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March 29, 2011
Literature: The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis

After all the hype, the keen anticipation, the slagging off matches in the press, furore over the somewhat cynically attention grabbing pre-release press statements, questionable interview sound bites, the Booker Prize long list omission, middling reviews and the embattled author planning to move to New York, Martin Amis’s twelfth novel, The Pregnant Widow, finally makes it into paperback re-printing.

After all the hype, the keen anticipation, the slagging off matches in the press, furore over the somewhat cynically attention grabbing pre-release press statements, questionable interview sound bites, the Booker Prize long list omission, middling reviews and the embattled author planning to move to New York, Martin Amis’s twelfth novel, The Pregnant Widow, finally makes it into paperback re-printing.

March 29, 2011
Review: A Shoreline Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dreamis one of Shakespeare’s earlier comedies, with a complex plot involving two sets of couples, a boisterous band of performers, and Oberon and Titania, the King and Queen of the Fairies.

A Midsummer Night’s Dreamis one of Shakespeare’s earlier comedies, with a complex plot involving two sets of couples, a boisterous band of performers, and Oberon and Titania, the King and Queen of the Fairies. On the 3rd and 4th of March, Swansea University Drama Society, Shoreline Theatre, joined with the Dance Society to bring an impressive performance of Shakespeare’s work to the small stage of the Dylan Thomas Theatre.

March 29, 2011
Theatre: The Proposal

In the final instalment of lunchtime theatre, the Fluellen Company perform one of Anton Chekhov’s lesser known plays at the Dylan Thomas Centre. This follows successful productions of I Can’t Remember Anything and A Woman Alone in their classic playwrights series.

In the final instalment of lunchtime theatre, the Fluellen Company perform one of Anton Chekhov’s lesser known plays at the Dylan Thomas Centre. This follows successful productions of I Can’t Remember Anything and A Woman Alone in their classic playwrights series.

March 29, 2011
VIVA ITALIA

THURSDAY 17th of March saw Italy celebrated its 150th anniversary of its unification and was celebrated by a joint event held by both the Italian Society and the History Society.

THURSDAY 17th of March saw Italy celebrated its 150th anniversary of its unification and was celebrated by a joint event held by both the Italian Society and the History Society.

The event was celebrated with a talk from Dr Jonathon Dunnage on the Risorgimento and was described by Chris Bovis, of the History Society, "as spelling out the events leading up to the unification and its significance in modern society".

March 9, 2011
Vagina Monologues

 

Shoreline Theatre are once again proud to present to you The Vagina Monologues.

Based on the interviews recorded by author Eve Ensler from women all over the world, this incredibly funny but emotionally moving set of monologues gives a voice to a variety of feminine characters and their varying sexual experiences, some good, some bad.  Now an annual event for Shoreline, every penny raised is donated to Swansea Women’s Aid who work tirelessly to protect and support women when they need help the most.

February 21, 2011
Literature: Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro

 

By Verity Rogers

December 9, 2010
Theatre: Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Snow Queen’

GET ready Swansea because this year, despite what the Met office say, Hans Christian Anderson’s cold and frosty Snow Queen is guaranteeing you a white Christmas.

GET ready Swansea because this year, despite what the Met office say, Hans Christian Anderson’s cold and frosty Snow Queen is guaranteeing you a white Christmas.

The famous fairytale tells of Gerda’s quest to find her friend Kay who has been bewitched and imprisoned by the enigmatic Snow Queen’s evil spell. This engaging fantasy sees Gerda battle a perpetual winter in an attempt to rescue her sweetheart from the clutches of the stunningly beautiful, Narnia-like white witch.