Laura Elliott

Review: Sheffield University Theatre Company Present Death of a Salesman

Published by Kettle Mag 27/02/2015 “Why am I trying to become what I don’t want to be… When all I want is out there, waiting for me… Read more “Review: Sheffield University Theatre Company Present Death of a Salesman”

“Come and see the Nutcracker, so brave and strong and noble.” Following successful adaptations of The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Beauty and the Beastand Hansel and Gretel, Paperfinch… Read more “Review: Paperfinch Theatre Present The Nutcracker”

Published by Kettle Mag 07/11/2014 For the last few years, the five main television channels in the UK have faced down accusations that their funding cuts to… Read more “What Does the Future Look Like for Arts Television?”

Published by Kettle Mag 15/10/2014 In an earlier review for Kettle Mag, I called The Narrow Road to the Deep North “a deeply impressive novel” – but… Read more “Analysing Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize Winning Novel”

Published by Kettle Mag 12/10/2014 “Mother, they write poems” – so reads the epigraph to Australian novelist Richard Flanagan’s ambitious novel, concerning life on the infamous Japanese… Read more “Booker Shortlist Review: The Narrow Road to the Deep North”

Published by Now Then Magazine 03/10/2014 Will Self is one of the most prolific and controversial journalists and writers of the last twenty years. On the 4th… Read more “Will Self: On Critics, Ulysses, and that Orwell Article”

Published by Kettle Mag 17/09/2014 Will Self is often accused of being incomprehensible to the average reader. His vocabulary too verbose, his analogies too deeply drawn, his… Read more “Will Self’s Shark: More Than Some Can Chew”

Published by Kettle Mag 18/08/2014 Chewing the Fat is about body image. It’s about accepting fat and talking about fat. It does not endorse the opinions of… Read more “Selina Thompson’s Chewing the Fat: Vital and Vibrant”

Published by Kettle mag 09/08/2014 When Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, he was perfecting his own unique brand of drug use, insanity,… Read more “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Theatrical Acid Trip”

Published by Kettle mag 11/08/2014 Theatre Ad Infinitum are becoming something of an Edinburgh Fringe phenomenon. 2014 is the seventh consecutive year the international London-based ensemble group… Read more “Theatre Ad Infinitum’s Light: An Otherworldly Achievement”