Review: Bloody Poetry
The summer of 1816 holds a treasured place in the annals of English literary history. It marked the coming together of two of the nation’s foremost poets in Lake Geneva: Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord George Byron, once famously described [...]
Review: The Bee
The Bee is a strangely entrancing piece of Japanese theatre about the transformation of a businessman, Ido, who returns home from work one day to discover that his wife and son have been taken hostage by escaped murderous convict, Ogoro. [...]
Interview: Sophie Thompson on She Stoops to Conquer
Sophie Thompson is just one of those utterly brilliant British actresses who pops up everywhere from Harry Potter to Eastenders and now in the National Theatre’s new production of She Stoops to Conquer. We meet in a special audio recording [...]
Review: La Boheme
Following wildly successful runs at the Soho Theatre, La Boheme, the production that rejuvenated the London opera world, has joined the repertory programme at its original home, The King’s Head theatre. They haven’t gone for the traditional operatic approach. The [...]
Sixty-Six Books
Flora Neville checks out the grand re-opening of the relocated Bush Theatre. In a funny way, I was most looking forward to seeing the sunrise. I had this rather romantic vision of 140 actors, 66 writers and a dwindling audience [...]
Review: The Mikado
The Mikado, written by Gilbert and Sullivan, was first performed in London in March 1885. In 2011, their classic comic opera has been brought to “London’s Little Opera House”, otherwise know as the King’s Head Theatre in Angel, performed [...]
Review: The Changeling
The latest show at the Southwark playhouse is a stripped down version of Middleton and Rowley’s Jacobean classic The Changeling. Tripping out the cast in trim, stylish present-day wear, director Michael Oakley might seem to be missing out on the [...]
Remi Kanazi: The Art of Struggle
Ground-breaking Palestinian-American performance poet Remi Kanazi wasn’t always into politics. Describing his childhood, growing up in small-town Massachusetts, he explains “I was fat, I had one eyebrow, I was brown in an all white town. All I wanted was [...]
Competition: Chicago the Musical
It’s Competition Time: This week we’ve teamed up with our friends at the Leicester Square Box Office, who are giving away two tickets to see Chicago The Musical on Friday 25th November, at the Garrick Theatre, Charing Cross Road, right [...]
Theatre Review: Alternative
What do you do when you’re unwell? Go to the doctor, right? So, what happens when the doctors aren’t helping? When they tell you they don’t know what’s wrong with you? What then? Written by Trent Burton and produced by [...]
Review: Paper Fortunes
The evening began with a trek across town. On the tube. During rush hour. On a Friday. Voluntarily. Utter madness. Add to that the England football game that I had dragged my date away from and this was going to [...]
Review: Frankenstein
Frankenstein has been given all the elements to lure its audience. Its Hollywood Director, high profile cast and a literary classic guaranteed a sell-out and places a huge amount of pressure on the play. With the bar set so high, [...]
Review: The Rivals
KCL’s student theatre group The King’s Players make their first ever appearance at the Camden Fringe Festival this week with a performance of The Rivals, Richard Sheridan’s classic comedy of love, money and deceit. The action centres on the [...]
Review: The Mikado
The Mikado, written by Gilbert and Sullivan, was first performed in London in March 1885. In 2011, their classic comic opera has been brought to “London’s Little Opera House”, otherwise know as the King’s Head Theatre in Angel, performed [...]
Review: The Bee
The Bee is a strangely entrancing piece of Japanese theatre about the transformation of a businessman, Ido, who returns home from work one day to discover that his wife and son have been taken hostage by escaped murderous convict, Ogoro. [...]
Video: LSE water balloon attack results in clashes
Amateur footage obtained by London Student captures some of the attack on the LSESU Palestine Society, which was holding a peaceful demonstration at the time. You can read the story in full here.
ULU Elections 2012: Three Minutes With…Abs Hassanali
An interview with vice-presidential candidate Abs Hassanali. Click the ‘TV’ tab above to view videos for the other candidates. You can also see their manifestos at www.ulu.co.uk/elections
ULU Elections 2012: Three Minutes With…Ross Speer
An interview with vice-presidential candidate Ross Speer. Click the ‘TV’ tab above to view videos for the other candidates. You can also see their manifestos at www.ulu.co.uk/elections
Interview with The Manic Shine
The Manic Shine are a hot upcoming band. The band’s leader, Ozzie Rogers, hails from the LSE but has chosen the music industry, rather than finance, as his chosen career path.
The second sabbatical interview: an excerpt
In their second interview with London Student, Clare Solomon, ULU President, and Viktoria Szmolar, ULU Vice-President, discuss the current state of the student movement. This excerpt focuses on the momentum of student protest after the Christmas break.