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Anarchy! Chaos! Confusion, sex, and booze. Dancing, singing, shouting, swearing, drinking. Subterfuge! Brawls! Danger, and iambic pentameter. I'm either talking about the original Globe Theatre or Shit-faced Shakespeare, and the two are arguably interchangeable; I doubt you'll see a more historically accurate rendition of Elizabethan theatre without a time machine. Shit-faced Shakespeare is a simple concept. Take one abridged play by the bard, marinade one of the actors in a vat of booze, then let them loose in front of...

I am familiar with Kings Cross in the era circa 2011 to present. It’s the station I use to visit my parents, and I actually like them so I've been there a lot. I used to swim at the Kings Cross Pond Club too, and I made an appreciative "oooh!" noise when a branch of Dishoom opened nearby. Kings Cross and I are friends. Tom Marshman is friends with Kings Cross too, although his Kings Cross and mine are very...

1.Book Fight with Tom McAllister and Mike Ingram Writers Tom and Mike have come to feel like friends, we drink beer together, I listen to them ramble, sometimes about books and literary movements, but other times about Philadelphia, poptarts, the state of America, racoons and a baby detective who wears a denim diaper (in-joke). An irreverent mix of pop culture, politics, literary gossip and serious book reviewing. 2. The Moth The top pick, as voted by judges from within the...

“Go fuck yourself” Sven Ratzke says, kindly. Ratzke has cleverly managed to be both Dutch and German, and therefore merrily walks the line of being very easy to chat to whilst taking absolutely no nonsense from anyone at any time. Ratzke has been touring the world as the creator and star of Starman for the last two years, and in June it’s finally coming to London. At this juncture a writer will normally tell you what their interviewee is wearing,...

The 50 greatest storytellers of all time have been revealed, with Ed Sheeran, Banksy and Eminem outranking Jack Kerouac and John Lennon. Despite been a pioneer of the Beat Generation and renowned for his method of spontaneous prose Kerouac still couldn't out-place Castle on the Hill author Sheeran, who ranked in 29th spot. Imagine and Jealous Guy song-writer John Lennon scraped into the top 50 in 49th place, one spot ahead of Kevin Spacey. Roald Dahl was named the greatest storyteller of all time, topping the...

Satirical writing probably seems like a very challenging thing to attempt, especially if you are an inexperienced writer. But, you can use satire in writing once you learn how. Of course, understanding that satire is comedic criticism will more than likely help you in the process? You will see satirical writing aimed at current news and other broad topics that most people are well-aware of them. It means that before you can start writing whole satire pieces, you will have...

By Samantha Ferrell-Schweppenstedde, Equality Now On BBC One tonight is the first episode of ‘ThreeGirls’, a hard hitting three-part drama that tells the true story of three girls who were among almost 50 adolescents groomed for sex by a gang of men in Rochdale between 2008 and 2012. Aged 13 to 17, these vulnerable underage teenagers were trafficked - experiencing systematic rape and abuse at the hands of numerous perpetrators. On some occasions the girls were beaten when they refused...

The one thing I was not expecting from a play about a woman and a child imprisoned in a shed was that it would actually be a musical. For anyone with their head in a bucket, the play Room is the same room as the film Room, which was the same room as the book, Room. Emma Donoghue wrote all of them, and if you haven't read it, watched the film or seen the play, I'd recommend doing one of...

Halloween arrives June 2nd 2017 this year, since on this day, horror kingpin Wednesday 13 will release his new studio album Condolences. It showcases his growing obsession with the world of heavy metal and its endless possibilities for exploring tales of horror and violence. In this fourth trailer leading up to the album releae day, Wednesday 13 talks about his favourite B horror movie 'Shock 'em Dead' from 1990 and his favourite horror actress. Check it out below.. The album was...