Author: Elizabeth Sorrell
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Review: The Surrogate – Trials Among Chosen Family
Meet Jess (Jasmine Batchelor), an extremely caring and selfless young woman living in New York. Jess has agreed to act as a surrogate for her best friend, Josh (Chris Perfetti), and his husband, Aaron (Sullivan Jones). We start The Surrogate with the confirmation of her pregnancy and the following celebrations. When they are informed that the […]
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“What are the boxes we are drawing ourselves into?”: In Conversation with ‘The Surrogate’s’ Jeremy Hersh and Jasmine Batchelor
When I imagine moving to New York, I – like Jeremy Hersh – would imagine a “progressive paradise”, only to be disappointed by the fact that flawed and imperfect people live there too. We often find ourselves at a crossroads between simply appearing progressive and open-minded and following that attitude through in morally complex situations. […]
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WESLEY: Your Child And American Guns
What if you could make a gun that was unregistered, invisible, and untraceable? What do you think a kid would do with a gun like that? Travis Andrade’s WESLEY brings a new American perspective on an old American problem: gun control. Seen through the eyes of Wesley (James Sandler), an 11-year-old boy in middle-class America, this […]
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The Remainder and Historical Memory
How do you live with a trauma that you can neither remember nor forget? Everyone knows about it, talks about it, and everyone suffers from it, but you weren’t even born at the time. Alía Trabucco Zerán does a brilliant job of portraying the problematic aspects of historical memory in Latin America through the short-lived […]
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WESLEY And American Gun Culture: A Conversation With Travis Andrade
WESLEY is a haunting short film about the pervasiveness of American gun culture on young boys. It is the story of Wesley (James Sandler), a young boy who is both surrounded and fascinated by guns. When Blake (Johnathan Irwin), a troubled friend of his older brother has gotten hold of a 3D-printed gun, we follow […]
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Our Teenage Fixations
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins Considering that the first two film adaptations of the trilogy were released during my prime high school years, it’s safe to say that The Hunger Games rapidly made its way onto the list of favourite series. Hell, I even went to Comic-Con dressed as Katniss one year! I even wrote my […]
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Review: Brian Bilston’s ‘Alexa, What is There to Know About Love?’
Poetry often has the reputation of pretentious writers twiddling a quill in their study, brewing up farfetched witticisms and flaunting worryingly expansive knowledge of flowers and birds on a laboriously lengthy verse. While I think this image of poets has shifted over the decades, we sometimes need a reminder of the wonders that down-to-earth, lighthearted […]
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Artistic Depiction Of Fictional Characters
Seeing our most beloved fictional characters illustrated on the page or canvas is no surprise to us. Quentin Blake, Aubrey Beardsley, and George Cruikshank are among the most well-known illustrators in Britain, depicting beloved stories such as Oliver Twist, Salomé, and more contemporary children’s favourites like Matilda. Stretching even further back, most of us are […]
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“I think we need to wonder how Wales is represented, it’s a bit of a closed network”: In Conversation with Director of Bitter Sky, Joseph Ollman
Elizabeth Sorrell interviews the director of Bitter Sky about this new film, as well as his relationship with Welsh film.
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My Sweet Orange Tree: ‘Oliver Twist in the Streets of Urban Brazil’
Elizabeth Sorrell tells us about the tragic tale of My Sweet Orange Tree that was originally written in Portuguese.
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“Marvellously unique and gives a childlike feel to the production”: A Review of Jacqui and David Morris’ A Christmas Carol
Elizabeth Sorrell reviews Jacqui and David Morris’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ an adaptation that breathes new life into the classic Christmas tale.
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Will The Entertainment Industry Recover?
While COVID-19 may have caused a boom in streaming and gaming, Elizabeth Sorrell asks an important question: Will the entertainment industry recover?
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“Love and how violently it can hurt”: A Review of Sarah Kane’s Crave at Chichester Theatre
Elizabeth Sorrell shares thoughts and admiration for Tinuke Craig’s production of Sarah Kane’s ‘Crave’ at the Chichester Theatre.
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Tender, Poetic, and What it Means to Love: Crave at The Chichester Theatre, A Preview.
Elizabeth Sorrell shows us what we can expect from the first socially distant performance at the Chichester Theatre.