Belfast Operatic Company (BOC) put on magnificent performances every year at the Grand Opera House in Belfast. With a Stranmillis graduate, Alice Johnston, in the starring role of Belle, this production of Beauty and the Beast showcased real talent from the various departments at Queen’s and was a real treat to watch.
BY EMMA GALLEN
Three plays were chosen to represent Queen’s at the ISDA awards, with five times nominated cast and crew of ‘The History Boys’ winning the Special Judges’ Award.
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Jim Carey and Ewan McGregor are a match that wouldn’t normally be pieced together. Carey is generally only found in comedies (or trippy films like Eternal Sunshine) and McGregor is genre-defying. What ‘I Love You Phillip Morris’ was about was only really revealed after paying into the cinema.
BY EMMA GALLEN
The 80s evokes connotations of big hair, synth-pop and leg warmers. In Romania, however, the only hint of it being the 80s was a black market video player. Cristian Mungiu’s film tells us five Urban Legends from the Ceausescu regime, supposedly the “Golden Age” of Communist Propaganda in Romania.
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The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, forced the resignation of senior member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, David Nutt, because, according to Johnson, he “stepped over the line” in his advice.
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