Alan Ayckbourn’s play, Woman in Mind, is the first co-production by Dundee Rep Ensemble with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and is directed by Marilyn Imrie. In inimitable Ayckbourn style, a woman’s mental breakdown is dramatised with humour, surrealism, poignancy and pathos. Concussed by her garden rake, Susan (Meg Fraser) starts to regain consciousness just as Read More
Edgar Allan Poe once said of the short story that it must have a “single mood and every sentence must build towards it”. On this count, Ilo Ilo works more like a short story and less like a novel. An accomplished film, Anthony Chen’s debut is undertaken with a surefooted understanding of character and a Read More
The Interior Environmental Design show at this year’s degree show, demonstrates perfectly the potential for social impact that goes on in the studios of applied practice in DJCAD. With a variety of projects aimed at tackling serious social problems, the work was certainly enlightening for a lay person such as myself. Several of the projects Read More
This year’s product design exhibition is, as always, eagerly anticipated. Sharing its space with digital interaction design, it is one of the most exciting and engaging exhibitions at the degree show. On entering the exhibition, it is very clear that it is not just the students’ work which has been meticulously put together; the display Read More
Fine art students in this year’s degree show have really set out to impress, with a diverse range of approaches to printmaking teamed with an exciting and innovative approach to exhibiting. Working towards the surreal, Anna Fennell Hughs has created a wonderful selection of multi- media prints that illustrate her own short story. Based on Read More
Following on from a series of successful independently organised shows including Four Days x Four Years, Translations (Generator) and New Realms: Myths and Mysticism (WASPs) this year’s degree show artists have already shown the strength of their work. The real question was: can the Degree Show deliver the same punch? The attraction and uniqueness of Read More
Art, Philosophy and Contemporary Practices is a subject that gives students scope to push the boundaries often inflicted on art in popular perception. Inspiration and a deeper understanding of art are sought through philosophy, and as a result some fascinating abstract concepts are addressed in an impressively varied collection of installations. Each artist has employed Read More
The boundaries of drawing, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture are blurred in this very strong show of Fine Art. Landscape provides one predominant cluster of work. Ellis O’Connor’s powerful mountain-scapes evoke both the sublime and the menacing aspects of the Scottish Highland landscape while both Kate Cunnigham’s ethereal cloud paintings and Jacinda Chan’s constructed lotus Read More
Despite the fact that the five extremely individual films which were exhibited at this year’s Degree Show are the result of collaborative efforts between many of the same artists, they showcase a remarkable variety of artistic vision and style. Working in both 2D and 3D in contributory roles of varying sizes, 2014’s animation graduates were Read More
Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises has an air of bitter-sweet finality about it in more ways than one. Miyazaki is no stranger to the demands of morality and duty; add the film’s content and context to the mix and you can see why this animated film has had such mixed reception. Whilst not lacking any Read More