion industry… With various international fashion weeks having taken place recently, there have been three things trending on the blogosphere – Cara Delevingne, Cara Delevinge’s eyebrows and an article by esteemed fashion writer Suzy Menkes. In her article entitled ‘The Circus of Fashion’ Menkes bemoans the current [...]
‘Let’s organise a ball!’ Whilst a lot of outrageous, hilarious and impossible ideas were thrown around between a bunch of friends one drunken Friday night almost a year ago, out of it came what is bound to become one of the hottest events on the St Andrews social calendar, the Bigtop ball. If the ridiculously [...]
Choosing a good travel guide might be trickier than you think. Stuart McMillan looks at why the For Less Guides are among the best on the market. Going away for a while? Good. Need help? No, not with the trip, with picking a guide. Gone are the days of [...]
Katie Brennan shares the ups and downs of being a stage manager of student theatre, in particular her most recent experience stage-managing for Troilus & Cressida. As a University student, there are very few times in my life where I feel completely fulfilled in what I am doing—tutorials and late-night papers just don’t do [...]
Across the Western world austerity has been rejected by every populace which has had it forced on them by their Governments. But taxes, the deal-breaker of economic policy, are entering a new age. Are we seeing a return to a staunch belief in progressive taxation? No – just a change of mood. Franklin D. Roosevelt, [...]
