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THE ONE WITH... EDITOR-IN-CHIEF>HANNAH LIVINGSTON THE EVENT EDITOR>GRACE SIMPSON

...LOADS OF PRIZES Greg Mann

FASHION EDITORS>KAT JONES & DESIREE WARIARO FASHION WRITER>KAT JONES

PERFECT PROMOTIONS!

COMPETITIONS 4>TRUFFLE SHUFFLE £50 CLOTHES GIVEAWAY ARTS WRITER>KIRSTEN PETER

ARTS EDITORS>FIONA HOWARD & KIRSTEN PETER

24>THREE CRATES OF RELENTLESS, TWO CRIBS TICKETS, 18 PALGRAVE CREATIVE WRITING EDITOR>STEPHANIE CROSS MACMILLIAN STUDY GUIDES, 10 MONTY PYTHON TICKETS, TWO ZERO 7 CREATIVE WRITERS>KIRSTY BROOK, STEPHANIE CROSS, D. SMITH, MATT SPRIGGS TICKETS. DEALS TELEVISION EDITOR>JOSH BUTLER 20>EXCLUSIVE VUE TICKET OFFER>CUT OUT YOUR FABULOUS VOUCHER! TELEVISION WRITERS>JOSH BUTLER, ELLA FAIRHURST, SHAUN KITCHENER, CAROLINE PREECE

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EVENT...

WIRED EDITOR>WILLIAM MORAN WIRED WRITERS>VAUGHN HIGHFIELD, WILLIAM MORAN, KIRON WARD

MUSIC EDITORS>PAUL COOK & STEPH MCKENNA MUSIC WRITERS>PAUL COOK, WILL DONOVAN, MIKE HAMMOND, GEMMA HENZLEY, SHAUN KITCHENER, ISABEL LOCKHART SMITH, CARMINA MASOLIVER, STEPH MCKENNA, ALEC PLOWMAN, DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN

FILM EDITORS>ELIZABETH POOLE & ADAM SCALES FILM WRITERS>MICHA BUTLER, RACHEL COXEN, STACEY LARDNER, ELIZABETH POOLE, ADAM SCALES, DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN

VENUE EDITOR>HELEN THOMAS VENUE WRITERS>HELEN, THOMAS, ME;LISSA YORK

COMPETITIONS EDITOR>WILL DONOVAN

FASHION>>>>>>>>TRANSITIONALTRENDS>4 ARTS>>>>>>>>>A PICTURE OF NORWICH>6 CREATIVE WRITING>>>>>>>>OPEN PAGE>8 TELEVISION>>>>>>>>>>>>NEW SEASON>9 CANVAS>>>>>>>>>>>PHOTOGRAPHY>11 WIRED>>>>>>>>>SAMWELL INTERVIEW>12 MUSIC>>>>>>>>>>>FESTIVAL DIARIES>15 FILM>>>>>>>>>>LEDGER’S LAST SCENE>18 VENUE>>>>>>>>>FRESHERS WEEK FUN>22 COMPETITIONS>>>>>>>GOODIES GALORE>24

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YEARLONG SUMMER

Kat Jones shows us how to adapt summer styles into winter warmers.

1. The tea dress – all lovely ĂŶĚ ůŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ŇŽĂƚǇ͕ ĂŶĚ made me want to dance between the daisies with no shoes on! These dresses just sang summer ǁŝƚŚ ĚŝƚƐǇ ŇŽƌĂů ƉƌŝŶƚƐ͖ teamed with denim jackets or biker leather, or worn over leggings with ankle boots, anything twee about them became ŶŽŶͲĞǆŝƐƚĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ƐƟůů be a staple of the winter wardrobe when layered with cardies and knitwear, and worn with knee-high boots and opaques. ůĞǆĂ ŚƵŶŐ ŝŶ hƌďĂŶ KƵƞŝƩĞƌƐ

Christopher Kane Autumn 09

2. Checks – plaid shirts worn with gold aviators and gladiator sandals were huge. Large, oversized boyfriend checked shirts, openďƵƩŽŶĞĚ ĐŚĞĐŬƐ ŽǀĞƌ ǁŚŝƚĞ vests, sweeping check scarves, ƚŚĞ ĮƩĞĚ ĐŚĞĐŬ ũĂĐŬĞƚƐ ƐƉŽƌƚĞĚ by Kelly Osbourne and available at Topshop, and in some cases by ƚŚĞ ďƌĂǀĞ ĨĞǁ͗ ĐŚĞĐŬ ƟŐŚƚƐ͘ tŽƌŶ for an edgy, rocky look, the laidďĂĐŬ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ůŽŽŬ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞīŽƌƚůĞƐƐ weekend look and the smart tailored look, checks certainly checked out the summer! The winter cousin of summer checks is warm tartan of Christmas colours; wear with rich, chocolate browns and texture.

£50 CLOTHING GIVEAWAY

Daisy Lowe

3. Logo tees – we saw them last summer and here they were again this summer, and probably next. Words, phrases, images, photos, lyrics, if ever there was a way to represent your personality and speak your mind then the logo tee was it. With many more things to say, I’m sure words will be ŽǀĞƌŇŽǁŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ͘ / will be wearing a T-shirt that says, “I’m Cold” as / Ăŵ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŽ feel the winter chill in the air.

Topshop Student Deal Lowdown 1.Topshop Norwich Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th September.

Listen Up!

Topshop are Exclusively for Students (any in date student ID will be accepted). Each ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ dƌƵŋĞ^ŚƵŋĞ ŚĂƐ Ă ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ƌĞƚƌŽ ƚͲƐŚŝƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ customer receives a 20% discount and a free goody bag, as well as academic year with ŚŽŽĚŝĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƉƉĞĂů ƚŽ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͘ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ complimentary refreshments. two special student highlight is their range of merchandise with the There will also be style advisor quickie appointments, and the best ŽīĞƌƐ͘ logos and catchphrases of tv programmes we ĚƌĞƐƐĞĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ǁŝůů ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ƐŬŝƉ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƵĞ ĂŶĚ ŵĂǇ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ŽŶ grew up with; including Mr Men, Care Bears, topshop.com Sesame Street, Smurfs and many more. tŝƚŚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ŚŝĚĚĞŶ ƉƌŝǌĞƐ ĞĂĐŚ ŶŝŐŚƚͲ ŬĞĞƉ ǇŽƵ ĞǇĞƐ ƉĞĞůĞĚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞ orange dot! Check out the photo 2.dŽƉŵĂŶ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ Ă ϭϱй ĚŝƐĐŽƵŶƚ ƵŶƟů KĐƚŽďĞƌ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ shoot on the opposite To Win a £50 spree at also get your 15% discount at the 2 student nights above. page. The shots were TruffleShuffle.com just find taken around UEA the exact prices of the campus by Concrete’s T-shirts to the left. This week we looked at the new line of clothes in Topshop to suit the UEA Chief Photographer, student. With a chill in the air, darker evenings and the loom of the cold Greg Mann. winter months approaching, we were inspired by a slouchy, student look The models are Email answers, your name and a of cosy knitwear, warm scarves and hats, coats and soaks. Think “Back Robert Van Egghen contact number to ƚŽ ^ĐŚŽŽů͟ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŚĞĐŬƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĂƌƚĂŶ͕ ƉůĞĂƚƐ ĂŶĚ ďůĂǌĞƌƐ͕ ƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƟŐŚƚƐ ďƵƚ and Fashion Editor concrete.editor@uea.ac.uk brought up-to-date with edgy accessories and layering of colours and Kat Jones. texture.

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BACK TO SCHOOL - STUDENT STYLE IN THE LIBRARY... ROB WEARS: check shirt, £25/yellow cardigan, £26/red ƟĞ͕ άϭϬͬŶĂǀǇ ƉŝƉĞĚ ũĂĐŬĞƚ͕ άϳϬͬŐƌĞǇ ƐŬŝŶŶǇ ũĞĂŶƐ͕ άϯϬͬ shoes, model’s own.

KAT WEARS: ŐƌĞǇ ĐŚƵŶŬǇ ŬŶŝƚ ũƵŵƉĞƌ͕ άϯϮͬƚĂƌƚĂŶ ƐŬŝƌƚ͕ άϯϮͬ ďůĂĐŬ ďĞůƚ͕ άϮϱͬƌĂƐƉďĞƌƌǇ ƟŐŚƚƐ͕ άϲͬďůĂĐŬ ŽǀĞƌͲƚŚĞͲ ŬŶĞĞ ƐŽĐŬƐ͕ άϱͬƐŚĂůůŽǁ ŐƌĞǇ ƐŚŽĞƐ͕ άϲϬͬƉĞĂƌů ŶĞĐŬůĂĐĞ͕ άϮϬͬ ĐŚƵŶŬǇ ŬŶŝƚ ŚĞĂĚďĂŶĚ͕ άϭϬ͘

Greg Mann

AUTUMN SHADES... ROB WEARS: ƐƚƌŝƉĞ ũĞƌƐĞǇ ƚŽƉ͕ άϭϲͬďƵƌŐƵŶĚǇ ŚŽŽĚĞĚ ĐĂƌĚŝŐĂŶ͕ άϰϬͬĐĂŵĞů ŵĂĐ͕ άϳϬͬŶĂǀǇ ƐŬŝŶŶǇ ũĞĂŶƐ͕ άϯϱͬ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ŬŶŝƚ ƐĐĂƌĨ͕ άϭϰͬƐŚŽĞƐ͕ ŵŽĚĞů͛Ɛ ŽǁŶ͘

KAT WEARS: ŇŽƌĂů ďŽĚŝĐĞ͕ άϮϬͬƉƵƉƉǇƚŽŽƚŚ ďƌŽǁŶ ƚƌŽƵƐĞƌƐ͕ άϰϱͬŵƵƐƚĂƌĚ ĐĂƌĚŝŐĂŶ͕ άϯϮͬƚĂŶ ƉůĂŝƚĞĚ ďĞůƚ͕ άϭϱͬŐƌĞǇ ďĞƌĞƚ͕ άϴͬƚĂŶ ůĞĂƚŚĞƌ ƐĂƚĐŚĞů͕ άϱϬͬďƌŽǁŶ ďŽŽƚ͕ model’s own.

Greg Mann

dŚĞ ǀĞŶƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ Ă ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ ŚĂƌůŝĞ ƚŚĞ ^ƚǇůŝƐƚ Ăƚ dŽƉƐŚŽƉ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ŚĞƌ ŚĞůƉ͕ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƉƵƚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉŚŽƚŽ ƐŚŽŽƚ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŬŝŶĚůǇ ůŽĂŶŝŶŐ ƵƐ ƚŚĞ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ͘

Greg Mann

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GET STARTED IN NORWICH Kirsten Peter ŝƐ ǇŽƵƌ ŐƵŝĚĞ ƚŽ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ŐŽ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ

IN THE CITY

ON CAMPUS LECTURE THEATRES

THE GARAGE

tŚĞƌĞ͗ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂŌĞƌ ǇŽƵƌ ĮƌƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ͕ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŝŶ ƚƌŽƵďůĞ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ďůƵĞ ƐŝŐŶ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ >ĞĐƚƵƌĞ dŚĞĂƚƌĞƐ ŵĞĂŶƐ ŝƚƐ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ ůĂĐŬƐ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ƐƵďƚůĞƚǇ ĂƐ ŝƚƐ ĂƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚƵƌĞ͘ dŚĞ ƵƚƵŵŶ ĂŶĚ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ůŝƚĞƌĂƌǇ ĨĞƐƟǀĂůƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝĚĞ ŽĨ h ͛Ɛ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĐĂůĞŶĚĂƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƵƚƵŵŶ͛Ɛ ŝƐ ŶŽ ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶͲ ƚŚĞ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ĐĂƚŚĞĚƌĂů ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ >ĞĐƚƵƌĞ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ ϭ ǁŝůů ƉůĂǇƐ ŚŽƐƚ ƚŽ ŶĞǁ ƉŽĞƚ ůĂƵƌĞĂƚĞ ĂƌŽů ŶŶ ƵīǇ͕ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĐƌŝŵĞ ǁƌŝƚĞƌ ůĞǆĂŶĚĞƌ DĐ Ăůů ^ŵŝƚŚ͕ ϮϬϬϵ ŽŽŬĞƌ ƉƌŝǌĞ ŶŽŵŝŶĞĞ ͘^ ǇĂƩ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶǇ ŵŽƌĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌƚŚ ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĞǇĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ůŝŶĞ ƵƉ͕ ĂƐ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐĞĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͕ ĂƐ ŝƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ Žƌ ƉŽĞƚ ǁŝůů ƉŽƉ ďǇ͘

SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR VISUAL ARTS tŚĞƌĞ͗ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĂƚ ŐŝĂŶƚ ǁŚŝƚĞ ĂŝƌĐƌĂŌ ŚĂŶŐĂƌ ƚǇƉĞ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐĞĞ ĨƌŽŵ EŽƌĨŽůŬ ĂŶĚ ^ƵīŽůŬ dĞƌƌĂĐĞƐ͘ ,ŽŵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ tŽƌůĚ ƌƚ ĂŶĚ DƵƐĞŽůŽŐǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ^ĂŝŶƐďƵƌǇ ĞŶƚƌĞ ŚŽƐƚƐ ĂŶ ĂƌƌĂǇ ŽĨ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ Ăƌƚ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐĞƵŵ ĞǆŚŝďŝƚƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ĂƵƚƵŵŶ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ Subversive Spaces͕ Ă ƐƵƌƌĞĂůŝƐƚ ŵƵůƟŵĞĚŝĂ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƉĂŝŶƟŶŐ͕ ƐĐƵůƉƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ǀŝĚĞŽ͕ ĞǆƉůŽƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵĞƐ ŽĨ ǁĂŶĚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƐǇĐŚŝĐ ŝŶƚĞƌŝŽƌƐ ďǇ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ďǇ ƐƵĐŚ ŵĂƐƚĞƌƐ ĂƐ ^ĂůǀĂĚŽƌ Ăůŝ ĂŶĚ ZĞŶĞ DĂŐƌŝƩĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŝƐ ŶŽ ĞǆĐƵƐĞ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ƉŽƉ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞŵĂƌŬĂďůĞ ĚŽŽƌƐƚĞƉ ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞ͕ ŶŽƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĨƌĞĞ ĞŶƚƌǇ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵƌ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĐĂƌĚ͘ dŚĞ ĐĂŬĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂĨĠ ŝƐ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ŐŽŽĚ͕ ƚŽŽ͘

DRAMA STUDIO tŚĞƌĞ͗ dŚĂƚ ďŝŐ ǁŚŝƚĞ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐĞĞ ĂƐ ǇŽƵ ƐƚƵŵďůĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ > Z͘ ĞŶƚƌĂů ŚƵď ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŵĂ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚƌĂŵĂ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ ŚŽƐƚƐ ŵĂŶǇ Ă ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚůǇ ĂĐƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞĚ DŝŶŽƚĂƵƌ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ͕ ŵĂĚĞ ƵƉ ŽĨ ĚƌĂŵĂ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĞĐůĞĐƟĐ ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ :ŝŵ ĂƌƚǁƌŝŐŚƚ͛Ɛ Road͕ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůŝǀĞƐ ŽĨ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ŝŶ ŶŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ ŶŐůĂŶĚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ dŚĂƚĐŚĞƌ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͘ Ɛ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ƚŚĞ h ƌĂŵĂ ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ ŽƉĞŶƐ ŝƚ ĚŽŽƌƐ ƚŽ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŵƵĐŬ ŝŶ ĂŶĚ ŐŝǀĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ďĂĐŬƐƚĂŐĞ ǁŽƌŬ Ă ŐŽ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ĂƵƚƵŵŶ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŶƵĂů DiversifyͲ Ă ƐŚŽǁ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ŐŽĞƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ĐŽŵĞĚǇ͕ ƉůĂǇ ĞǆƚƌĂĐƚƐ͕ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ĚĂŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ŬŝĐŬ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ Our Country’s Good ďǇ dŝŵďĞƌůĂŬĞ tĞƌƚĞŶďĂŬĞƌ͕ Ă ƚĂůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǆƉůŽƌĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĚĞŵƉƟǀĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ͘ ŽƚŚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ Ăƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƉƌŝĐĞƐ͘

tŚĞƌĞ͗ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƚƵĐŬĞĚ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ŚĂƉĞůĮĞůĚ ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƉĞůĮĞůĚ ŐĂƌĚĞŶƐ͘ ĞƐƚ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŽ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ ZŽǇĂů͕ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƌƌǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƌŽĂĚ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƐƟůů͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂĚ ĂŶĚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƵŶŽďƚƌƵƐŝǀĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǁŚŝƚĞ ĨĂĕĂĚĞ͘ dŚĞ 'ĂƌĂŐĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌƚƐ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ Ă ŬĞĞŶ ĚĂŶĐĞƌ͘ /ƚ ƌƵŶƐ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ EŽƌĨŽůŬ ĂŶĐĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ŽƉĞŶ ƚŽ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ͕ WŝůĂƚĞƐ͕ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ ĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶǇ ŵŽƌĞ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ Žī ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŶĐĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĂƌďǇ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ ZŽǇĂů͘ ƌĂŵĂ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ƐŬŝůůƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ŽŶ ŽīĞƌ͘

MADDERMARKET tŚĞƌĞ͗ 'Ž ĚŽǁŶ >ŽǁĞƌ 'ŽĂƚ >ĂŶĞ Žī ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͕ ƚƵƌŶ ƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ůĞŌ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĂůůĞǇ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĞůŐŝĂŶ DŽŶŬ ƉƵď͘ dŚĞ DĂĚĚĞƌ DĂƌŬĞƚ ŝƐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŽĨ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ƐŵĂůů ďƵƚ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞƐ͘ ŵŽŶŐƐƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĂƵƚƵŵŶ͛Ɛ ůŝŶĞ ƵƉ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉĞƌůĂƟǀĞ ǁŝƚ ŽĨ tŝůĚĞ ĐŽƵƌƚĞƐǇ ŽĨ Lady Windemere’s Fan͕ ƚĂůĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĞƌůŝŶ Ăƚ ǁĂƌ ŝŶ :ŽŚŶ sĂŶ ƌƵƩĞŶ͛Ɛ I am a Camera ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ dŽĂĚ ŽĨ Toad Hall. Ŷ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ĐŽƐƚƵŵĞ ĚĞͲ ƐŝŐŶ ĐŽŵĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ DĂĚĚĞƌŵĂŬĞƚ͛Ɛ ĐŽƐƚƵŵŝĞƌ ŵĂŶĚĂ 'ƌĞĞŶͲ ĂǁĂǇ͕ ĂƐ ƐŚĞ ƚĂůŬƐ ǇŽƵ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŽŶ Ă ƐŚŽǁ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ͘

arts

22sept09 issue231

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THE CITY CONTINUED... THEATRE ROYAL tŚĞƌĞ͗ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ,ŝŐŚ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ͕ ƚƵƌŶ ůĞŌ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ďǇ DĂƌŬƐ ĂŶĚ ^ƉĞŶĐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŬĞĞƉ ŐŽŝŶŐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƌĞĨƵƌďŝƐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ŽĨ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ĂƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚƵƌĞ ǁŽƌŬ ĚŽŶĞ ǁĞůů͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐƚǇůŝƐŚ ǁŚŝƚĞ ĞǆƚĞƌŝŽƌ ƚĂƐƚĞĨƵůůǇ ůŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽůŽƵƌĞĚ ůŝŐŚƚƐ Ăƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ͘ Ƶƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŽŶ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵŶƚƐ͘ ,ŽŵĞ ƚŽ ďŝŐ ƚŽƵƌŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů ƐƚĂƌ ĐĂƐƚƐ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƵƚƵŵŶ͕ ůŽŽŬ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ŚŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚƌĞĂƚƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĚĂŶĐĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ EŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ ĂůůĞƚ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ Wuthering Heights ĨƌŽŵ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ϮϵƚŚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐ ZĂŵďĞƌƚ ĂŶĐĞ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ ƉĂƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ Comedy of Change ƚŽƵƌ ŝŶ ůĂƚĞ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ͘ >ŝŐŚƚ ŚĞĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ĐŽŵĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ Stepping Out͕ ƐƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ Eastender’s :ĞƐƐŝĞ tĂůůĂĐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚĂůĞ ŽĨ ĂŵĂƚĞƵƌ ĚĂŶĐĞƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƉĞ ŽĨ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŽŶ Ă ĚĞĐĞŶƚ ƐŚŽǁ͘ KŶ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ŶŽƚĞ͕ ĂŶ ĂĚĂƉƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ KƐĐĂƌ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ Įůŵ Rain Man ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ ZŽǇĂů͕ ƐƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ EĞŝů DŽƌƌŝƐƐĞǇ͘ DƵƐŝĐĂů ĨĂŶƐ ǁŝůů ŶŽ ĚŽƵďƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĚƌŽƉ ŝŶ ŽŶ Chicago͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ǁĞůů ǁŽƌƚŚ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƐƚĂŐĞ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ŽŶůǇ ĞǀĞƌ ƐĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͘ ŝŐ ĐŽŵŝĐ ŶĂŵĞƐ ĐŽŵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ :ŝŵŵǇ Ăƌƌ͕ ^ŝŵŽŶ ŵƐƚĞůů ĂŶĚ EŽĞů &ŝĞůĚŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ &ŝŶĂůůǇ͕ ŝŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ƚĂŬĞ ǇŽƵƌ h ĨĂŵŝůǇ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƉĂŶƚŽ͕ Robin Hood͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƉƌĞƚĞŶĚ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƌŽŶŝĐĂůůǇ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŵƵƐƚ͘

THE NORWICH PLAYHOUSE tŚĞƌĞ͗ dŚŝƐ ŽŶĞ͛Ɛ ƚƌŝĐŬŝĞƌ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͕ ŚĞĂĚ ŽƵƚ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ ƌŝǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ůŽŽŬ ĨŽƌ ƐŝŐŶƐ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌƚ ^ĐŚŽŽů͕ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŶĞĂƌůǇ ƚŚĞƌĞ͕ ũƵƐƚ ŐŽ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ďƌŝĚŐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ďĞ ǁŽƌƚŚ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ǇŽƵ ŚĞĂĚ Žī͊ ƐŵĂůůĞƌ ǀĞŶƵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ ůŝŶĞ ƵƉ͕ ŝƚ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚƐ ůŝĞ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŵĂůůĞƌ ƚŽƵƌŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ͘ /Ŷ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ͕ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĐŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ h ĂůƵŵ ĂŶĚ ZĂĚŝŽ ϰ ƐƚĂůǁĂƌƚ ƌƚŚƵƌ ^ŵŝƚŚ ƐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ƚŽ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ Ăƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ǀŝĚĞŽ ǁŝƚŚ ZĂĚŝŽ ϲ͛Ɛ ĚĂŵ ƵǆƚŽŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŶĚĞƌ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĂůŵŝŐŚƚǇ ǁŝƚŚ DĂƌĐƵƐ ƌŝŐƐƚŽĐŬĞ ŝŶ God Collar͘ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ Ă ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ďĂůůĞƚ The Nutcracker ĂŶĚ Ă ǀŝƐŝƚ ĨƌŽŵ ^ƚĞǁĂƌƚ >ĞĞ͕ ǁŚŽ͛Ɛ recent Comedy Vehicle ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ͕ ǁĂƐ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ĨĂŶƐ͘ ,ŝƐ ƐŚŽǁ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ƉƌĞĨĞƌ Ă ŵŝůĚĞƌ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶ͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĂƐŬ ĨŽƌ ŽŶĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ŽīĞŶĚĞĚ͘ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ŽīĞƌƐ ƵƉ ƐŽŵĞ ^ŚĂŬĞƐƉĞĂƌĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Othello ŽŶ ŽīĞƌ ĨŽƌ ĨĂŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂƌĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŽīĞƌ͕ ƐŽ ŐƌĂď Ă ůĞĂŇĞƚ͕ ƐĞĞ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĨĂŶĐǇ ĂŶĚ ŐŽ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƚ ǁŚǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƌĂǀĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ WůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞ ďĂƌ͕ Ă ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ŚĂŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Ăƌƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŶĞǆƚ ĚŽŽƌ͘

THE FORUM tŚĞƌĞ͗ :ƵƐƚ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ŐůĂƐƐ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ďůŝŶĚ ǇŽƵ ĨƌŽŵ ƌĞŇĞĐƚĞĚ ůŝŐŚƚ͘ dŚĞ ǀĞŶƚ ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚĞůů ǇŽƵ Ă ƐĞĐƌĞƚ ŶŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŵƵĐŚ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ĚĞƚƌŝŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞ &ŽƌƵŵ ŚĂƐ Ă ƉƌĞƩǇ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ůŝďƌĂƌǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĂŶ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďŽŽŬƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ h >ŝďƌĂƌǇ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ϭϮϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĞŵ͘ tĞůů͕ ŶŽƚ ĂŶǇŵŽƌĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ŐŽ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĚ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ Ă ƉůĞĂƐŝŶŐ ůĂǇŽƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚ ďŽŽŬƐ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĚ͕ Ă ďŝƚ ůŝŬĞ Ă ŽƌĚĞƌƐ͘ ǆĐĞƉƚ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬƐ ĂƌĞ ĨƌĞĞ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ƐŝŐŶ ƵƉ͘ ZĞƐƵůƚ͊ dŚĞ &ŽƌƵŵ ĂůƐŽ ŚŽƐƚƐ ŽŵĞĚǇ ^ƚŽƌĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ &ŽƌƵŵ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ŚĂƐ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ DŝĐŚĂĞů DĐ/ŶƚǇƌĞ͕ ZƵƐƐĞůů ,ŽǁĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ ůĂŶ Ăƌƌ͕ ƐŽ ĐĂƚĐŚ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ DŝŬĞ 'ƵŶŶ͕ ĚĚǇ ǀĂŶ ĚĞ ŽƌŐŚ͕ 'ŽƌĚŽŶ ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ ĂŶĚ ĚĂŵ ůŽŽŵ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚ ŶĂŵĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ă ŵƵĐŚ ŚǇƉĞĚ ds ƐŚŽǁ͕ Žƌ ĞůƐĞ ĨĂĚĞ ŝŶƚŽ ŽďƐĐƵƌŝƚǇ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ƉŽƉ ŝŶ ƚŽ ĐŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ &ƵƐŝŽŶ͕ dŚĞ &ŽƌƵŵ͛Ɛ ĨƌĞĞ Ăƌƚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͕ Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ĐƵƌǀĞĚ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ͕ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞůůŝŶŐ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ͘

THE CASTLE tŚĞƌĞ͗ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŽĨ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͕ ŶĞĂƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƚƌĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƚůĞ DĂůů͕ ĨƵŶŶŝůǇ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͘ Ɛ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŽŽĚůĞƐ ŽĨ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ͕ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ƚĞĂƉŽƚ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ dĂǆŝĚĞƌŵǇ ƚŽ ƐĂƟƐĨǇ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ĞǀĞƌ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ Ă ǌŽŽ ŝƐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƚŽŽ ĂĐƟǀĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝŬŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƚůĞ ŝƐ ŚŽŵĞ ƚŽ Ă ƉƌĞƩǇ ŶŝŌǇ Ăƌƚ ŐĂůůĞƌǇ͘ hŶƟů KĐƚŽďĞƌ ϰƚŚ ŝƚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ĂŶ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ŽŶ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ Ăƌƚ ĂŶĚ ŝŵƉƌŝƐŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ No Visible Means of Escape ĞǆƉůŽƌĞƐ ƉƵŶŝƐŚŵĞŶƚ͕ ƐƵƌǀĞŝůůĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐǇ ŽĨ ŝŵƉƌŝƐŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ &ŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŐĂůůĞƌǇ ƚĞĂŵƐ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ dĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ^ŚĞĸĞůĚ ĂŶĚ dǇŶĞ ĂŶĚ tĞĂƌ DƵƐĞƵŵƐ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ Ă ǁŽƌŬ ƚŚĂƚ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ŝĚĞŶƟƚǇ ĂŶĚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂůŝƚǇ͕ ĐĂůůĞĚ 'ƌĞĂƚ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƌƚ͍

NORWICH ARTS CENTRE tŚĞƌĞ͗ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƚƌŝĐŬǇ ĮŶĚ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ǁĞůů ǁŽƌƚŚ ŝƚ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ĚŽ͘ dŚĞ ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ďĞĂƵƟĨƵůůǇ ĂĚĂƉƚĞĚ ĐŚƵƌĐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƐǇ dĞŶ ĞůůƐ ƉƵď ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƉŽƐƚ ƐŚŽǁ ĂŶĂůǇƐŝƐ ĂŶĚ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ͘ ,ĞĂĚ ĚŽǁŶ hƉƉĞƌ Žƌ >ŽǁĞƌ 'ŽĂƚ ůĂŶĞ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͕ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ ƌŝǀĞƌ͘ dƵƌŶ ůĞŌ ŽŶƚŽ ^ƚ ĞŶĞĚŝĐƚ͛Ɛ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ ĂŶĚ ŬĞĞƉ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƵŶƟů ǇŽƵ ƚŚŝŶŬ Ăůů ŚŽƉĞ ŝƐ ůŽƐƚ͘ ŐĂŝŶ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ǁŽƌƚŚ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ŵĂƉ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐŽŵƉĂƐƐ͘ dŚĞ ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ŵƵƐŝĐ ďĂƐĞĚ ǀĞŶƵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŽƵƌ ĂƌĞĂ͕ ďƵƚ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ŵĂŶǇ Ă ǁŚŝŵƐŝĐĂů ŵŝŶƐƚƌĞů ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ĂŶĚ Ă ĚƌĞĂŵ͕ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƚĂŶĚ ƵƉƐ dƌĞǀŽƌ >ŽĐŬĞ͕ ůƵŶ ŽĐŚƌĂŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ĂŶŝĞů <ŝƚƐŽŶ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ d͘^ ůŝŽƚ ƉƌŝǌĞ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ h ĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ ^ǌŝƌƚĞƐ ŝŶ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŝƐ ƉŽĞƚƌǇ͘ dŚĞǇ ĂůƐŽ ŽīĞƌ Ă ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ŝŶ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďƌĂŶĐŚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ďƵďďůĞ͘

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ƐŵŝůĞ ĐŽƐƚƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ďƵƚ ŐŝǀĞƐ ŵƵĐŚ͘ /ƚ ĞŶƌŝĐŚĞƐ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƉŽŽƌĞƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ŐŝǀĞ͕ ŝƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ Ă ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŵŽƌǇ ŽĨ ŝƚ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ůĂƐƚƐ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ͘ EŽŶĞ ŝƐ ƐŽ ƌŝĐŚ Žƌ ŵŝŐŚƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ĐĂŶ ŐĞƚ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŝƚ ĂŶĚ ŶŽŶĞ ƐŽ ƉŽŽƌ ďƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŵĂĚĞ ƌŝĐŚ ďǇ ŝƚ͘ ƐŵŝůĞ ĐƌĞĂƚĞƐ ŚĂƉƉŝŶĞƐƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞ͕ &ŽƐƚĞƌƐ ŐŽŽĚ ǁŝůů ŝŶ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƐŝŐŶ ŽĨ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐŚŝƉ͘ /ƚ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ƌĞƐƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĂƌǇ͕ ĐŚĞĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĚ͕ ƐƵŶƐŚŝŶĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĂĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶĂƚƵƌĞƐ ďĞƐƚ ĂŶƟĚŽƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚƌŽƵďůĞ͘ zĞƚ ŝƚ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ďĞ ďŽƵŐŚƚ͕ ďĞŐŐĞĚ͕ ďŽƌƌŽǁĞĚ Žƌ ƐƚŽůĞŶ͕ ĨŽƌ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŽĨ ŶŽ ǀĂůƵĞ ƚŽ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ƵŶƟů ŝƚ ŝƐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ĂǁĂǇ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŽŽ ƟƌĞĚ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ǇŽƵ Ă ^ŵŝůĞ͘ 'ŝǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌƐ͕ ĂƐ ŶŽŶĞ ŶĞĞĚƐ Ă ƐŵŝůĞ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŚĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ŶŽ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ͘

>Ğƚ ŵĞ ĚŝĞ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ǇŽƵƌ ǁŽƌůĚ ŽĨ ůĞƉƌŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌǀĞƌƚĞĚ ƐŬǇƐĐƌĂƉĞƌƐ ĐĂƐƟŶŐ ŝŵŵŽƌƚĂů ƐŚĂĚŽǁƐ ŽĨ ŵŝĐƌŽĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ŽǀĞƌ ĞĂĐŚ ŽǁŶĞĚ ŚĞĂĚ ĂŶĚ ŚĂŶĚ ŚĂŶĚƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚŽůĚ ƚĞĂƌĨƵůůǇ ƚŽ ŚŽůŽŐƌĂŵƐ ŽĨ ŐƌĞĞŶ ĂŶĚ ďƵǇ͕ ďƵǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŝŵ ŽĨ Ă ĐƌǇƐƚĂůůŝǌĞĚ ďŝůůďŽĂƌĚ ƐƵďůŝŵŝŶĂůůǇ ĐĂƐƚƌĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ĚĞŚƵŵĂŶŝǌĞĚ ĞǆĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ǁƌŝŶŬůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƌĂŶŽŝĂ ĨŽƌ ƉŝǆĞůƐ ŝŶ Ă ƉŽƌƚƌĂŝƚ ĂŶĚ Ă ŚĂŶĚƐŽŵĞ͕ ƐŚŝŶǇ ĂǀĂƚĂƌ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶƐĞƌƚĞĚ͘

Never too Old dŽĚĂǇ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ͘ dŽ ŐŽ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂǇ ďƵƚ Ăŵ / ƚŽŽ ŽůĚ͕ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŽ ƵŶĨŽůĚ͘ ^ŚŽƵůĚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ŽĨ ŵǇ ĂŐĞ Žƌ ũƵƐƚ ŐŽ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƌĂŐĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ĐĂƌĞƐ ďƵƚ ŵĞ͍ / ĐŽƵůĚ Đůŝŵď Ă ƚƌĞĞ͕ ŝĨ / ƌĞĂůůǇ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĨƌĞĞ͘

>Ğƚ ŵĞ ůŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ďĞ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝǀŝůĞŐĞ ŽĨ ǀŝƌƚƵĞ ŝŶ ĂŶ ĞƐƚƌĂŶŐĞĚ ǁŽƌůĚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŵŽƌĂůƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƐŝƚĐŽŵƐ ĂŶĚ / ĐĂŶ ƐƋƵĞĞǌĞ ƐĂŶĚ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŵǇ ƚŽĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƌĨ ǁŝůů ǁĂƐŚ ĂǁĂǇ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŐƌĂŝŶ ǁŚĞŶ / ůĂǇ ƚŽ ƌĞƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚƵƌďƵůĞŶƚ ƐĞƌĞŶŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ůƵƐƚĞƌͲƐŽĂŬĞĚ ƐŚŽƌĞ͘

D Smith Anon͘

One Man’s Birth is One Man’s Prison dŚĞ ůĂŶĚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ďĞƐƚŽǁĞĚ ŝƚƐ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ŝŶ ŵĞ͕ dŚĞ ƉƌŝĚĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƉƵƌŶƐ ŵǇ ŚĂŶĚ hƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŝƌŝƚƐ ŽĨ ůĂŶĚ ĂĨĂƌ͘ ĂĐŚ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ďĞĂƌƐ ŝƚƐ ďƵƌĚĞŶ͛Ɛ ǁĞŝŐŚƚ͕ / ŵƵƐƚ ƐƚĂǇ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞůŝĞǀĞ ŝƚƐ ĂƌŵƐ KĨ ƚŚĞ ƚǇƌĂŶŶǇ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĞ ŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ŚĂƚƌĞĚ͘ ĂĐŚ ďƵĚ ďůŽŽŵƐ ŝŶ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ĨĂůů͕ dŚĞ ƉĞƚĂůƐ ŇŽĂƚ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƌĨĂĐĞ͕ Ƶƚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƐŝŶŬ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂďǇƐƐ͘ ŶĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ƐĂƉůŝŶŐƐ ƐƉŽƌĞ Ă ƉůĞĚŐĞ͕ dŽ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƚ ŝƚƐ ƐŽŝů ĂŶĚ ŵŝŶĞƌĂůƐ ĚĞĂƌ͘ dŚĞ ůŝĨĞ ŽĨ ďƵĚƐ ďŽƌŶ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƌŬ͕ ŽŶĚĞŵŶĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ůŝĨĞ ŝŶ ĚĂŵŶĂƟŽŶ͕ Ž ŐůŽƌǇ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ǁŝůů ƐŽŵĞĚĂǇ ĐŽŵĞ ŚŽŵĞ͕ Ƶƚ ƉƌĂǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŵĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŐƌĂǀĞƐ ƐĞƚ ŝŶ ƐƚŽŶĞ͘

>Ğƚ ŵĞ ůŝǀĞ ŝŶ ĂŶ ĂĚŽďĞ ŚŽƵƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐƵŶͲƐƋƵĂƐŚĞĚ ƐŬǇůŝŐŚƚ ǁŝƚŚ ǀĂƌŝĞŐĂƚĞĚ ƐŬŝŶƐ ďƵƐŝĞĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ŵǇ ůĂŶĚ ĂǁĂŬĞŶĞĚ ĞĂĐŚ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵŽŝƐƚ͕ ƚƌŽƉŝĐĂů ŬŝƐƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ŚĂƌůĞƋƵŝŶ ŽĨ WĂƌĂĚŝƐĞ ƐŽŶŐďŝƌĚƐ ŵĂƌĐŚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂŬĞĚ ďƌŽǁŶ ŽĨ ŵǇ ƐĂŶĚĂůǁŽŽĚ ƉŽƌĐŚ͘

Seasons

zŽƵ ƌĞŵŝŶĚ ŵĞ ŽĨ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ͛Ɛ ĮŶĞƐƚ ďůŽŽŵ͕ ĂƐ ĞĂĐŚ ďƌĞĂƚŚ ǇŽƵ ŐŝǀĞ ŝƐ Ă ƐŽŌ ƐǁĞĞƚ ƚƵŶĞ͘ Ɛ ĂƵƚƵŵŶ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂǀĞƐ ŐŽ ďƌŽǁŶ͕ ǇŽƵ ƐƟůů ƐƚĂŶĚ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽƵĚ͘ dŚĞ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ ŝƐ ƐŽ ƌĂǁ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƌƐŚ͘ zĞƚ ǇŽƵ ƐƟůů ďƵƌŶ ďƌŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ǁƌĞƚĐŚĞĚ ĚĂƌŬ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽůĚŶĞƐƐ ƉŽƵŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƵŶĚƐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ďŽŶĞ ŝŶ ŵǇ ďŽĚǇ ďƵƚ ŵǇ ŚĞĂƌƚ ŝƐ ŬĞƉƚ ǁĂƌŵ ďǇ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌŝŶŐ Ă ĮŶĞ ƐŽŵĞďŽĚǇ͘ dŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ ůƵŵŝŶŽƵƐ ůŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ƚĞŶĚĞƌ ǁĂƌŵƚŚ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵƌ ŐůƵƩŽŶŽƵƐ ŬŝŶĚŶĞƐƐ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŵĞ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ůĂƵŶĐŚ͕ ŚŝŐŚ ŝŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Ăŝƌ ĨƌĞĞ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶƐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ƐƟůů ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ŵĞ͘

'ƌĂŶƚ ŵĞ ĞǆƟŶĐƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ǇŽƵƌ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŶƐƵŵĞ ŽƵƌ ŵŝŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽĂŬ ŽƵƌ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ŚŽŵĞƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ƉƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŐůŽƌǇ ŽĨ ŝŐŶŽƌĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĞǆĐĞƐƐ ůŝŬĞ ,ŽůǇ ǀĞƌƐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŬĞĚ microcosm ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ďĞĂŵĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŐŽůĚͲŇĂŬĞĚ ǁŝƌĞ ĂŶĚ ďƵƌŶƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŽƵƌ ĞǇĞ ƐŽĐŬĞƚƐ Ăƚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ďƌĂŶĚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŵŝƌƌŽƌĞĚ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ ƉůĂǇĞĚ Ăƚ ŵĂǆŝŵƵŵ ǀŽůƵŵĞ ƚŽ ĚƌŽǁŶ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞŝŐŚďŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽŶŽƐǇůůĂďŝĐ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ŽŶ ĞǀĞƌǇ ǌŽŵďŝĞ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ͘ >Ğƚ ŵĞ ůŝǀĞ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ǇŽƵƌ ĐĂŐĞ ŽĨ ŝŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ ďƌŽŬĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŇŽƌĞƐĐĞŶƚ ůŝŐŚƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƉŝŶƐƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĂůĞŶƚůĞƐƐ ĚĞŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƵŶƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ĐĂƚĂĐůǇƐŵ ĂŶĚ EĂǌŝͲĚĞŵŽĐƌĂƚ ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚǇƉŶŽƟĐ ƐŵŝůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƐĞƚ ƌĂĚŝŽ ƐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƵŶŵĂĚĞ ďĞĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĂƚĂŶŝĐ ƉŽƉĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌĂŶĐŚŝƐĞĚ ƐŽůŝƉƐŝƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐƐ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ŝŶ Ă ĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůŝƐƚƐ ĚƌĞƐƐĞĚ ŝŶ ƵŶŝĨŽƌŵ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŶƚ͘

Stephanie Cross

Kirsty Brook

Writers Block dŽ ƐŽŽƚŚĞ ŵǇ ƐŽƵů / ďĞŐŝŶ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ďĞŐŝŶƐ ƚŽ ƐƟŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ŝŶŬ ǁŚŝƌůƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂŐĞ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ǁŚĂƚ / ǁĂŶƚ ŝƚ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ͘ dŚĞ ďůƵĞ ƐƋƵŝŐŐůĞƐ ũŽŝŶ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͕ ĂƐ / ĐůƵƚĐŚ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ďŽƵŶĚ ďǇ ůĞĂƚŚĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ůĞĂƚŚĞƌ ĐŽǀĞƌ ŝƐ ĐŽŽů͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ĂƐ / ǁƌŝƚĞ / ĨĞĞů ƐƵĐŚ Ă ĨŽŽů͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ǁŚŽ / Ăŵ ĂƐ / ŚŝĚĞ ďĞŚŝŶĚ Ă ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ͘ / ŐƌĂď Ă ďĂƌ ŽĨ ƐŽĂƉ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƚĐŚ ƚŚĞ ďƵďďůĞƐ ůĂƚŚĞƌ͘ / ǁĂƐŚ ŵǇ ŚĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ Ğǀŝů ƉůŽƚ ĂŶĚ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĐůŽĐŬ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŐŽĞƐ ƟĐŬ ƚŽĐŬ͘ / ůŽƐĞ ƚŚĞ ĮŐŚƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŶ ĂŶĚ / ƐƚŽƉ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ ǁƌŝƚĞƌƐ ďůŽĐŬ

>Ğƚ ŵĞ ďĞ ĨƌĞĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ /͍ůů ĚŽ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ ŝƐ ƚŚŝƐ͗ ͍/͍ůů ůĞƚ ǇŽƵ ĨƵĐŬ ĂŶĚ ĞǆƉůŽŝƚ ǇŽƵƌ ǁŽƌůĚ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂŶĚ / ǁŽŶ͍ƚ ƌĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƐĞƐ ƚŽ ƐƉŽŝů ǇŽƵƌ ĐĂƵƐĞ ũƵƐƚ ůĞƚ ŵĞ ůŝǀĞ ŝŶ ĂŶ ĂĚŽďĞ ŚŽƵƐĞ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ǇŽƵ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞ ƉĂƚĐŚ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐƚĂƌƌǇ ǀŝĞǁ͕ /͍ůů ŶŽƚ ƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞŐǇ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŽƌůĚ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵ͍ ƐŽ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶĞůǇ ƉŚĂŶƚĂƐŵ ŽďƐĐƵƌĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ƐǁĂƌŵ ŽĨ ǀĂŝŶ ĨĂĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ůŝƐƚůĞƐƐ ƚŽŶĞƐ͘

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PRIMETIME - BIG BROTHER DOWNLOAD - TRUE BLOOD It hasn’t been cool to like Big Brother for a good few years now. Since Nikki, Pete, Aisleyne, Grace et al. kept us glued back in 2006 the show has been gradually declining in media coverage, viewership and, arguably, quality. This year ƚŚĞ ĚƌŽƉ ŝŶ ƌĂƟŶŐƐ ǁĂƐ ƐŽ ƐĞǀĞƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂŶŶĞů 4 decided against recommissioning the show beyond next year’s eleventh season. It’s a shame really because, surprisingly,

Big Brother 10 was one of the best series in the ƐŚŽǁ͛Ɛ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ͘ EŽƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ƚǁŝƐƚƐ Žƌ over-complicated tasks, but because of storylines that emerged between the housemates. The tangle of men won over by Irish magnet Noirin ǁĂƐ ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞ ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ƌƵůĞͲďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐ ǁĂƐ ĂĚĚŝĐƟǀĞůǇ ŝŶĨƵƌŝĂƟŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉĞƌͲďŝƚĐŚ ĞĂ ǁĂƐ just brilliant. But what really made this series stand out ǁĂƐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƐŵĂůů ƚŚŝŶŐƐ͘ KŶĞͲŽī ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ůŝŬĞ Lisa and David going into central London dressed

as aliens, the hilarious drunken moments from the adorable Sophie, tantrum-prone Rodrigo ͚ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ YƵĞĞŶ͕͛ DĂƌĐƵƐ͛ ͞ŐƌĂǀĞǇĂƌĚ ƐŚŝŌ͟ ďĞŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌƌƵƉƚĞĚ ďǇ ŚŝƐ ŵŝƐĐŚŝĞǀŽƵƐ housemates. There were moments when, for ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ ƚŽ think of Big Brother as a social experiment rather ƚŚĂŶ Ă ŚĞĂǀŝůǇ ƐƚĂŐĞĚ͕ ƌĂƟŶŐƐͲĚƌŝǀĞŶ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ drama. Proof enough, that just leaving wellchosen idiots to get on with it, without too much ŝŶƚĞƌĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƌĂƟŶŐƐͲŚƵŶŐƌǇ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌƐ͕ does make for good TV. ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ŵĞŶƟŽŶ ŵƵƐƚ ĂůƐŽ ŐŽ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞǀĂŵƉĞĚ ĞǀŝĐƟŽŶ ƐŚŽǁƐ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĂǀŝŶĂ ͞^Ž ůŝƐƚĞŶ͙͟ DĐ Ăůů ǁĂƐ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ďǇ ƚǁŽ ƉĂŶĞůŝƐƚƐ͕ usually one celebrity viewer and one psychology ĞǆƉĞƌƚ͘ dŚĞ ǀŝĞǁƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŽͲĐĂůůĞĚ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟĞƐ͛ were quite hit-and-miss as the weeks went by, ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĞǀĞƌ WĞƌƐŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉĂŶĞů ǁĂƐ ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ Ă ƌĞĂů ŝŶƐŝŐŚƚ into the behaviour the housemates displayed. dŽƉ ŵĂƌŬƐ ƚŽ ĂǀŝŶĂ͕ Ă ůĂĚǇ ǁŚŽƐĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ƐƚǇůĞ ŚĂƐ ŽŌĞŶ ĚŝǀŝĚĞĚ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ͕ ĨŽƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ŽŶ remarkably good form throughout. This year the show received a minimal amount of press coverage, compared to extensive supplements and columns in past years, and that inevitably dented the show’s popularity. The media decided before the ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ĞǀĞŶ ůĂƵŶĐŚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŇŽƉ͕ but the reality was that it was actually rather brilliant. Perhaps it was the simplicity of the tasks, perhaps it was the nostalgia of its tenth anniversary, or perhaps it was just the excellent variety of genuine idiots; whatever the reason, Big Brother 10 was a strong run, and hopefully BB11͕ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĞǀĞƌ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ;ŽŶ ŚĂŶŶĞů ϰ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚͿ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĞǀĞŶ ďĞƩĞƌ͘ Shaun Kitchener

NEW SEASON ROLL-CALL

The new US television season looks set to ďĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ŶĞǁ ƐŚŽǁƐ galore and promising new plotlines for old favourites; with news and announcements coming thick and fast. There is news of recently cancelled Chronicles star Summer Glau joining the cast of Dollhouse this year, along with a

Paris Hilton guest role in Supernatural and a Rumer Willis appearance in 90210. One show we all thought was over is cult comedy Scrubs, which will in fact be returning, albeit with a major makeover and a depleted cast. According to sources, while most of the regulars will be returning for the new season,

dŚĞƌĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŵƵĐŚ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ surrounding this weird but wonderful new HBO series. It deals with a concept that many vampire related TV series have restrained from exploring in depth: that vampires are capable of living in peace among humans. Not only that, but they are also capable of developing ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐĨƵů͕ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ĞŶĚĞĂƌŝŶŐ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŽďũĞĐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďůŽŽĚͲ

ƚŽŵĞƌƐ Ăƚ DĞƌůŽƩĞΖƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ŚŝĐŬ ďĂƌ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ thanks to Bill, one of the few vampires willing to enter the mainstream who receives widespread derision from the locals and Sam MerůŽƩĞ͕ ^ŽŽŬŝĞ͛Ɛ ďŽƐƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĚŵŝƌĞƌ͕ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ƚƌŽƵďůĞƐ ĚŵŝƩĞĚůǇ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ůŽƚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ǇŽƵƌ ŚĞĂĚ around in True Blood. There is the ever-present metaphor of alcohol, not so subtly embodied in the mother of Sookie's friend, Tara constantly ĐƵƌƐŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ĚƌƵŶŬĞŶ ŚĂǌĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌůǇ ƚĂůŬĞĚ about in references to discrepancies in the

“The show balances humanistic interpretation of good and evil with the supernatural”

lust, even if the majority of the vampires are the same evil blood drinkers we've learnt to scream in delighted horror at. tŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŵŝǆture of fear and undertones of disgust at the ŽǀĞƌĂĐƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ ĐŽƐƚƵŵĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ seem to stereotype most TV vampires. This can be overlooked as, to the credit of the show, this does not divert from the essence of the plot, which revolves around Sookie Stackhouse, the orphaned, telepathic 25-year-old, who quickly ĮŶĚƐ ůŽǀĞ ĂŶĚ Ă ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ vampires, much to the disapproval of her cus-

^ĂƌĂŚ ŚĂůŬĞ ĂŶĚ ĂĐŚ ƌĂī ǁŝůů ŽŶůǇ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ĨŽƌ several episodes, presumably to ease the tranƐŝƟŽŶ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƐĞƚͲƵƉ͘ This season will see the launch of the brand new Courtney Cox comedy, Cougar Town, while hŐůǇ ĞƩǇ, The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother will be returning. tŚŝůĞ ƐƵƌĞͲĮƌĞ ŚŝƚƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ Lost and 24 were ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂŐ ĐŽŵĞ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ƟŵĞ͕ ƐŚŽǁƐ such as Chuck were renewed only to have their ďƵĚŐĞƚ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ůĞŶŐƚŚ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůǇ ƐůĂƐŚĞĚ͘ Network bosses were also angered when Dexter and Mad Men footage was leaked online before their air dates, while the start of Dollhouse has recently been pushed back. However, Sci-Fi channel has announced that they will be ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ǁĞĞŬƐ ĂŌĞƌ ŝƚ ďĞgins in America, meaning we get to see it sooner than ever. KƚŚĞƌ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ŶĞǁ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ǁŝůů ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ŶĞǁ :ĞƌƌǇ ƌƵĐŬŚĞŝŵĞƌ ĐƌĞĂƟŽŶƐ͕ dŚĞ &ŽƌŐŽƩĞŶ, folůŽǁŝŶŐ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ĂŵĂƚĞƵƌ ĚĞƚĞĐƟǀĞƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ŝĚĞŶƟĨǇ ƵŶŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚ ĐŽƌƉƐĞƐ͖ ĂŶĚ medical drama, Miami Trauma.

past which match in horror value even the vilĞƐƚ ǀĂŵƉŝƌĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ĂĚĚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ĂƐ ŝƚ ďĂůĂŶĐĞƐ Ă ŚƵŵĂŶŝƐƟĐ ŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƚĂƟŽŶ of good and evil with the supernatural in a way ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞŶĂďůĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĞŵŽƟŽŶal depth. Even the vampires have to obey certain rules. When Bill is accused of murdering a fellow vampire, he is put on trial and awaits his punishment. No one is above the law, even if the vampire law does in fact mean an awful lot of innocent vampires sentenced to all sorts of gruelling, Hammer Horror-style torture. If you haven't downloaded the series or ƐĞŶƚ Žī ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵƌ ďŽǆ ƐĞƚ ŽĨ dƌƵĞ ůŽŽĚ ǇĞƚ͕ ŝƚΖƐ not one to miss, so do it soon and those lucky ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĂƚĞůůŝƚĞ ĐĂŶ ĐĂƚĐŚ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƚǁŽ episodes on FX, Fridays at 10pm. Ella Fairhurst

dǁŽ ƐŚŽǁƐ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŶŐ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ďƵǌǌ ĂƌĞ ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞͲĮĐƟŽŶ ƐŚŽǁ Flash Forward, billed as the new Lost, and FOX show, Human Target, based on the DC comic of the same name. While Channel 5 has received the rights to the former,

no air date has yet been announced. ůƐŽ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ĂƌĞ Twilight Žīspring, The Vampire Diaries and controversial Mischa Barton vehicle, ĞĂƵƟĨƵů >ŝĨĞ (pictured ĨĂƌ ůĞŌͿ ƚŽƉƉŝŶŐ Žī ǁŚĂƚ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ŵĞŵorable year. Caroline Preece

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Josh Butler ƚĂŬĞƐ ƵƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƐƚĞůůĂƌ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ͘ The most important date in the television calendar this year falls on Sunday, the 20th of September. Like the Oscars for small-screen stars, the Emmys bring together a wide variety of ƚĂůĞŶƚƐ ƚŽŽ ŽŌĞŶ ŽǀĞƌƐŚĂĚŽǁĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŝůǀĞƌͲ screen cousins and put them centre stage. This year’s awards are presented by the impossibly ĐŚĂƌŝƐŵĂƟĐ EĞŝů WĂƚƌŝĐŬ ,ĂƌƌŝƐ ŽĨ How I Met Your Mother ĂŶĚ ŽŽŐŝĞ ,ŽǁƐĞƌ͕ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ an awards show staple having co-presented the ůĞƐƐĞƌͲŬŶŽǁŶ ƌĞĂƟǀĞ ƌƚƐ ŵŵǇƐ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ Scrubs star Sarah Chalke as well as performing Ă ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐ͕ ,ƵŐŚ :ĂĐŬŵĂŶͲƐƚǇůĞ ƐƵŵŵĂƌǇ ƐŽŶŐ at this year’s Tonys. If the Emmys are the TV Oscars, the Tonys are the Broadway Emmys – you owe yourself a YouTube visit for that. ,ĂƌƌŝƐ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ŝƐ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ŵŵǇ ĨŽƌ ďĞƐƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ĂĐƚŽƌ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ƌŽůĞ as Barney on How I Met Your Mother, one of ĨŽƵƌ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ϭϲ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƚƌŝůďǇͲĚŽĸŶŐ Mad Men, 17 for Drew Barrymore TV-movie, Grey Gardens ĂŶĚ ϮϮ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ

for Tina Fey’s 30 Rock. In a controversial move, ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐĞƌƐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚ ĞĚŝƟŶŐ ĚŽǁŶ the acceptance speeches of shows with lower ǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ŝŶ ĨĂǀŽƵƌ ŽĨ ŵŽƌĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ series such as Lost ;ϱ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶƐͿ͘ tŚŝůĞ ƚŚŝƐ may have made sense from a populist point of view the proposal was quickly quashed by an outraged online community who argued that

“Hugh Jackman gets an Emmy nomination while at the Oscars” the whole point of the Emmys was to bring ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĚĞƐĞƌǀŝŶŐ ƐŚŽǁƐ͘ Indeed, in the category for best comedy ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂŵĂ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ĨŽƵƌ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ĮǀĞ ĂƌĞ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞƐ of 30 Rock and Mad Men͕ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞůǇ͕ ƐŽ ƚŽ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ ĐƵƫŶŐ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞƐĞ shows seems contrary to the spirit of awards ƐŚŽǁƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŚŝŐŚ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ĐŽƵŶƚ ŝƐ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ĂŶ

NOMINEES & WINNERS OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES Big Love - HBO Breaking Bad - AMC Damages - FX Networks Dexter - ^ŚŽǁƟŵĞ House - FOX Lost - ABC Mad Men - AMC

WINNER: MAD MEN OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Sally Field ĂƐ EŽƌĂ tĂůŬĞƌ ŝŶ Brothers & Sisters - ABC Glenn Close ĂƐ WĂƩǇ ,ĞǁĞƐ ŝŶ Damages - FX Networks Mariska Hargitay ĂƐ ĞƚĞĐƟǀĞ KůŝǀŝĂ ĞŶƐŽŶ ŝŶ >Ăǁ Θ KƌĚĞƌ͗ ^ƉĞĐŝĂů sŝĐƟŵƐ hŶŝƚ - NBC Elisabeth Moss ĂƐ WĞŐŐǇ KůƐŽŶ ŝŶ Mad Men AMC Holly Hunter ĂƐ 'ƌĂĐĞ ,ĂŶĂĚĂƌŬŽ ŝŶ Saving Grace - TNT Kyra Sedgwick ĂƐ ƌĞŶĚĂ >ĞŝŐŚ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ ŝŶ The Closer - TNT

WINNER: GLENN CLOSE

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Bryan Cranston ĂƐ tĂůƚĞƌ tŚŝƚĞ ŝŶ Breaking Bad - AMC Michael C. Hall ĂƐ ĞǆƚĞƌ DŽƌŐĂŶ ŝŶ Dexter ^ŚŽǁƟŵĞ Hugh Laurie ĂƐ ƌ͘ 'ƌĞŐŽƌǇ ,ŽƵƐĞ ŝŶ House FOX Gabriel Byrne ĂƐ WĂƵů ŝŶ In Treatment - HBO :ŽŶ ,Ăŵŵ as Don Draper in Mad Men - AMC ^ŝŵŽŶ ĂŬĞƌ ĂƐ WĂƚƌŝĐŬ :ĂŶĞ ŝŶ The Mentalist CBS WINNER: BRYAN CRANSTON OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES 30 Rock - NBC Entourage - HBO Family Guy - FOX Flight Of The Conchords - HBO How I Met Your Mother - CBS dŚĞ KĸĐĞ Ͳ NBC Weeds - ^ŚŽǁƟŵĞ

WINNER: 30 ROCK

enjoyable quirk of an award show that could teach the Oscars some tricks. One nice touch is having separate awards for comedy and drama which recognises the ŐƌĞĂƚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƚĂůĞŶƚƐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĞĂĐŚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ ĨŽƌ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ŶƵĂŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ the TV medium; Lie To Me and True Blood are both nominated for best intro sequence and Coca-Cola are up for an award for their heist ad. /ƚ͛Ɛ ĨƵŶ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ^ƚĞǀĞ DĂƌƟŶ͕ :ƵƐƟŶ dŝŵďĞƌůĂŬĞ ĂŶĚ :ĞŶŶŝĨĞƌ ŶŝƐƚŽŶ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŐƵĞƐƚ ƐƉŽƚƐ ŝŶ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĞƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ DŝĐŚĂĞů :͘ &Žǆ͕ ƌĞŶĚĂ ůĞƚŚǇŶ ĂŶĚ ĂƌŽů ƵƌŶĞƩ ŝŶ ĚƌĂŵĂƐ͘ ůƐŽ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ Flight of the Conchords’ song ‘Carol Brown’ is nominated for ďĞƐƚ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ,ƵŐŚ :ĂĐŬŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ĂĨŽƌĞŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ KƐĐĂƌ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĞƌĞďǇ ƌĞĂůŝƐŝŶŐ ŚƌŝƐ ZŽĐŬ͛Ɛ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶ ĂĐƚŽƌ ĐŽƵůĚ ŐĞƚ ĂŶ ŵŵǇ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ǁŚŝůĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ Oscars. dŚĞ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ƚŚŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŵǇƐ ŝƐ that the top categories are never a sure thing. tŚŽ ǁŝůů ǁŝŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ Dexter and House or

Entourage and Family Guy is anybody’s guess. KĨ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĂĐƚƌĞƐƐ ŝŶ Ă drama category where this year cinema’s big ŚŝƩĞƌƐ ůŝŬĞ 'ůĞŶŶ ůŽƐĞ ĂŶĚ ,ŽůůǇ ,ƵŶƚĞƌ ĂƌĞ ƉŝƩĞĚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ǀĞƚĞƌĂŶƐ ŽĨ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ůŝŬĞ ^ĂůůǇ Field and Elizabeth Moss. It is great to see the ƟƚůĞƐ ŽĨ ĐĂƌƚŽŽŶ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ůŝŬĞ American Dad and Robot Chicken referred to with an incongruous dignity. /ŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐůǇ͕ Ă ĨĞǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ĞǆĐůƵƐŝǀĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ďĞŐƐ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ŝĨ ƚŚĞǇ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ďŝŐ winners will the rights be bought up over here? ůů ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ůĞŶĚƐ Ă ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ĚƌĂŵĂ͕ but while it may sound cliché it’s truly the taking part that counts. Seeing all of these shows being acknowledged is a great reminder that there are some true geniuses working ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝĚŝŽƚ ďŽǆ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂůƐŽ a chance to check out some shows you may not have tried before. Below are this year’s nominees and winners.

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAMME COMEDY SERIES Tina Fey as Liz Lemon in 30 Rock - NBC ŚƌŝƐƟŶĂ ƉƉůĞŐĂƚĞ ĂƐ ^ĂŵĂŶƚŚĂ EĞǁůǇ ŝŶ Samantha Who? - ABC Julia Louis-Dreyfus as ŚƌŝƐƟŶĞ ŝŶ dŚĞ EĞǁ ĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐ KĨ KůĚ ŚƌŝƐƟŶĞ - CBS ^ĂƌĂŚ ^ŝůǀĞƌŵĂŶ as Sarah Silverman in The Sarah Silverman Program - ŽŵĞĚǇ ĞŶƚƌĂů dŽŶŝ ŽůůĞƩĞ ĂƐ dĂƌĂ 'ƌĞŐƐŽŶ ŝŶ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ Of Tara - ^ŚŽǁƟŵĞ Mary-Louise Parker ĂƐ EĂŶĐǇ ŽƚǁŝŶ ŝŶ Weeds - ^ŚŽǁƟŵĞ

WINNER: TONI COLLETTE OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Alec Baldwin ĂƐ :ĂĐŬ ŽŶĂŐŚǇ ŝŶ 30 Rock - NBC :ĞŵĂŝŶĞ ůĞŵĞŶƚ ĂƐ :ĞŵĂŝŶĞ ŝŶ Flight Of The Conchords - HBO Tony Shalhoub ĂƐ ĚƌŝĂŶ DŽŶŬ ŝŶ Monk - USA :ŝŵ WĂƌƐŽŶƐ as Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory - CBS Steve Carell ĂƐ DŝĐŚĂĞů ^ĐŽƩ ŝŶ dŚĞ KĸĐĞ - NBC Charlie Sheen ĂƐ ŚĂƌůŝĞ ,ĂƌƉĞƌ ŝŶ Two And A Half Men - CBS

WINNER: ALEC BALDWIN

American Dad Ͳ ͚^ŝǆƚĞĞŶͲ,ƵŶĚƌĞĚ ĂŶĚůĞƐ͛ Robot Chicken Ͳ ͚ZŽďŽƚ ŚŝĐŬĞŶ͗ ^ƚĂƌ tĂƌƐ Episode II’ South Park - ‘Margaritaville’ The Simpsons Ͳ ͚'ŽŶĞ DĂŐŐŝĞ 'ŽŶĞ͛

WINNER: SOUTH PARK

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ĂŶǀĂƐ ŽīĞƌƐ ǇŽƵ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ĚĞĐŝĚĞ ǁŚĂƚ ŐŽĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂŐĞ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ŚŽďďǇ͕ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ Žƌ ƚĂůĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ ŚĞƌĞ͕ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ŝƚ ďĞ ũƵƐƚ Ă ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞ Žƌ Ă ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂƌƟĐůĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ŐƵĞƐƚ ĞĚŝƚ͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĞŵĂŝů ĐŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͘ĞǀĞŶƚΛƵĞĂ͘ĂĐ͘ƵŬ

THIS WEEK, CONCRETE’S CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER GREG MANN SHOWCASES HIS TALENTS WITH A SERIES OF ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHY, ENTITLED ‘A CLOCKWORK ORANGE’.

Greg Mann

tŚĞŶ / ǁĂƚĐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞ Ĩŝůŵ A Clockwork Orange ŝƚ ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŵǇ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞƐ ĂŶĚ / ǁĂƐ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŽ Ă ƐŚŽŽƚ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ Ĩŝůŵ͘ / ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ DŽƌĞ ŽĨ 'ƌĞŐ͛Ɛ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƌĞĐƌĞĂƚĞ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ Ĩŝůŵ ŝŶ ŵǇ ŝŵĂŐĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ŵǇ ŽǁŶ ŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƚĂƚŝŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ǁŚǇ ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞů ŝƐ ĚƌĞƐƐĞĚ Ăůů ŝŶ ďůĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŽŶƚ ĐŽǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƐ ƉĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ dŚĞ ŶŽƚ Ăůů ŝŶ ǁŚŝƚĞ ĂƐ ŚĞ ŝƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Ĩŝůŵ͘ dŚĞ ƐŚŽŽƚ ƚŽŽŬ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝƌĚĐĂŐĞ ƉƵď ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ / ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ĂŶ ĞĐĐĞŶƚƌŝĐ ƐĞƚƚŝŶŐ͕ ĂƐ ŝŶ ǀĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ƐŚŽŽƚ ŽŶ ƉĂŐĞ ϱ ŽĨ dŚĞ ƚŚĞ Ĩŝůŵ ƚŚĞ ŵŝůŬ ďĂƌ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĚƌŝŶŬ ŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ĞĐĐĞŶƚƌŝĐ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ƉŚŽƚŽ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƉŝĂŶŽ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌŶĂŐĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞů ŵŝŵŝĐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌŶĂŐĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ǀĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͘ ĐĂƵƐĞƐ ŝŶ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ŚŝƐ ůŽǀĞ ĨŽƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ dŚĞ ďŝƌĚĐĂŐĞ ǁĂůůƉĂƉĞƌ ĂůƐŽ ƐŝŐŶŝĨŝĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ůŽĐŬĞĚ ƵƉ͘

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BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM

KǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ĨĞǁ ĂƚŵĂŶ ŐĂŵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝŐŚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ǀĂůƵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞƋƵĂůůǇ ŚŝŐŚ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ƉůĂĐĞĚ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞŵ͘ ĂƚŵĂŶ sĞŶŐĞĂŶĐĞ͕ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůůǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ EŝŶƚĞŶĚŽ 'ĂŵĞĐƵďĞ͕ ǁĂƐ Ă ĨƵŶ ŶŽƐƚĂůŐŝĂ ƚƌŝƉ ĨŽƌ ĨĂŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƚŵĂŶ ŶŝŵĂƚĞĚ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϵϬ͛Ɛ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ĐĂƌƚŽŽŶͲůŝŬĞ ǀŝƐƵĂů ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ǀŽŝĐĞ ĂĐƟŶŐ ĐĂƐƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ DĂƌŬ ,Ăŵŝůů ŽĨ ^ƚĂƌ tĂƌƐ ĨĂŵĞ ĂƐ dŚĞ :ŽŬĞƌ͘ ĂƚŵĂŶ͗ ĂƌŬ dŽŵŽƌƌŽǁ ĂŶĚ ĂƚŵĂŶ͗ ZŝƐĞ ŽĨ ^ŝŶ dǌƵ ǁĞƌĞ͕ ŝƚ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ƉƌĞƩǇ ĐƌĂƉ ŐĂŵĞƐ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŶ͕ ŶŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞƌ ŚĂƐ ƌŝƐŬĞĚ ĂƩĞŵƉƟŶŐ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ŐĂŵĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ĨƌĂŶĐŚŝƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵŝŶŐ ŵĞĚŝƵŵ͘ dŚĂƚ ŝƐ͕ ŶŽ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞƌ ƵŶƟů ŶŽǁ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐĐƌĞĞŶƐŚŽƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ͕ ZŽĐŬƐƚĞĂĚǇ ^ƚƵĚŝŽƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ƐƚƵƉĞŶĚŽƵƐůǇ ůĂƌŐĞ ĂŵŽƵŶƚƐ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĂƚŵĂŶ ŐĂŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐƚĂƌŬůǇ ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ǀŝƐƵĂů ƐƚǇůĞ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ƵƐŝŶŐ Ă ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ŐĂŵĞ ĞŶŐŝŶĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƐĞƚ ŝŶ ĂŶ ƌŬŚĂŵ ƐǇůƵŵ ŽǀĞƌƚĂŬĞŶ ďǇ ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂů ůƵŶĂƟĐƐ͕ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ǀŽŝĐĞ ĂĐƟŶŐ ĐĂƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϵϬ͛Ɛ ĂŶŝŵĂƚĞĚ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ Ă ŐĂŵĞ ĂŝŵĞĚ Ăƚ ĨĂŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŝŵĂƚĞĚ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ͘ EŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ĚŽĞƐ ŝƚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ĐĂƐƚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĐůĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĂǁĂƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĨĂŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ǁŚŽ ǁĞƌĞ ŚŽŽŬĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ĂƐ ŬŝĚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŐƌŽǁŶ ƵƉ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌƚŽŽŶ ŝƐ ƋƵĂŝŶƚ ĂŶĚ

CAVE STORY dĂŬŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĂŶĚƌŽŝĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŵŶĞƐŝĂ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ĐƌĂƐŚͲůĂŶĚĞĚ ŽŶƚŽ Ă ŇŽĂƟŶŐ ĐŽŶƟŶĞŶƚ͕ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ƚĂƐŬĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĚĞĨĞĂƟŶŐ ĂŶ Ğǀŝů ŽĐƚŽƌ ǁŚŽ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ĞŶƐůĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ŵĂǇ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůǇ ĐůŝĐŚĠ͕ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĂǀĞ ^ƚŽƌǇ ƐƚĂŶĚƐ ŽƵƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ƉůŽƚ ďƵƚ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ĞǆĞĐƵƟŽŶ͘ ĂǀĞ ^ƚŽƌǇ ŐĂŝŶĞĚ ŝƚƐ ƐŵĂůů ĨĂŶ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƌĞĂƐŽŶƐ͖ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ďǇ ŽŶĞ ŵĂŶ ŽǀĞƌ ƐĞǀĞŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƚŚŝƐ ůĂďŽƵƌ ŽĨ ůŽǀĞ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĂĚĚŝĐƟǀĞ ŐĂŵĞƐ ŝŶ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƟŵĞƐ͘ /ƚ ďŽĂƐƚƐ ƉůĂǇ ƟŵĞƐ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƐŽŵĞ ƌĞƚĂŝů ŐĂŵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞǀĞŶ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƚĞ ĞŶĚŝŶŐƐ͕ ŚŝĚĚĞŶ ůĞǀĞůƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƵƉŐƌĂĚĂďůĞ ǁĞĂƉŽŶƌǇ͘ tŚĂƚ͛Ɛ

ŶŽƐƚĂůŐŝĐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ Ă ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ŐƌŝƩǇ ƌĞĂůŝƐŵ ĂŶĚ ŐƌĂƉŚŝĐĂů ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂƌĚ ĞĂƌŶĞĚ ĐĂƐŚ ʹ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŚĞǇ ŐĞƚ͕ ŝŶ ŐƌĂƚƵŝƚŽƵƐ ƋƵĂŶƟƟĞƐ͘ &Ƶůů ƵƐĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŵĂĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƫŶŐ͖ ƌŬŚĂŵ ƐǇůƵŵ͘ 'ŽƚŚĂŵ ŝƚǇ͛Ɛ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĞĐƵƌŝƚǇ ƉƌŝƐŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂůůǇ ŝŶƐĂŶĞ ĂůůŽǁƐ ĨŽƌ ƐƵŝƚĂďůǇ Őƌŝŵ ŐŽƚŚŝĐ ĂƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚƵƌĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŐŽŽĚ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌŝĐ ůŝŐŚƟŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ƚĂŬĞ ƉůĂĐĞ Ăƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ ;ĂƐ ŝĨ ŝƚ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂƐƐƵŵĞĚ͕ ŐŝǀĞŶ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ĂƚŵĂŶ ŐĂŵĞͿ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĞĂŶƐ Ăůů ůŝŐŚƚ ƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ĂƌƟĮĐŝĂů Žƌ ŶŽŶͲĞǆŝƐƚĞŶƚ͘ zŽƵƌ ĞŶĞŵŝĞƐ ŵĂŬĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐŽƚŚŝĐ͕ ĚĂƚĞĚ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƐǇůƵŵ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ŵƵůƟƚƵĚĞ ŽĨ ĚĂƌŬ ĂůĐŽǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƌŶĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ĐŽǀĞƌ͕ ŐƵĂƌĚ ĂƌĞĂƐ͕ ŚŝĚĞ ĂŶĚ ĂŵďƵƐŚ ƚŚĞ ĂƌŬ <ŶŝŐŚƚ Ăƚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƚƵƌŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚƵƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ǁŽƌŬƐ ĨŽƌ ĂƚŵĂŶ͘ ĂƚŵĂŶ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ^ƵƉĞƌŵĂŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ŚĞ ŝƐ ƐŚŽƚ Ăƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŽŽ ůŽŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ďƵůůĞƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƉĞŶĞƚƌĂƚĞ ŚŝƐ ďŽĚǇ ĂƌŵŽƵƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ͛Ɛ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ƵƌďĂŶ ůĞŐĞŶĚ ǁŝůů ĚŝĞ ĂŶ ŝŶŐůŽƌŝŽƵƐ ĚĞĂƚŚ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŽĚĚƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ŽŶ ǇŽƵƌ ƐŝĚĞ͕ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ĐĂŶ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ ƚŽ ĞƐĐĂƉĞ ƚŽ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ͕ ŽŶƚŽ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶǇ ŐĂƌŐŽǇůĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƌŽƚƌƵĚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ǁĂůůƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐŝůŝƚǇ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ĂďƐƵƌĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂůƐ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ŬĞĞƉ ƚƌĂĐŬ ŽĨ ǇŽƵ ũƵƐƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ďůĂĐŬ ďƵůŬ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĂƚŵĂŶ ŝƐ ũƵŵƉŝŶŐ ĂďŽǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ Ă ůŽƚ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞƌ ǁŽƵůĚ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ĨĂƌ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚŝƐ ďĞƩĞƌ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ŐƌĂƉŚŝĐĂůůǇ ĚĞŵĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŐĂŵĞ͕ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĂŶǇ ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ ĐĂŶ ƌƵŶ ŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĞĂƐĞ͘ tŝƚŚ ĂǀĞ ^ƚŽƌǇ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ůŽƐĞ ŚŽƵƌƐ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ƟŵĞ ďƵƚ ǇŽƵ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ƌĞŐƌĞƚ ŽŶĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞ ŽĨ ŝƚ͘ tŚĞƚŚĞƌ ǇŽƵ ĚŽǁŶůŽĂĚ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞĞ W ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ Žƌ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƵƉĚĂƚĞĚ tŝŝtĂƌĞ ƟƚůĞ͕ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƟŵĞ ǁĞůů ƐƉĞŶƚ ĞŶƚŚƌĂůůĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ŽĨ Cave ^ƚŽƌǇ͘ sĂƵŐŚŶ ,ŝŐŚĮĞůĚ ǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŽŶ W ͕ tŝŝ ;ZĞǀŝĞǁ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ W ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶͿ WƌŝĐĞ͗ &ƌĞĞ ;W Ϳ ͮ d ;tŝŝͿ

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ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ĂǀŽŝĚ Ă ĚĞĂƚŚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŝŶƚĞƌƌƵƉƚ ƚŚĞ ŇŽǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŶŽƚ͘ WƵƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƐƚĂůŐŝĂ ĂŶĚ ƐĞƫŶŐ ĂƐŝĚĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞƉůĂǇ ŝƐ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĂŶĚͲƚŽͲŚĂŶĚ ĐŽŵďĂƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽƌĚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ͕ ŝŶ ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂƚŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ŶŽͲŐƵŶ ƉŽůŝĐǇ͘ ƚ ĮƌƐƚ ŐůĂŶĐĞ͕ ŝƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞůĂƟǀĞůǇ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ŚĂŶĚ ƚŽ ŚĂŶĚ ĐŽŵďĂƚ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ Ͳ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚƐ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ŽĨ ĐůŝĐŬŝŶŐ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůĞŌ Žƌ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŵŽƵƐĞ ďƵƩŽŶ Ͳ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƌĞƉĞƟƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ďŽƌŝŶŐ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ǀĞƌǇ ǁĞůů ĂŶŝŵĂƚĞĚ ĐŽŵďĂƚ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞƐ Ăƚ ŚŝƐ ĚŝƐƉŽƐĂů ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ũƵƐƚ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ƉƵŶĐŚĞƐ͕ ŬŝĐŬƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ĐŽŵďŽƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ĂǀŽŝĚƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ƌĞƉĞƟƟǀĞ ĐŽŵďĂƚ͘ dŚĞ ĂƩĂĐŬƐ ŚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů Ͳ ŝŶŵĂƚĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŚƌŽǁŶ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƌŽŽŵƐ͕ ŚĞĂĚƐ ĂƌĞ ƐůĂŵŵĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŇŽŽƌ Ͳ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƌĞŵĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĞĸĐŝĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞ ĂƌŬ <ŶŝŐŚƚ ǁĂƐƚĞƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ Ă ĨĞǁ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ŽďůŝŐĂƚŽƌǇ ƐůŽǁ ŵŽƟŽŶ ĞīĞĐƚƐ͕ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ ĂƚŵĂŶ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ :ŽŬĞƌ͛Ɛ ŚĞŶĐŚŵĞŶ ŝŶ ďƌƵƚĂů ƐƚǇůĞ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĨĂŝƌůǇ ƵďŝƋƵŝƚŽƵƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵŝŶŐ ǁŽƌůĚ ƚŽĚĂǇ͕ ďƵƚ ŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ǁĞůů ĚŽŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƐĂƟƐĨǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ͘ &ƵƌƚŚĞƌŵŽƌĞ͕ ŝƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂƌŐƵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƐŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ƚŽ ŵĞŵŽƌŝƐĞ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĂƩĂĐŬ ĂƚŵĂŶ ŬŶŽǁƐ ŝƐ ƵŶƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ͕ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƩĂĐŬƐ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ďƌƵƚĂůůǇ ƉƵŶĐŚŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ĞŶĞŵŝĞƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ĚĞĨĞĂƚ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŽĨ ĂƚŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ĐƌŝŵĞ ĮŐŚƟŶŐ ĚĞǀŝĐĞƐ Ăƚ ŚĂŶĚ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ ĂŶ ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ƚŚĞ ǁĞůů ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƚĂƌĂŶŐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƚŵĂŶ ĐĂƌƌŝĞƐ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ĨĂŵĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌ ƚƌƵƐƚǇ ƵƟůŝƚǇ ďĞůƚ͘ ŽŵďĂƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŐĂŵĞ͘ WůĂǇĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂƐŬĞĚ ƚŽ Įůů ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞ ŽĨ ͚dŚĞ tŽƌůĚ͛Ɛ 'ƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ĞƚĞĐƟǀĞ͕͛ ďǇ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ĐůƵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽůǀŝŶŐ ƉƵǌǌůĞƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ƐŽŵĞ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƉůĂƞŽƌŵŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌŬŚĂŵ ƐǇůƵŵ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ǁĞůů ƟŵĞĚ ůĞĂƉƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĐĂůĞ ŽďƐƚĂĐůĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŝĨ ƉůĂƞŽƌŵŝŶŐ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ǇŽƵƌ ƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ƉƵƚ Žī͘ tŚĞƌĞĂƐ ŝŶ ŵŽƐƚ ŐĂŵĞƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ŐĂŵŝŶŐ ŝƐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ͕ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŵŝƐƐͲƟŵĞ Ă ũƵŵƉ Žƌ ŵĞƐƐ ŝƚ ƵƉ ƐŽŵĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ǁĂǇ ǇŽƵ ĨĂůů ƚŽ ǇŽƵƌ ŚŽƌƌŝďůĞ ĚĞĂƚŚ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŐĂŵĞ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĂƚŵĂŶ͘ ŶĚ

ƚŽ ďĞ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ͕ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƐƚƵƉŝĚ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂƚŵĂŶ ĚŝĞĚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŚĞ ĨĞůů ĚŽǁŶ Ă ŚŽůĞ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƟŵĞƐ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ĞƐĐĂƉĞĚ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĐĞŶĂƌŝŽ ĐŽƵŶƚůĞƐƐ ƟŵĞƐ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĮůŵƐ͕ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŝĐƐ͘ <ĞĞƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶ ŵŝŶĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ĂůůŽǁƐ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ ĨŽƌ ĂƚŵĂŶ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ŚŝƐ ŐƌĂƉƉůŝŶŐ ŐƵŶ ;ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ŵĂŶǇ ƵƐĞĨƵů ĚĞǀŝĐĞƐͿ ƚŽ ƐĂǀĞ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ĨƌŽŵ ŝŶĞǀŝƚĂďůĞ ĚĞĂƚŚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ƐĂƟƐĨǇŝŶŐ͕ ŝƚ ĨĞĞůƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂǀŽŝĚƐ ƚŚĞ ŇŽǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌƌƵƉƚĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ŝŵŵĞƌƐŝǀĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟǀĞ ĐŝŶĞŵĂƟĐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ůĞƚ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ďĞ Ă ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ĞǆƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ͕ ĐŽŶƚƌŽůůŝŶŐ ĂƚŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ĂůŵŽƐƚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ͘ ĚĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŝŵŵĞƌƐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ Dƌ͘ tĂǇŶĞ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ ĐƌŝŵĞ ĮŐŚƟŶŐ ƐƵŝƚ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ǁŽƌŶ͕ ďƌƵŝƐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƌŝƉƉĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐĞƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ă ƌĞŵŝŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƚŵĂŶ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƐƵƉĞƌŚƵŵĂŶ ;ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ůŝŬĞ ŚĞ ŝƐͿ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ŶŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚ ĐŽŵďĂƚ ŝŶ Ă ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ ĮůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶƐĂŶĞ ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂůƐ ĚŽĞƐ ƚĂŬĞ ŝƚƐ ƚŽůů͘ /Ŷ ĂůŵŽƐƚ Ăůů ŽƚŚĞƌ ŐĂŵĞƐ͕ ǇŽƵƌ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ǁŝůů ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŝĚ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĮƌƐƚ ĞŵďĂƌŬĞĚ ŽŶ ŝƚ͘ dŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ŚĞƌĞ͘ tŚĂƚ ĞǆŝƐƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŐĂŵĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚŝŶŐ ĨĂŶƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƌŵĂůůǇ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŝĐƐ Žƌ ƚǁŽ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ŵŽǀŝĞƐ͕ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌƚŽŽŶƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ Ă ĂƚŵĂŶ ĨŽƌ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ŵĂƚƵƌĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ǁĞƌĞŶ͛ƚ Ă ĨĂŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϵϬ͛Ɛ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ Žƌ ĞǀĞŶ Ă ĨĂŶ ŽĨ ĂƚŵĂŶ ŝŶ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƐƟůů ǁĞůů ǁŽƌƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚ͘ William Moran

VERDICT>/ƚ͛Ɛ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŶŽƚ Ă ĂƚŵĂŶ ĨĂŶ ǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŽŶ W ͕ yďŽǆ ϯϲϬ͕ W^ϯ͘ ;ZĞǀŝĞǁ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ W ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶͿ WƌŝĐĞ͗ άϯϬ ;W Ϳ ͮ άϱϬ ;ϯϲϬͬW^ϯͿ

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<INTERNET> INTERVIEW>SAMWELL Kiron Ward ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ŵĞƚ ^Ăŵ EŽƌŵĂŶ͕ ĂůƐŽ ĂŬĂ ͚^ĂŵǁĞůů͕͛ ŽŶ Ă ŇŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ EĞǁ zŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ƚŽŽŬ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ Śŝŵ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŝƐ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ǀŝƌĂů ƐŽŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǀŝĚĞŽ tŚĂƚ tŚĂƚ ;/Ŷ dŚĞ ƵƩͿ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚĞĂůƐ ǁŝƚŚ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĨĂĐĞƚƐ ŽĨ ŚƵŵĂŶ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ͘

ǁĂǇ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ͘ Ɛ ůŽŶŐ ĂƐ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĚŽŝŶŐ ĚƌƵŐƐ͕ ͚ĐĂƵƐĞ ĚƌƵŐƐ ĂƌĞ ďĂĚ͊

THE EVENT: tŚĞƌĞ ĚŝĚ ǇŽƵ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ͚tŚĂƚ tŚĂƚ͕͛ ĂŶĚ ǁĞƌĞ ǇŽƵ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŽůĞƌĂŶĐĞ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ǁƌŽƚĞ ŝƚ͍

ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ǇŽƵƚƵďĞ͘ĐŽŵͬǁĂƚĐŚ͍ǀсĩ'ŬǆĐzϳz&h /ƚ ǁĂƐ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ŝŶ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ĮǀĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͘ zŽƵ ƐĞĞ ŝŶ ͚tŚĂƚ tŚĂƚ͛ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ŵǇ ĂŶŶŽǇĂŶĐĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ / ĂůǁĂǇƐ ƚƌǇ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŝƚ ŝŶ Ă ƉŽůŝƚĞ ǁĂǇ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ĚŝƐĂŐƌĞĞ͘ >ŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŇĂŵŝŶŐ ƐǇŵďŽů ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ũƵƐƚ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŽǀĞƌ͘ KĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŝƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŵĂŶǇ ǁĂǇƐ͊ dƌƵƚŚ ďĞ ƚŽůĚ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ĞǀĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ǀŝĚĞŽ͘ / ƚŽůĚ ͚Ğŵ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ŝƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ ŇĂŵŝŶŐ͘ EŽƚ ďƵƌŶŝŶŐ͕ ŇĂŵŝŶŐ͘

ŝďůĞ ŝƐ ůŝŬĞ ĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŐŽŽĚ ďŽŽŬ͕ ƚĂŬĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŝƚ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ͘ / ĚŝĚ ŝƚ ͚ĐĂƵƐĞ / ŬŶĞǁ ŝƚ͛Ě ƉŝƐƐ Žī ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ŵĞĂŶƚ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĨƵŶŶǇ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞŶ ŝŶ ƌĞƚƌŽƐƉĞĐƚ͕ ĂŌĞƌ / ƌĞĂůůǇ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ǁŚǇ / ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĚŽ ƚŚĂƚ͕ / ũƵƐƚ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂďŽƵƚ ŵǇ ŽǁŶ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞĚ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŽǁ ŝŶƚŽůĞƌĂŶƚ ŝƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ͘ dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ Ăůů͘

THE EVENT: ,Žǁ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ƌĞƐƉŽŶĚ ƚŽ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ ͚tŚĂƚ tŚĂƚ͛ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŐĂǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ůŽŽŬ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ŐĂǇ ĮƌƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ͍

SAMWELL: tĞůů ŶŽ͕ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ƐƚƵƉŝĚ͘ 'ĂǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŽŬĂǇ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ǇŽƵ ƚƌǇ ƚŽ ĂƐƐŝŵŝůĂƚĞ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ǇŽƵ ůŽƐĞ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ͘ tĞ ĂƌĞ ĨƵŶ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ĨƵŶŶǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ǁĞ ƐĞĞ ůŝĨĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉĂƌƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƌŽƐĞͲĐŽůŽƵƌĞĚ ŐůĂƐƐĞƐ͘ / ŐĞƚ ŝƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ůŝŬĞ ͚ŽŚ 'ŽĚ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚŚŝƐ͍͛ ƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŵĞĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ǀŝĚĞŽ͕ ŐĞƚ ŽǀĞƌ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ͊

THE EVENT: ^Ž͕ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ Žī ƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶĞ͕ ǇŽƵ ƚŽůĚ ŵĞ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƐŚĂƌĞ ǇŽƵƌ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘

SAMWELL: zĞƐ͊ Kƌ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ĂƐ / ĐĂŶ͘ /͛ŵ ũƵƐƚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƐƵƌĞ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƐ͘ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ŐƌŽǁ ƵƉ ŝŶ ĂŶǇ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͕ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ŚĂƐ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ͕ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ǇŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĚŽ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ĚŽ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĞŶ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ Įƚ ŝŶ ƚŽ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ǀĞƌǇ ŽƐƚƌĂĐŝƐĞĚ Žƌ ƐŚƵŶŶĞĚ͕ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ƚŽŽ ƚŚŝƐ Žƌ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƚŽŽ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ũƵƐƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĐƌĂǌǇ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƵƐĞƐ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ƐƚƌŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐĚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ũƵƐƚ ďĂĚ ǀŝďĞƐ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ ŶĚ Ăůů ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŝƐ ƐƚĂƌƚ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͊ tĞ ƐƟůů ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ůĞĂƌŶĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ͘ ^Ž ǁŝƚŚ ŵǇ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ / ƚƌǇ ƚŽ ũƵƐƚ ůĞƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ďĞ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶĞĚ͘ ^ĂǇ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ͕ ďƵƚ ǇŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ Ăůů ůŝŬĞ Őƌƌƌ͘ / ũƵƐƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŽŬĂǇ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ƚŚĞ

<NET NEWS> ^ǁŝƐƐ ĐŽŵƉĂŶǇ 'ŽůĚŵƵŶĚ ŚĂƐ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ Ă ŶĞǁ ůƵͲZĂǇ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ĐŽƐƚ Ψϭϯϱ͕ϬϬϬ ;άϴϭ͕ϳϲϬͿ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶǇ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůŝƐĞƐ ŝŶ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ ŚŝŐŚͲĞŶĚ ĂƵĚŝŽ ŚĂƌĚǁĂƌĞ͕ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ŽŶůǇ ĮŌǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŚĂŶĚͲŵĂĚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ŝŶ Ăůů͕ ũƵƐƟĨǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶŽƌŵŽƵƐ ƉƌŝĐĞ ƚĂŐ ďǇ ĐůĂŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ͞ƉƵƐŚͲ ŝŶŐ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇ ĂďŽǀĞ ĂŶǇ ĞǆŝƐƟŶŐ ůĞǀĞůƐ͘͞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞǇ ĐůĂŝŵ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀŝĐĞ ͞ŽīĞƌƐ ƚŚĞ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŽĚĂǇ͛Ɛ ƐƵƉͲ ƉŽƌƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶĂů ŵĞĐŚĂŶŝĐĂů ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐͲ ƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĮŶŝƐŚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĂŶǇ ĐŽƐƚ ĐŽŵƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ͕͟ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀŝĐĞ ŽŶůǇ ǁŝƚŚ WƌŽĮůĞ ϭ͘ϭ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ Ă ǁŝƌĞůĞƐƐ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ ĂŶƚĞŶŶĂ Žƌ ĞƚŚĞƌŶĞƚ ƉŽƌƚ ƚŽ ĂůůŽǁ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀŝĐĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ /ŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ͕ ƚŚƵƐ

THE EVENT: &ĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ĮůŵƐͬďŽŽŬƐͬŵƵƐŝĐ͍

SAMWELL: tŚĞŶ / ŵĂĚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ŝƚ ŚĂĚ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ THE EVENT: tŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͍ ƚŽ ĚŽ ǁŝƚŚ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů Žƌ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ŽŶĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ Žƌ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ͘ / ƐĂŝĚ ǁŚĂƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďƵƩ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ / ŚĂĚ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ŐŝƌůĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ǁŚŽ ǁŽƵůĚ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ƚĂůŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ŵǇ ďƵƩ͘ dŚĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ŝƚ ĂŶĚ ƐĂǇ͕ ͚ŽŚ͕ / ǁŝƐŚ / ŚĂĚ ǇŽƵƌ ďƵƩ͛͘ dŚĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ŐƌĂď ŝƚ͕ ĂŶĚ / ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ůŝŬĞ ͚KŚ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďƵƩ͕ ǇŽƵ ǁĞŝƌĚŽƐ͕͛ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ͘

ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŝƚ ŝŵƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ĚŽǁŶůŽĂĚ ƵƉĚĂƚĞƐ Žƌ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ Ͳ>ŝǀĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ͕ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůǇ ĐŚĞĂƉĞƌ ůƵͲZĂǇ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ WůĂǇƐƚĂƟŽŶ ϯ ĐĂŶ ĚŽ ĞĂƐŝůǇ͘ Ɛ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ůƵͲZĂǇ ĚŝƐĐƐ͕ ŝƚ ƉůĂǇƐ

SAMWELL: KŚ͕ ŚĞƌĞ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƉĂƌƚ͕ / ǁĂƐ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐƚĂǇ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ŝƚ ĂŶĚ / ĐĂŶ͛ƚ͘ / ŐƌĞǁ ƵƉ ŝŶ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽƵƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵƚŚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ŬŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƐ ǇŽƵ ŐĞƚ ŽůĚĞƌ͕ ǇŽƵ ďĞŐŝŶ ƚŽ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽŶ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ŵĞĂŶƐ ŽĨ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚ͘ dŚĞ

SAMWELL: / ůŽǀĞ WƌĞƩǇ tŽŵĂŶ͗ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŐĂǇ ŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ĚƌĞĂŵ͊ /͛ǀĞ ďĞĞŶ Ă ĨĂŶ ŽĨ :ƵůŝĂ ZŽďĞƌƚƐ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ͘ /͛ŵ ŶŽƚ Ă ďŝŐ ďŽŽŬ ƌĞĂĚĞƌ͘ / ůŝŬĞ ďŽŽŬƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŽĐĞĂŶ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ƐŚĂƌŬƐ͘ &Žƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ :ĂŶĞƚ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ DĂĚŽŶŶĂ͕ ĚƵŚ͘ ^ĂŵǁĞůů͛Ɛ ŶĞǁ ƐŽŶŐ WƌŽƚĞĐƚ͕ ZĞƐƉĞĐƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŽŶ zŽƵdƵďĞ ƐŽŽŶ͘

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s ͛Ɛ ĂŶĚ ͛Ɛ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ŵƵůƟͲƌĞŐŝŽŶĂů͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ǁŝůů ƐƚƌƵŐŐůĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞ ƐŬĞƉͲ ƟĐƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ĞǆƉĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ďƵǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůƵͲZĂǇ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ ƐƚƵĐŬ Ăƚ WƌŽĮůĞ ϭ͘ϭ ŝƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ǁŽƌƚŚ ŝƚ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞǆƉĞƌƚůǇ ĐƌĂŌĞĚ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞ͘ William Moran

<Thumb> do you know of any major organizations that are similar to the CDC? <Lucent> who? <Thumb> center for disease control <Lucent> i said WHO <Thumb> what? i’m asking you <Lucent> World Health Organization

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<SONISPHERE><KNEBWORTH><AUGUST 1ST-2ND> SATURDAY ŌĞƌ ƐŚĂƌŝŶŐ Ă ƚĂǆŝ ƚŽ <ŶĞďǁŽƌƚŚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŐŝŐĂŶƟĐ͕ ŚĂŝƌǇ͕ ƌĂŝŶͲĚƌĞŶĐŚĞĚ ƚĂƩŽŽ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ͕ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ůĞŌ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ĞǆĐŝƚĞĚ ďƵƚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ĚŝƐŽƌŝĞŶƚĂƚĞĚ ĂƐ ǁĞ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ ĐĂŵƉ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƐĞƚ Žī ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĞŶĂ tĞ ĐĂƚĐŚ dĂŬŝŶŐ ĂĐŬ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ŬŝŶĚƌĞĚ ĞĂƌůǇ ŽŶ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ďďĂ ƚƌŝďƵƚĞ ďĂŶĚ ũŽƌŶ ŐĂŝŶ ĂƌƌŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ / ƐƵĚĚĞŶůǇ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŝĚĞƌ ƐƚĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĐĂůůŝŶŐ ŵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ͘ EĞǆƚ ĂƌĞ dŚĞ hƐĞĚ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ŐŽŽĚ ďƵƚ ŶŽƚ ƌĞŵĂƌŬĂďůĞ͕ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ ŽŚĞĞĚ Θ ĂŵďƌŝĂ͕ ǁŚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ŝƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌŝƉͲƌŽĂƌŝŶŐ Ăůů ĂŌĞƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ďƵŵƉĞĚ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĂŵƉĞĚ ŽŚĞŵŝĂ ƚĞŶƚ͘ ƵůůĞƚ &Žƌ DǇ sĂůĞŶƟŶĞ ĂƌĞ Ă ƚƌŝƵŵƉŚ͕ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŶŐ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĞƚĂů ĂŶƚŚĞŵƐ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĮŐŚƚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŝŶ͘ ,ĞĂĚůŝŶĞƌƐ >ŝŶŬŝŶ WĂƌŬ ĂƌĞ ŇĂǁůĞƐƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌǇ ƚŽŶŝŐŚƚ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĚĞĐŬ ůĞƚ ƚŚĞŵ ĚŽǁŶ ďǇ ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǀŽůƵŵĞ ƌŝĚŝĐƵůŽƵƐůǇ ůŽǁ͘ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƐŽŶŐ ŵŝŶŝͲƐĞƚ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞƐƚĞƌ ĞŶŶŝŶŐƚŽŶ͛Ɛ ƐŝĚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ĂůƐŽ ŝŶƚĞƌƌƵƉƚƐ ƚŚĞ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ďǇ ďĞŝŶŐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ŶĂī ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌŐĞƩĂďůĞ͘

SUNDAY dŚĞ ĚĂǇ / ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ďĞĞŶ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ͘ dŚĞ ďĞƐƚ

ĂĐƚƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŵŽƐƚůǇ ĨŽƵŶĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŚĞŵŝĂ ƚĞŶƚ͖ ǁŝƚŚ ƩĂĐŬ͊ ƩĂĐŬ͊ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĞŶĞƌŐĞƟĐ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ͕ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ ^ǁĞĚŝƐŚ ŚĞƌŽĞƐ ĞĂĚ Ǉ Ɖƌŝů͕ ǁŚŽ ůĞĂǀĞ ŵĞ ŐůĞĞĨƵů ďƵƚ ĚĞĂĨ ĂƐ Ă ĚŽŽƌƉŽƐƚ͕ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ ŽƌĞǇ dĂǇůŽƌ͛Ɛ ĐŚŝůůĞĚ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐ ƐŝŶŐĂůŽŶŐ͘ dǁŽ ƐŽŶŐƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ ŐƵĞƐƚƐ DĂĐŚŝŶĞ ,ĞĂĚ͕ / ŐĞƚ ƐƚƵŶŐ ďǇ Ă ǁĂƐƉ ĂŶĚ ŚĞůĚ ĐĂƉƟǀĞ ďǇ &ŝƌƐƚ ŝĚ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŵĞ Įůů ŽƵƚ ϱ ƉĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŵĞ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ĂƐ Ă ƉůĂƐƚĞƌ͘ >ŝŵƉ ŝǌŬŝƚ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŐƵŝůƚǇ ƉůĞĂƐƵƌĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ͚ ƌĞĂŬ ^ƚƵī͛ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĐŝƌĐůĞ Ɖŝƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ͘ ĂĐŬ Ăƚ ŽŚĞŵŝĂ͕ ĂŶĐĞƌ ĂƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚƐ ĂƌĞ Ă ďĂĐŬͲƚŽͲďĂĐŬ ƚŚƌĂƐŚŝŶŐ ǁĂůů ŽĨ ŶŽŝƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞůƉ ďƵŝůĚ ƚŚĞ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ EŝŶĞ /ŶĐŚ EĂŝůƐ͘ dƌĞŶƚ ZĞǌŶŽƌ ŝƐ ĂƐ ƚƌĂŶƐĮǆŝŶŐ ĂƐ ĞǀĞƌ͕ ďƵƚ ŵĂŶǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐĞĞŵ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ďǇ ŚŝƐ ƐƚƵďďŽƌŶ ƌĞĨƵƐĂů ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ ĂŶǇ ŽůĚ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞƐ ĞǆĐĞƉƚ Hurt͘ ǀĞŶŐĞĚ ^ĞǀĞŶĨŽůĚ ƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁŽƌƚŚ ĂƐ ƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚ ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶƐ ;ĮĚĚůǇ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ƐŽůŽƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚͿ ĂŶĚ ĂƐ ůŽŶŐͲƉƌĂĐƟƐĞĚ ƐŚŽǁŵĞŶ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ŐĞƚ ƐŽ ǀŝŽůĞŶƚ ŵŽƐƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ďĂĐŬ Žī ŚĂůĨ ǁĂǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͘

<GLASTONBURY><JUNE 24TH-28TH> THURSDAY ƌƌŝǀŝŶŐ Ăƚ 'ůĂƐƚŽŶďƵƌǇ ŝƐ ůŝŬĞ ĂƌƌŝǀŝŶŐ Ăƚ ŶŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů /͛ǀĞ ĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ ƚŽ͘ dŚĞ ƐŚĞĞƌ ĞůĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚƐ ǇŽƵ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞŚŽǁ ĂůůͲĐŽŶƐƵŵŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚƌƵůǇ ŝŵƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ŝŐŶŽƌĞ͘ dŚĞ ƐƵŶ ŝƐ ƐŚŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ŚĂƉƉǇ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ŝƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǁƐ ŽĨ DŝĐŚĂĞů :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ĚĞĂƚŚ ƐƵƌĨĂĐĞƐ͗ Ă ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ŚǇƐƚĞƌŝĂ ƐǁĞĞƉƐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉƐŝƚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌĞĂƚĞŶƐ ƚŽ ŽǀĞƌǁŚĞůŵ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ͘ DĂǇďĞ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ĐŽƵŶƐĞůůŝŶŐ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ͍

ŝƚ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŶ ďůŝƐƚĞƌŝŶŐ ďĂƌĞ ƐŬŝŶ͕ ƉŝŶƚƐ ŽĨ ĐŝĚĞƌ ǁĂƌŵŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ :Ăǌǌ tŽƌůĚ ĮĞůĚ ůŝƚĞƌĂůůǇ ŚĞĂǀŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĞĐƐƚĂƟĐ ĨĂŶƐ͕ ZŽůĨ ,ĂƌƌŝƐ͛ ƐĞƚ ǁĂƐ ďůŽŽŵŝŶŐ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ͘ hŶĚŽƵďƚĞĚůǇ ƚŚĞ ŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ 'ůĂƐƚŽ ͛Ϭϵ͊

FRIDAY Ɛ ƚŚĞǇ ƐĂǇ͕ ƚŽŵŽƌƌŽǁ ŝƐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŶŽƚ ĨŽƌŐŽƩĞŶ͕ D: ŝƐ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ďĂĐŬ ƐĞĂƚ͘ >Ğƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ďĞŐŝŶ͊ dŚĞ KƚŚĞƌ ^ƚĂŐĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽƐƚͲĚƌŝǌǌůǇ ŽĨ &ƌŝĚĂǇƐ͘ TŚĞ DĂĐĐĂďĞĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐƵŝƚĂďůǇ ũŽǇŽƵƐ͕ tŚŝƚĞ >ŝĞƐ ŵĂũĞƐƟĐ ĂŶĚ >ĂĚǇ 'ĂŐĂͲ ǁĞůů͖ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĂƌĞ ŶŽ ǁŽƌĚƐ ƚŽ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞ ƚŚĞ ŐƵŝůƚǇ ƉůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ 'ĂŐĂ͘ / ƚŚŝŶŬ / ůŽǀĞ ŚĞƌ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ďŝƚ͘͘͘ DĂǇďĞ ƐŚĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ƐĞŝǌĞ DŝĐŚĂĞů͛Ɛ ƚŚƌŽŶĞ͍͊

SATURDAY ZŽůĨ ĐĂŵĞ͕ ŚĞ ĐŽŶƋƵĞƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ůŽǀĞĚ Śŝŵ ĨŽƌ

SUNDAY dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĐŚŽƌĚ ŽĨ ůƵƌ͛Ɛ ƐĞƚ ĮůůƐ ŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĞƵƉŚŽƌŝĂ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ /͛Ě ďĞĞŶ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ͘ dŚĞ ƐĞƚͲůŝƐƚ ŝƐ Ă ĚƌĞĂŵ͕ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ƐŝŶŐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŚĂƌŵŽŶŝŽƵƐ ƵŶŝƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ŚĞůƉ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐůŽƐŝŶŐ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ƚŚĂƚ ůŝĨĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŐĞƚ ŵƵĐŚ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚŝƐ͘ hŶƟů ŶĞǆƚ ǇĞĂƌ͕ 'ůĂƐƚŽŶďƵƌǇ͕ ǁĞ ůŽǀĞ ǇŽƵ͘ Gemma Henzley

DĞƚĂůůŝĐĂ ŵĂƌŬ ƚŚĞ ĐůŽƐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ h< ^ŽŶŝƐƉŚĞƌĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ĚƌĂǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƐƚ͘ &ƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŝůů ďĞ Ă ƚƌĞĂƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞǇĞƐ ĂŶĚ

ĞĂƌƐ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƚŽŽ ĨƵƐƐĞĚ ƐŽ ǁĞ ƐƟĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ͚ϱ ƐŽŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ ŝƚ͛ ƉůĂŶ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŚĞĂĚŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĞƐƚ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƌĞ ĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ͘ Steph McKenna

<FIELD DAY><VICTORIA PARK><AUGUST 1ST> 1230 ʹ ƌƌŝǀĞĚ Ăƚ sŝĐƚŽƌŝĂ WĂƌŬ ďƌŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƌůǇ͘ ^Ăǁ &ĂŶĨĂƌůŽ ǁŚŽ ǁĞƌĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ͕ ďĞĂƌŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƌĞƐĞŵďůĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƌĐĂĚĞ &ŝƌĞ͘ 1315 – ƌŝŌĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƚĞŶƚ ĞŶƟĐĞĚ ďǇ ůŽǀĞůǇ ŶŽŝƐĞƐ͕ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ^ŝĂŶ ůŝĐĞ 'ƌŽƵƉ. ^ŝŵƵůƚĂŶĞŽƵƐůǇ ĨĞůů ŝŶ ůŽǀĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞƉŝĐ͕ ŶŽŝƐǇ ŶŽŽĚůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ůĞĂĚ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ ^ŝĂŶ ŚĞƌŶ͘ 1400 ʹ >ƵŶĐŚ͕ ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬĞĚ ďǇ ƌƌŽƌƐ, ǁŚŽ ǁĞƌĞ ƵŶƌĞŵĂƌŬĂďůĞ͘ 15.00 – tĂŶĚĞƌĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ sŝůůĂŐĞ 'ƌĞĞŶ͕ ǁĂƚĐŚĞĚ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞ ŽŶŝŽŶ ƉĞĞůŝŶŐ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ƐĂǁ dŚĞ yy͘ DĂƐƐŝǀĞ ŚǇƉĞ͕ ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ƐŚƌƵŐ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ŝŶƚƌŝĐĂƚĞ ŵĞůĂŶĐŚŽůŝĂ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƚĞ ƚŽ Ă ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ƐƚĂŐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ͚ŶŽ ƐŵŝůŝŶŐ͕ ƐƵĚĚĞŶ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ Žƌ ďůŝŶŬŝŶŐ͛ ƌŽƵƟŶĞ ǁĂƐ ũƵƐƚ ĂŶŶŽǇŝŶŐ͘ >ĞŌ ŚĂůĨǁĂǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͘ 1600 – ƌƌŝǀĞĚ ĂŶ ŚŽƵƌ ĞĂƌůǇ ĨŽƌ dŚĞ ,ŽƌƌŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ TŚĞ dĞŵƉĞƌ dƌĂƉ͕ ǁŚŽ ǁŽǁĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƚŚƌĞĞ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ĂƩĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ ŽƵŐŝ͛Ɛ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ ŐŽƌŐĞŽƵƐ ĨĂůƐĞƩŽ͘ >ŽǀĞůǇ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ͘ ǀĞŶ ƌĂŝŶ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƐƚŽƉ ƵƐ ĚĂŶĐŝŶŐ͘ 1715 – ^Ɵůů ƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ͘ KŶ ĐĂŵĞ dŚĞ ,ŽƌƌŽƌƐ͕ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ůŝŬĞ :ŽǇ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ Ăƚ ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ͕ ĞǆĐĞƉƚ ĨŽƌ &ĂƌƌŝƐ ǁŚŽ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůǇ ƐĐĂƌǇ ŝŶ Ă ǁŽŽůůǇ ũƵŵƉĞƌ͘ ^Ğƚ ĐůĞǀĞƌůǇ ŝŐŶŽƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ ĂŶĚ ĂƐ Ă ƌĞƐƵůƚ ǁĂƐ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŵĂƌƌĞĚ ďǇ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ͘

1810 – DƵŵĨŽƌĚ ĂŶĚ ^ŽŶƐ͕ ŝŶ Ă ƚĞŶƚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŽǁ ƚŽƌƌĞŶƟĂů ƌĂŝŶ͘ ĞƐƚ ƐĞƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ĂĚũĞĐƟǀĞƐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŚĞŵ ũƵƐƟĐĞ ĂƐ Ă ůŝǀĞ ďĂŶĚ͘ DĞƚ :ŽŶĂƚŚŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ dŚĞ dĞŵƉĞƌ dƌĂƉ͕ ǁŚŽ ǁĂƐ ǀĞƌǇ ŶŝĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ŝŐ WŝŶŬ ƉůĂǇĞĚ Ă

ďůŝŶĚĞƌ͕ ďƵƚ ďŝǌĂƌƌĞůǇ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ĞŶŐĂŐĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘ 2115 – Mogwai ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ ůĂƚĞ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ǁĞĂŬ Skream ƐĞƚ͘ dŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ďƵƚ ǁĞ ůĞŌ ĞĂƌůǇ ƚŽ ĐĂƚĐŚ͘͘ 2130 – Mystery Jets͕ ǁŚŽ ƌĞǁĂƌĚ ƵƐ ǁŝƚŚ͘͘͘ Ă ŵĞĚŝŽĐƌĞ͕ ĂůŵŽƐƚ Śŝƚ ĨƌĞĞ ƐĞƚ͘ ŚĞĞƌƐ ůĂĚƐ͘ 2230 – KŶ Ă ƚƌĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůĂĚǇ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ƐĂŝĚ ƐŚĞ ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞůƐ ŐŝŐ ŝŶ ƌŝŐŚƚŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ / ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ŵŝƐƐ͘ / ŚĂƚĞ ŚĞƌ͘ Duncan Vicat-Brown

15 music <<<<<<<<FESTIVAL DIARIES 2009 22sept09 issue231

concrete.music@uea.ac.uk

<READING><RICHMOND PARK><AUGUST 28TH-30TH> DƵƐŝĐ ĚŝƚŽƌ Paul Cook ƐŚĂƌĞƐ ŚŝƐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ĞƉŝĐ ZĞĂĚŝŶŐ &ĞƐƟǀĂů ϮϬϬϵ͘ FRIDAY / ǁĂƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĞŶĂ ĮƌƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉĞƌďůǇ ĞŶĞƌŐĞƟĐ ĂŶĂŶĂŶĂŶĂǇŬƌŽǇĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ED ƚĞŶƚ͘ ^ŝŶŐůĞƐ Black Wax ĂŶĚ Some Dresses ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂĐŬĞĚ ŽƵƚ ƚĞŶƚ ũƵŵƉŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ďŽƵŶĐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĨƌĞƐŚͲĨĂĐĞĚ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ũŽǇ͘ &ƵŶĞƌĂů ĨŽƌ Ă &ƌŝĞŶĚ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ ,ŽƌƌŽƌƐ ŐƌĂĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ůŝŶĞͲƵƉ ďƵƚ ďŽƚŚ ƐƵīĞƌĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŽƵŶĚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ͕ ĂŶ ŝƐƐƵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƉůĂŐƵĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĚĂǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͘ /Ĩ ŝƚ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚ ǁŝŶĚƐ ĐĂƌƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ƉƌŽƉĞƌůǇ͘ ƐŝĚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚ ŽŶͰͲƐƚĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ĐƌŽǁĚ ƐŽƵŶĚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ͛Ɛ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞƌƐ <ŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ >ĞŽŶ ǁĞƌĞ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ͘ / ǁĂƐ ďůŝƐƐĨƵůůǇ ƵŶĂǁĂƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ͕ ĞŶũŽǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞŶĞƟĐ Four Kicks ĂŶĚ Taper Jean Girl ƌŝŐŚƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŽŶƚ͘ ƚŽƉ ĐůĂƐƐ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞ ĂĐƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂĐŬůƵƐƚƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽŶŽƚŽŶŽƵƐ <ĂŝƐĞƌ ŚŝĞĨƐ͘

SATURDAY ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŐĞƚ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ŵŝĚͲ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ǁŚĞŶ ĂŐůĞƐ ŽĨ ĞĂƚŚ DĞƚĂů ĐĂŵĞ ŽŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƐƚĂŐĞ ƚŽ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌ ƐŽŵĞ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ƌŽĐŬ ďĞĨŽƌĞ >ŽŶĚŽŶĞƌƐ ŶƚĞƌ ^ŚŝŬĂƌŝ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ͕ ĚƵƐƚ ĐůŽƵĚƐ ĂŶĚ Ăůů͘ ƚǇƉŝĐĂůůǇ ĞŶĞƌŐŝƐĞĚ DĂĐĐĂďĞĞƐ ƌŽƵŶĚĞĚ Žī ƚŚĞ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĞƐƚ͕ ĨƵŶͲ ĮůůĞĚ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ďƵƚ /ĂŶ ƌŽǁŶ͛Ɛ ƟŵĞ ŽŶ ƐƚĂŐĞ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌƐƚ ƐĞƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ ĂƐ ŚĞ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ůŽƐƚ Ăůů ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚƵŶĞ͘ dŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƚǁŽ ĂĐƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ǁĞƌĞ ǀĞƌǇ

ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ͕ dŚĞ WƌŽĚŝŐǇ ŐĂǀĞ Ă ĐĂƌĞĞƌͲ ĚĞĮŶŝŶŐ ƌĞŶĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ Breathe ƚŽ Omen ĂŶĚ dŚĞ ƌĐƟĐ DŽŶŬĞǇƐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞĚ Ă ƐĞƚ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƟŶŐ ŵĂŝŶůǇ ŽĨ ŶĞǁ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů͘ /Ŷ ĨĂĐƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŽŶůǇ Crying Lightning ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŽůĚĞƌ ŐĞŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ŝŶ ĨƵůů ǀŽŝĐĞ͘ ƐŽůŝĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŶŽŶĞƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͘

ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƐĞƚƐ ďǇ dŚĞ :ŽǇ &ŽƌŵŝĚĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ dĞŵƉĞƌ dƌĂƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ &ĞƐƟǀĂů ZĞƉƵďůŝĐ dĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂǀŝŶŐ͕ ƉŝůĞͲƵƉ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ dŚĞ WƌŽĚŝŐǇ ĂŶĚ

ĂůďĞŝƚ ĞǆŚĂƵƐƟŶŐ͕ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘

SUNDAY ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ďĞŐƵŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă Įůŵ Ͳ ^ŚĂŶĞ DĞĂĚŽǁ͛Ɛ ͚>Ğ ŽŶŬ͕͛ Ă ǁŝƩǇ ƚŽŶŐƵĞͲŝŶͲĐŚĞĞŬ ƚĂůĞ ŽĨ Ă ƌŽĂĚŝĞͲ ǁĂŶŶĂďĞ ƌŽĐŬƐƚĂƌ ;WĂĚĚǇ ŽŶƐŝĚŝŶĞͿ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ Žī ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ůĂƵŐŚƐ͘ Ǉ ƚŚĞ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ Ă ĚƵŽ ŽĨ ďĂŶĚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ED ƚĞŶƚ͕ DĞƚƌŽŶŽŵǇ ĂŶĚ WĂƐƐŝŽŶ Wŝƚ͕ ďŽƚŚ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĨĂŶ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞƐ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ǁĂƌŵĞĚ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ͛Ɛ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞ ŐŝĂŶƚƐ ZĂĚŝŽŚĞĂĚ͘ dŚĞ ĚĂǇ ĞŶĚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĨŽƵƌ ďĂŶĚ ďůŽĐŬďƵƐƚĞƌ ŽĨ sĂŵƉŝƌĞ tĞĞŬĞŶĚ͕ zĞĂŚ zĞĂŚ zĞĂŚ͛Ɛ͕ ĨŽƵƌƚŚͲ ǇĞĂƌͲŝŶͲĂͲƌŽǁ ǀĞƚĞƌĂŶƐ ůŽĐ WĂƌƚǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĂǁĞͲ ŝŶƐƉŝƌŝŶŐ ZĂĚŝŽŚĞĂĚ͘ dŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŐŽƚ ďĞƩĞƌ ĂŶĚ ďĞƩĞƌ ƵŶƟů / ǁĂƐ ƐƚŽŽĚ ŽƉĞŶ ŵŽƵƚŚĞĚ ůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ dŚŽŵ zŽƌŬĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽ ŽƉĞŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĂƌĞůǇ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞĚ ͚ ƌĞĞƉ͛͘ ^ƉŝŶĞͲƟŶŐůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĐĞͲŝŶͲĂͲůŝĨĞƟŵĞ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŵŝŶĚ͊ / ƌĞƚƵƌŶĞĚ ƚŽ ŵǇ ƚĞŶƚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ůĞŐĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ͚^ƵŶĚĂǇ ŶŝŐŚƚ ŵĂĚŶĞƐƐ͛ ǁĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂŶĚ ƚƌƵůǇ ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚ͘ dĞŶƚƐ ĂŇĂŵĞ͕ ǁĞ ƐƉĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ĞŶũŽǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌŵƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďŽŶĮƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůǇ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ĂŌĞƌ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŶŽ ƐůĞĞƉ ǁŚĂƚƐŽĞǀĞƌ͘ &Žƌ ŵĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ ǁĂƐ ďŽŽŬĞŶĚĞĚ ďǇ ƚǁŽ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞ ƐĞƚƐ͖ <ŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ >ĞŽŶ ĂŶĚ ZĂĚŝŽŚĞĂĚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ͕ ĨƌŽŵ

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FRANK TURNER POETRY OF THE DEED

dŚƌĞĞ ĂůďƵŵƐ ŝŶƚŽ ŚŝƐ ƐŽůŽ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͕ &ƌĂŶŬ dƵƌŶĞƌ ŝƐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐůǇ͘ KƉĞŶĞƌ Live Fast Die Old ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ͞/ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĂĐƚ ůŝŬĞ / ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ĐĂƌĞ ͙ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌƵƚŚ ŝƐ / ǁĂƐ ũƵƐƚ ƐĐĂƌĞĚ͘͟ Poetry of the Deed ĮŶĂůůǇ ƐŚŽǁƐ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ďĞ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ƚĂůĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĂŝŵŝŶŐ ŚŝŐŚ͘ dŚĞ ͘/͘z͘ ĞƚŚŝĐ ŽĨ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ ŝƐ ƉƵƚ ĂƐŝĚĞ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ͕ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞĚ ďǇ ůĞǆ EĞǁƉŽƌƚ ŵĂŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐŬ ;ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ŐƵŝƚĂƌŝƐƚ ĞŶ >ůŽǇĚ ŚĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚͿ͘ ďŝŐŐĞƌ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚ͕ ďƵƚ ůŝǀĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐƐ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ƌĞƚĂŝŶƐ Ă ƌĂǁ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ďƵƚ

PIXIE LOTT TURN IT UP

tŝƚŚ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ĐƌŝƟĐĂů ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ŽŶ ŶĞǁĐŽŵĞƌƐ ůŝŬĞ >Ă ZŽƵǆ, &ůŽƌĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ >ŝƩůĞ ŽŽƚƐ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŵŝƌĂĐůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶ ĞŝŐŚƚĞĞŶͲǇĞĂƌͲŽůĚ ƉŽƉƐƚĂƌ ůŝŬĞ WŝǆŝĞ >ŽƩ ŚĂƐ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂŬƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͘ ^ŚĞ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ƐŽůŽŝƐƚ ŝŶ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŚĞƌ ĐŚĂƌƚ ĚĞďƵƚ Ăƚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽŶĞ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĮƌƐƚ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ds ƐŚŽǁ͖ ĂŶĚ ŶŽǁ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ĨŽƵƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚǁŽ Śŝƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ͕ ƐŚĞ͛Ɛ ĮŶĂůůǇ ƵŶůĞĂƐŚŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ĚĞďƵƚ ĂůďƵŵ͘ Turn It Up ŝƐ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ǁŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ůŽĐŬĞĚ ŵǇ tŝŶĞŚŽƵƐĞ, ƵīǇ, ZŝŚĂŶŶĂ ĂŶĚ EĂƚĂƐŚĂ ĞĚŝŶŐĮĞůĚ ŝŶ Ă ƐƚƵĚŝŽ ĂŶĚ ƚŽůĚ ƚŚĞŵ

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/ƚ͛Ɛ ůĂƚĞ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ ǀĞŶƚ ŝƐ ŚƵŶŐŽǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ Jamie T͛Ɛ ŶĞǁ ĂůďƵŵ Kings & Queens͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ĂƌĞ ĚŽƵƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ƚŽ ĂůĐŽŚŽů͘ ƚ ĮƌƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ƐĞĞŵƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƉŽůŝƐŚĞĚ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ WĂŶŝĐ WƌĞǀĞŶƟŽŶ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ͕ ƵƐŝŶŐ ůŝǀĞ ĐůŝƉƐ ŽĨ ĐƌŽǁĚƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ The Man’s Machine ĂŶĚ ƐůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĂŵŽƌĞ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐ ƚƌĂĐŬ ĨŽƌ Emily’s Heart͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƐĂŵƉůĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂƌƟƐƚ͛Ɛ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ ^ŝŶŐůĞƐ ^ƟĐŬƐ ͚Ŷ͛ ^ƚŽŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ Chaka Demus

MUSE 9/10 THE RESISTANCE ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͘ sŽĐĂůůǇ͕ >ŽƩ ŝƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ďƌĞĞǌŝĞƌ ĚĞůĞ͖ ƌĞƐƚƌĂŝŶĞĚ ǁŚĞŶ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ďƵƚ ĞīŽƌƚůĞƐƐůǇ ĐĂƉĂďůĞ ŽĨ ŚĂŶĚůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ǀŽĐĂů ĂĐƌŽďĂƟĐƐ͘ Cry Me Out ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ůŝŶĞ ͞/ ŐŽƚ ǇŽƵƌ ĞͲŵĂŝůƐ͕ ǇŽƵ ũƵƐƚ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŐĞƚ ĨĞŵĂůĞƐ͕͟ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂůŵŝŐŚƚǇ ďƌĞĂŬͲƵƉ ďĂůůĂĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĮŶĂůůǇ ůĞƚƐ WŝǆŝĞ͛Ɛ ǀŽŝĐĞ ƉƌŽǀĞ ǁŚĂƚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĨƵƐƐ ŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ͘ /ŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞůǇ͕ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƐŽĂƌŝŶŐ ĐŚŽƌƵƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĂƩĞƌŝŶŐ ĮŶĂůĞƐ͕ ƐŚĞ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ďĞůŝĞǀĂďůĞ͘ KŶ Gravity ƐŚĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůǇ ƉůĂǇƐ ƚŚĞ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůůǇͲďĂƩĞƌĞĚ ŐŝƌůĨƌŝĞŶĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂƌƚͲďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐ Nothing Compares ƐŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůǇ ĐƌƵƐŚĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ƉĂĐŬƐ Ă ƉƵŶĐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƵƉͲƚĞŵƉŽ ƚƵŶĞƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ Here We Go Again ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ƐŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ZĞĚKŶĞ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ĚĂŶĐĞĂďůĞ ƐƚŽƌŵĞƌ ŶŽŶĞƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͖ Jack ŝƐ Ă ƌŝĚŝĐƵůŽƵƐůǇ ĐĂƚĐŚǇ ŽĚĞ ƚŽ Ă ƉĂƐƚ ůŽǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ƟƚůĞ ƚƌĂĐŬ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŽƉƟŵŝƐƟĐ ƐŽŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƌĞĂůŝƐŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ďĞƩĞƌ Žī ĂƐ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂŌĞƌ Ăůů͘ Turn It Up ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƵŶůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ĂƩƌĂĐƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĐĂůŝďƌĞ ŽĨ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵ ĂƐ >Ă ZŽƵǆ ĂŶĚ ĐŽ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽŶĞƚŚĞůĞƐƐ Ă ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĨŽƌƚǇ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ŽĨ ƌĞĨƌĞƐŚŝŶŐ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ƉŽƉ͘ >Ğƚ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ ŚŽƉĞ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ƚĂŬĞ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĨŽƵƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁͲƵƉ͘ Shaun Kitchener

^Ɵůů ďƵŽǇĂŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂŬĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ tĞŵďůĞǇ ^ƚĂĚŝƵŵ ƐŚŽǁƐ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ͕ DƵƐĞ ƌĞƟƌĞĚ ƚŽ ĂŶ ƵŶĚĞƌŐƌŽƵŶĚ ďƵŶŬĞƌ ďĞŶĞĂƚŚ >ĂŬĞ ŽŵŽ͕ /ƚĂůǇ ƚŽ ďĞŐŝŶ ǁŽƌŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮŌŚ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ ĂůďƵŵ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ƚĂůŬ ŽĨ ƉĂƌĂŶŽŝĂ͕ ƌĞŝŶǀĞŶƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƌǀŝǀŝŶŐ ƐŽůĞůǇ ŽŶ ƟŶƐ ŽĨ ďĂŬĞĚ ďĞĂŶƐ͘ ^ƵƌĞůǇ Ă ŵĂƐƚĞƌƉŝĞĐĞ ĂǁĂŝƚƐ͍ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŵŝŶƵƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ƐŽŶŐ Uprising͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĐůĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ ǀĞƌǇ ůŝƩůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŽĨ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůŝƚǇ ŚĂƐ ŽĐĐƵƌƌĞĚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ just Supermassive Black Hole ǁŝƚŚ ůĞƐƐ ƐĞǆƵĂů ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŐůŽďĂů ĐŽŶƐƉŝƌĂĐǇ͘ DƵĐŚ

9/10 ĂƌĞ ƐƚĂŶĚ ŽƵƚ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ůŝĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŚĂĚŽǁ͘ KŶĞ ƐŽŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ŐƌĂď ǇŽƵ ŝŶŝƟĂůůǇ ŝƐ Hocus Pocus, ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽƌƵƐ ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐ ĚƵůů ĂŶĚ ƌĞƉĞƟƟǀĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůǇƌŝĐƐ͕ ͘͘͘͞ũŽŬĞƌƐ͕ ďĂƌƌŝƐƚĞƌƐ͕ ďĞĂƐƚƐ͕ ƉŽůŝĐĞŵĞŶ͕ ƚŚŝĞǀĞƐ͘͘͘͟ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ĨƵƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ƌĞŵŝŶŝƐĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ŝŶ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ƚĞǆƚďŽŽŬƐ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ƟƚůĞ͘ :ĂŵŝĞ d ŚĂƐŶ͛ƚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ďƵƚ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐĞĚ͕ ďŽƚŚ ŵƵƐŝĐĂůůǇ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ůǇƌŝĐĂů ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ŵĂƩĞƌ͖ ƚŽƵĐŚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ǁŽƌůĚ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ŝŶ Ă ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ǁĂǇ͘ Spider’s Web ƐƵŵƐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƚĂƉŚŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁĞď ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŶŐ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƐŚŽǁŶ ŵŽƐƚ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵůůǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďŝŶŐ ŚŽǁ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŝŶ 'ĂǌĂ ͞ƉŽŝŶƚ Ăƚ ŵĞ ŝŶ ŵǇ ƉǇũĂŵĂƐ͟ ĂŶĚ ƚĞůů Śŝŵ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ďĞĚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝŵĂŐĞ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ Ăůů ƌĞůĂƚĞ ƚŽ͕ ĂƐ ďǇ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁƐ ŵŽƐƚ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ƉĂƐƐŝǀĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞŐĂƌĚ ƚŽ ĂŶǇ ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŐŝǀĞŶ͘ WŽůŝƟĐĂů ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĚĞĂůƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ĚŽǁŶͲƚŽͲĞĂƌƚŚ ǁĂǇ͕ ƉůĂĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ƉĂƌĂĚŽǆŝĐĂůůǇ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶĞĐĚŽƚĞƐ ŽĨ ŐŝƌůƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ DĂƌƚŚĂ ĂŶĚ ^ƵƐŝĞ͘ Ɛ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ŐƌĂďƐ ǇŽƵƌ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ĂŶ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ ǇĞƚ ƵƉůŝŌŝŶŐ͕ ŝŶƐƉŝƌŝŶŐ ĨĞĞů͘ Carmina Masoliver

6/10 ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ͕ ŝŶ ĨĂĐƚ͕ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞůǇ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ͖ Exogenesis: Symphony Part I (Overture) is ĂůŵŽƐƚ ŝŶĚŝƐƟŶŐƵŝƐŚĂďůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ Lord of the Rings ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬ͘ zĞƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ The Resistance ŝƐ ŝƚƐ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ Ăƚ ƉŽĞƚƌǇ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ Ͳ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ ĂŐŽ͕ ĂďŽƵƚ ϮϬϬϭ Ͳ DĂƩ ĞůůĂŵǇ ŚĂĚ Ă ƉĞŶĐŚĂŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƐĐƌĞĂŵŝŶŐ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ͕ ŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĂŵĞĚ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ ĚƌŽǁŶĞĚ ŽƵƚ͘ EŽǁĂĚĂǇƐ ŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĂŵƐ ŚĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͕ ŝŶ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ŝŶƚĞŶƐŝƚǇ͕ ďƵƚ ŶŽƚ ŶĞĂƌůǇ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͘ Undisclosed Desires͕ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂŶ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝĨ ůŝŶĞƐ ůŝŬĞ ͞^ŽŽƚŚŝŶŐͬ/͛ůů ŵĂŬĞ ǇŽƵ ĨĞĞů ƉƵƌĞͬdƌƵƐƚ ŵĞͬ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƐƵƌĞ͟ ǁĞƌĞ ďůĂƐƚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ŽďƐĐƵƌŝƚǇ ďǇ Ă ŚĞĂůƚŚǇ ǁĂŝů͘ ĞůůĂŵǇ ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ƐƉĞĂŬ ŝŶ Ă ͞ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ͛ůů ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ͕͟ ďƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŝŶ Ă ŐůƵƚ ŽĨ ĐůŝĐŚĠƐ ĂŶĚ ƚƌŝƚĞ ƌŚǇŵŝŶŐ͘ ŶĚ ŶŽ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƚĞ ŝƚ ŝŶƚŽ &ƌĞŶĐŚ ;ĂŶ ŝůů ĂĚǀŝƐĞĚ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ ŽŶ dƌĂĐŬ ϴͿ͘ EĞǀĞƌƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͕ The Resistance ŝƐ ďǇ ŶŽ ŵĞĂŶƐ Ă ĚŝƐĂƐƚĞƌ͘ Guiding Light ĂŶĚ hŶŶĂƚƵƌĂů ^ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĂƌĞ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůǇ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ƐŽŶŐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĚŝǀĞ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ϯͲƉĂƌƚ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐĂů ƐǇŵƉŚŽŶǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂƉƉůĂƵĚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ďƌĂǀĞƌǇ͘ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ͕ ƚŽŽ ŽŌĞŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŐŐŝŶŐ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ŚĞĂƌĚ ŝƚ Ăůů ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ Isabel Lockhart Smith

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SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS PLACEBO BATTLE FOR THE SUN

Placebo, the band who sound-tracked adolescence and self-discovery, have returned ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵĂƚƵƌĞ ƌĞŇĞĐƟŽŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐƌŝƩǇ͕ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůůǇ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ƐĞůĨͲ ŝŶĚƵůŐĞŶƚ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƩůĞ &Žƌ dŚĞ ^ƵŶ. “All ŽĨ ŵǇ ǁƌŽŶŐƐ ͙ ĐŽŵĞ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ŚĂƵŶƚ ŵĞ͟ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ůǇƌŝĐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƌĞŐƌĞƐƐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂŶŐƐƚ ĮůůĞĚ ǇĞĂƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŶĞǁ ĚƌƵŵŵĞƌ ^ƚĞǀĞ Forrest.

<ŝƩǇ >ŝƩĞƌ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝĚĞĂů ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ƚƌĂĐŬ͕ ďĞŝŶŐ ĨĂƐƚͲƉĂĐĞĚ ǇĞƚ ŵĞůĂŶĐŚŽůŝĐ ĂŶĚ ĞĐŚŽŝŶŐ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ƟƚůĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ůĂĐŬ DĂƌŬĞƚ DƵƐŝĐ like ^ƉĞĐŝĂů K. Fans who were unimpressed with DĞĚƐ ǁŝůů ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ ^ůĞĞƉŝŶŐ tŝƚŚ 'ŚŽƐƚƐ in ƐŚƚƌĂǇ ,ĞĂƌƚ and later ƌŝŐŚƚ >ŝŐŚƚƐ, ǁŝƚŚ ďŽƚŚ ƐŽŶŐƐ ĐĂƉƚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ďůƵƌƌǇ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ĂƐ ůŝĨĞ ƉĂƐƐĞƐ ďǇ͘ dŚĞ ƟƚůĞ ƚƌĂĐŬ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ŶĞǁ ĂŶŐůĞ for those who revel in the old Placebo sound

ARCTIC MONKEYS 8/10 HUMBUG

ďƵƚ ƐƟůů ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƌĞĨƌĞƐŚŝŶŐ͕ dŚƌŽƵŐŚ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĨĂŶƐ ǁŝůů ŶŽ ĚŽƵďƚ ďĞ ůĞŌ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ^ŚĞĸĞůĚ ĨŽƵƌ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ƐŽ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƐĞŶƚ ƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ piece’s third album is a trek into the realms of ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬ ĐĂƚĂůŽŐƵĞ͘ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ͖ Ă ďĂƐƚĂƌĚŝǌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶŝǌĞĚ Ğǀŝů /Ŷ dŚĞ ĞƚĂŝůƐ and ^ƉĞĂŬ /Ŷ dŽŶŐƵĞƐ record resultant from a self-imposed exile in ďƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŶĞ ďĂĐŬ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ĂŶ ĂŶŐƌǇ ƌĞŇĞĐƟŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂŶ ǁĂƐƚĞůĂŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ďŝŐ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌ on the past (much like ůĂĐŬ ǇĞĚ) but with a ĮŐƵƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌ :ŽƐŚ ,ŽŵŵĞ͘ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚŽƌŽƵŐŚ ĂŶĚ ŵĂƚƵƌĞ ĂŶŐůĞ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƵŶƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ͕ ŶŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞͲƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ to measure how well these tracks serve the ƌĞĂůůǇ Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŝů ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂĚ ǁŚĞŶ ƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ůĂĐŬ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƫŶŐ ,ƵŵďƵŐ, which seems to simultaneously supWůĂĐĞďŽ ĞĚŐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŚŽ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƉŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ƐƵďǀĞƌƚ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ͘ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞƌǀĞƐ ĂƐ Ă ƐŝŐŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŝǀĞƚǇ /Ŷ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ǁĂǇƐ͕ ,ƵŵďƵŐ picks up where &Ăand confusion that we all experience in youth ǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ tŽƌƐƚ EŝŐŚƚŵĂƌĞ ůĞŌ Žī͖ ƚŚĞ ĞĞƌŝĞ Ɛŝǆwill eventually pass on. ƟĞƐ ƉƐǇĐŚ ůĞĂŶŝŶŐƐ ĚŽŵŝŶĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ǁŝƚŚ Nevertheless, :ƵůŝĞŶ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ƵƐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ůŝƩůĞ ƌĞƐƉŝƚĞ͘ dŚĞ ƉƵŶĐŚǇ ŐƵŝƚĂƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ŐƌŽƵŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĂƚ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ďĂƐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ,ĂƉƉǇ ǇŽƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞǀĞƌďǇ͕ ůŝŶŐĞƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ zŽƵ͛ƌĞ 'ŽŶĞ ƌĞŵŝŶĚƐ ƵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĨƵǌǌ ĚƌĞŶĐŚĞĚ ƚŽŶĞƐ ĐŽƵƉůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚƌŽƐƉĂƌŬ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ Ăůů ŐƌŽǁŶ ƚŽ ůŽǀĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ŵǇƐƟĐ ůǇƌŝĐĂů ĚĞůŝǀĞƌǇ ŽĨ band. For new listeners and die-hard old school ůĞǆ dƵƌŶĞƌ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵŽǀĞ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ĂůǁĂǇƐ fans alike, ĂƩůĞ &Žƌ dŚĞ ^ƵŶ delivers a perfect ƉƵůů Žī͘ taster of what WůĂĐĞďŽ ǁĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ĂďŽƵƚ͘ /ŶĚĞĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ͛Ɛ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŚĂůĨ ůĂŐƐ ŝŶ ƉůĂĐĞƐ͘ Ǉ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƌŶĞƌƐƚŽŶĞ makes Mike Hammond ĂŶ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ͕ ĞǆĐůĂŵĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ͞ŽŬ͕ ǁĞ ŐĞƚ ŝƚ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ŶĞǆƚ͍͟ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĨŽƌŐŝǀĞŶ͘ EŽŶĞƚŚĞ-

8/10 ůĞƐƐ͕ ŚŝŐŚ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ WŽƐŝƟŽŶ ƉƉƌŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ ;ǁŚŽƐĞ ĚŝƐũŽŝŶƚĞĚ ƌŝĸŶŐ ŝƐ ƌĞŵŝŶŝƐĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ &ƌĂŶĐĞƐ &ĂƌŵĞƌ͙ from Nirvana’s /Ŷ hƚĞƌŽ) disƉĞů ĂŶǇ ŵĂũŽƌ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐŵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͘ Turner’s lyrics have, in the past, been heralded as an apt commentary on 21st-Century ŶŐůĂŶĚ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ƉĞŶŶĞĚ ĨŽƌ ,ƵŵďƵŐ occupies a space of limbo between the monotŽŶŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƌŝƟƐŚ ĞǆŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĞĐƚƌĂů ƌĂƉƉŝŶŐ from an astral plane. >ĂƌŐĞůǇ ŝŶƚƌŽƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ͕ ŚŝƐ ĐŽŶǀĞǇĂŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ heartache, demented paranoia and twisted sadomasochism (“you sharpen the heel of your boot and you press it in my chest, and you make ŵĞ ǁŚĞĞǌĞͬƚŚĞŶ ƚŽ ŵǇ ŬŶĞĞƐ ǇŽƵ ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞ ŵĞ͟Ϳ ĂƌĞ ƵŶĚĞŶŝĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ͛Ɛ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚ͘ /Ŷ ƐŚŽƌƚ͕ ƌĐƟĐ DŽŶŬĞǇƐ are not stranded ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĞĂƐ ŽĨ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ ĂƐ ŵĂŶǇ ĐŽŵŵĞŶtators would have you believe. ,ƵŵďƵŐ͛Ɛ exƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ĐŽƵƉůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĞŶĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ƐŽŶŐ ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ ƐŚŽǁƐ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŶŽƚ ůŽƐƚ͕ ďƵƚ ǁĞůů ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ Ă ŶĞǁ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ͘ Alec Plowman

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MAIN FEATURE ADVENTURELAND ŌĞƌ ŚŝƐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ǁŝƚŚ Śŝƚ Įůŵ ^ƵƉĞƌďĂĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌŝƟĞƐ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ďĞ ŝŐŶŽƌĞĚ ĂƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ 'ƌĞŐ DŽƩŽůĂ ƐƚŽƌŵƐ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ǁŝƚŚ Adventureland͘ ZĞĐĞŶƚ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ :ĂŵĞƐ ;:ĞƐƐĞ ŝƐĞŶďƵƌŐͿ ůŽŶŐƐ ƚŽ ŵŽǀĞ ƚŽ EĞǁ zŽƌŬ ƚŽ ƉƵƌƐƵĞ Ă ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ŝŶ ũŽƵƌŶĂůŝƐŵ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ ǁĞĞĚͲƐŵŽŬŝŶŐ ďƵĚĚǇ ƌŝĐ ;DŝĐŚĂĞů ĞŐĞŶͿ͕ ďƵƚ ŚŝƐ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂůůǇ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞĚ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌĐĞ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ƵŶĚĞƌƚĂŬĞ Ă ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ũŽď͘ tŚĞŶ :ĞƐƐĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ǁĂŝƚĞƌ Ăƚ Ă ĚŝŶĞƌ͕ ŚĞ ƌĞůƵĐƚĂŶƚůǇ ĂĐĐĞƉƚƐ Ă ũŽď Ăƚ ůŽĐĂů ƚŚĞŵĞ ƉĂƌŬ ĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞůĂŶĚ͕ WŝƩƐďƵƌŐŚ͛Ɛ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ƚŽ ŝƐŶĞǇůĂŶĚ͘ dŚĞ ƋƵŝƌŬǇ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĞŵƉůŽǇĞĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŽƵƚƐĞƚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĂŶ ŽĚĚďĂůů ƉĂƌŬ ĂƩĞŶĚĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŽǀĞƌůǇ ĞĐĐĞŶƚƌŝĐ ĐŽͲǁŽƌŬĞƌƐ ŽďďǇ ĂŶĚ WĂƵůĞƩĞ͕ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚůǇ ďǇ ŝůů ,ĂĚĞƌ ĂŶĚ <ƌŝƐƚĞŶ tŝŝŐ͘ :ĂŵĞƐ͛ ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞ ŵ ;<ƌŝƐƚĞŶ ^ƚĞǁĂƌƚͿ ĐĂƚĐŚĞƐ ŚŝƐ ĞǇĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ƐŽŽŶ ůŽǀĞƐ ŚĞƌ ǁŽƌůĚůǇ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƌĞĨƌĞĞ ĂƫƚƵĚĞ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŽŶ Ă ĚĂƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶͲƉĂƌŬ ƐƚƵŶŶĞƌ >ŝƐĂ W͘ dƌŽƵďůĞĚ ŵ ŝƐ ƚŚĞŶ ĞǆƉŽƐĞĚ ĂƐ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĂīĂŝƌ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ ŵĂŶ DŝŬĞ ;ZǇĂŶ ZĞǇŶŽůĚƐͿ͕ ƚŚƌŽǁŝŶŐ Ă ƐƉĂŶŶĞƌ ŝŶƚŽ ŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ :ĂŵĞƐ͛ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůǇ ƵŶŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůǇ ĐŽŵƉůŝĐĂƟŶŐ ĂŶ ŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ ĞĂƐǇ

Adventureland ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ŝŶ ϭϵϴϳ͕ ǁŝƚŚ DŽƩŽůĂ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ĨĂŶ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĞƌĂ ďǇ ŚŝƐ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŽĨ ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞůĂǆĞĚ ƉĂĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͘ KĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůǇ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƐůŽǁ ƉĂĐĞ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ĚƵůů͕ ďƵƚ DŽƩŽůĂ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂůƐŽ ǁƌŽƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ͕ ĂǀŽŝĚƐ ƚŚŝƐ ďǇ ĞŶƐƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŝƐ ŬĞƉƚ ǁŝƩǇ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĂƌƉ͘ tŝƚŚ ůĂƵŐŚƐ ĂƉůĞŶƚǇ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ :ĂŵĞƐ ƌŝƐŬŝŶŐ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŬŶŝĨĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ Ă ŐŝĂŶƚ ƚŽǇ ƉĂŶĚĂ ĂǁĂǇ͕ WĂƵůĞƩĞ ƉůĂĐŝŶŐ ĞǇĞ ƉĂƚĐŚĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŽǇ ďĂŶĂŶĂƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ͞ƌĂŶ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŐŽŽŐůǇ ĞǇĞƐ͟ ĂŶĚ ŽďďǇ͛Ɛ ĐŽŵŝĐĂů ͞:ĂŵĞƐ͙Ăŵ / ƐĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƌŝŐŚƚ͍͕͟ Adventureland ŝƐ Ă ŚŽŽƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁĂƌŵͲ ŚĞĂƌƚĞĚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǀĂƐƚůǇ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ ƚŚĞŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŽŵŝŶŐͲŽĨͲĂŐĞ ĮůŵƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐƚ͕ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŝƚ ŽŶĞ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ͘ Elizabeth Poole

ŐŽŝŶŐ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ͘ dŚĞ ĐĂƐƟŶŐ ŝƐ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĨĂƵůƚůĞƐƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ DĂƌƟŶ ^ƚĂƌƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ĨƵŶŶǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŽĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĂƚ <ƌŝƐƚĞŶ ^ƚĞǁĂƌƚ ŚĂƐ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨĂĐŝĂů ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ƚŚĂŶ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƐĞǆƵĂůůǇ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĐƵŽƵƐ͕

ĂŬĂ Twilight͘ :ĂŵĞƐ ŝƐĞŶďƵƌŐ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĂůůǇ ĂǁŬǁĂƌĚ :ĂŵĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ǀĞƌǇ ůŝŬĞĂďůĞ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƵǇ ǁŚŽ ĞŶũŽǇƐ ƉƵŶĐŚŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƉĞĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞƚŚĞƌ ƌĞŐŝŽŶƐ͘

Ύ tŚĂƚ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ŐĞƚ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞ Ă ϭϵϳϬ͛Ɛ ƉƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ƚŚƌŝůůĞƌ͕ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ŝĂǌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ǁŚŽ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ Donnie Darko ƚŽ ůŝĨĞ͍ ϮϬϭϬ͛Ɛ The Box.

ĐŽŵĞĚǇ Įůŵ The Green Hornet ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ ďĂĐŬ ĨƌŽŵ Ă :ƵůǇ ϮϬϭϬ ƚŽ Ă ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϭϬ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ĚĂƚĞ͕ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĞīĞĐƚƐ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ͘ >Ğƚ͛Ɛ ŚŽƉĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŽƉ ĨŽƌŵ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ ĂƐ ƐĞĞŶ ŝŶ Superbad ĂŶĚ Pineapple Express.

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TRIVIA TIME Ύ ^ĐƌĞĞŶƉůĂǇ ǁƌŝƚĞƌ >ŝŶĚĂ tŽŽůǀĞƌƚŽŶ͕ ǁŚŽ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ǁƌŽƚĞ ŬŝĚ͛Ɛ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐƐ The Lion King ĂŶĚ The Beauty and The Beast͕ ŝƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ĨŽƌ Alice In Wonderland͕ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ŝŶ DĂƌĐŚ ϮϬϭϬ͘ >Ğƚ͛Ɛ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ǁŝůů ďĞ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ͊

Ύ tƌŝƩĞŶ ďǇͬƐƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ ^ĞƚŚ ZŽŐĞŶ͕ ƐƵƉĞƌŚĞƌŽ

Ύ Avatar ŝƐ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͘ ZƵŵŽƵƌĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ ĮĐƟŽŶ Ăƚ ŝƚƐ ďĞƐƚ͕ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ĞŶĐĂƉͲ ƐƵůĂƚĞƐ Ă ŶĞǁ ƌĂĐĞ ŽĨ ŚƵŵĂŶƐ͕ dŚĞ EĂ͛ǀŝ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĮŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ŚƵŵĂŶ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĂů͘ * I Love You, New York ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ŝŶ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ĚĞƚĂŝůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌůŝŶŬͲ ŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ͘ tŝƚŚ ƐƚĂƌƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ^ŚŝĂ >Ă ĞŽƵĨ͕ ƌĂĚůĞǇ ŽŽƉĞƌ͕ ,ĂǇĚĞŶ ŚƌŝƐͲ ƚĞŶƐŽŶ͕ ZĂĐŚĞů ŝůƐŽŶ͕ EĂƚĂůŝĞ WŽƌƚŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ ůĂŬĞ >ŝǀĞůǇ Ăůů ĐĂƐƚ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů Įůŵ ŝĨ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ĞůƐĞ͘

mes͕ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϮϲƚŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂŶ ĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞ ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇĂů ŽĨ Śŝŵ Žƌ ũƵƐƚ Ă ͞ƐĞǆĞĚ ƵƉ͟ ,ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ͘ Ύ Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ǇŽƵ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ŬŶŽǁ͕ ƚŚĞ tĂůƚ ŝƐͲ ŶĞǇ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ƉƌŽƵĚ ŽǁŶĞƌ ŽĨ DĂƌǀĞů ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ŶŽǁ ŽǁŶŝŶŐ Ăůů ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚĂƌĂĐͲ ƚĞƌƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĮůŵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚƐ ƚŽ ĞǆŝƐƟŶŐ ƐƚƵĚŝŽƐ ;ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ^ŽŶǇ ǁŝƚŚ SpidermanͿ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ͘ Ύ dŚĞ ŵƵĐŚ ƐƉŽŬĞŶ ŽĨ Where The Wild Things Are ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ĨŽƌ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ Ă ǇŽƵŶŐ ďŽǇ͛Ɛ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ ŚĞ ĞƐĐĂƉĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂů ǁŽƌůĚ ŝŶƚŽ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŝůĚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ĂƌĞ ĚĞƐƉĞƌĂƚĞůǇ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ Ă ŶĞǁ ůĞĂĚĞƌ͘ ŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨĂŵŽƵƐ ^ƉŝŬĞ :ŽŶǌĞ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ǀŝƐƵĂůůǇ ŽƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ƌĞĂů ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͕ ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ ĂŶŝŵĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ůŝǀĞ ƉƵƉƉĞƚƌǇ͘

Ύ ŌĞƌ ŇŽĂƟŶŐ ƚŽ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ϭ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h^ ďŽǆ ŽĸĐĞ͕ District 9 ŝƐ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ Śŝƚ ŚĞƌĞ ƚŽŽ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ĞŶƟĐŝŶŐ ƐƚŽƌǇůŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽͲ ĚƵĐĞƌ WĞƚĞƌ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ Ă ĨĞǁ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ĚƌĂǁŝŶŐ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ͘

Ύ DĞŐĂŶ &Žǆ͛Ɛ ŶĞǁ ĐŽŵĞĚǇͲŚŽƌƌŽƌ Jennifer’s Body ŝƐ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ϵƚŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ůŽŽŬƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐŝŶŐ ŽĨ DĞŐĂŶ͛Ɛ ďŽĚǇ͘

Ύ KƉŝŶŝŽŶ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐƉůŝƚ ĂďŽƵƚ Sherlock Hol-

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Michael Bay follows Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) who is ŐĞƫŶŐ ŽǀĞƌ ŚŝƐ ǁŽƌůĚͲƐĂǀŝŽƌ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ from his parents and Bumblebee. ƵƌŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ͕ ^Ăŵ ŚĂƐ ŵĞŶƚĂů ŇĂƐŚĞƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ǇďĞƌƚƌŽŶŝĂŶ symbols that turn out to be the key ƚŽ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ Ă ƐŽƵƌĐĞ ŽĨ ĞŶĞƌŐŽŶ ŽŶ ĂƌƚŚ͕ ƐŽ ŶŽǁ ƚŚĞ ĞĐĞƉƟĐŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĂŌĞƌ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ĨŽĐƵƐĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌ between humans, autobots and ĚĞĐĞƉƟĐŽŶƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉĂƌĂůůĞů ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ŶĂŵĞůǇ ƚŚĞ war between the east and western

ǁŽƌůĚƐ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĚŽĞƐ ƌĂŝƐĞ key issues about the contemporary ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŇŽŽĚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŽŽ ŵĂŶǇ ĞīĞĐƚƐ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox is ĮƫŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐ ŽŌĞŶ ĚŝƐĐĂƌĚĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚƌƵĞ ĂĐƟŶŐ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů͕ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ĂƐ nothing but statues in a universal ďĂƩůĞĮĞůĚ͘ ƌĞĚŝƚ ŐŽĞƐ ƚŽ DŝĐŚĂĞů Bay for trying to expressively capture the heightened amount of ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ moments are drowned by too many ůŽŶŐ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐ͘ Adam Scales

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ĮůŵƐ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ŽŶůǇ ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ scene is the pursuit of the Horcrux ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ,ĂƌƌǇ ĂŶĚ ƵŵďůĞĚŽƌĞ ĮŶĚ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ sŽůĚĞŵŽƌƚ͛Ɛ ƐŽƵů͘ dŚŝƐ ƐĐĞŶĞ is only memorable to the rest of the Įůŵ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĞĞƌ ƐĐĂůĞ ŽĨ Inferi that come out of the depths when the water is disturbed. This Įůŵ ŝƐ Ăƚ ďĞƐƚ ǁĂƚĐŚĂďůĞ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ it ignores the element of spectacle and importance of balance within Ă ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ͕ ĨŽĐƵƐŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ŽŶ romance it feels more like a teen ƌŽŵͲĐŽŵ ƚŚĞŶ ,ĂƌƌǇ WŽƩĞƌ͘ Rachel Coxon

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®Ù͗ D ' Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϬϯͬϬϲͬϬϵ dĞƌŵŝŶĂƚŽƌ ^ĂůǀĂƟŽŶ follows John ŽŶŶŽƌ ; ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ ĂůĞͿ ǁŚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚƐ to build up a resistance against the rising robot army that SkyNet is producing to wipe out the human ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ͘ tŚŝůĞ ŽŶŶŽƌ ŝƐ ĚŽŝŶŐ so, it is discovered that one of the survivors is a traitor in disguise and has a secret that nobody would ever ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ĨŽĐƵƐĞƐ ŽŶ ĂŶ ĂƌŵǇ ŽĨ dĞƌŵŝŶĂƚŽƌƐ ǁŚŽ ƌŽĂŵ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƚͲ ĂƉŽĐĂůǇƉƟĐ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ͕ ŬŝůůŝŶŐ Žƌ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŶŐ ŚƵŵĂŶƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ŚŝĚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐŽůĂƚĞ ĐŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƐĞƌƚƐ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ůŽŽŬƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ man and machine and earths future ĂƐ Ă ĐŽŶƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƌ͘ dŚĞ

dŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ĨŽĐƵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ Įůŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,ĂƌƌǇ WŽƩĞƌ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ Ͳ ,ĂƌƌǇ WŽƩĞƌ and the Half Blood PrincĞ Ͳ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƟƚůĞ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ĚŽŵŝŶĂŶƚ theme to the latest instalment is the turmoil of teenage love rather than ƚŚĞ ŵǇƐƚĞƌǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ,ĂůĨ ůŽŽĚ WƌŝŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ƌĞůĞǀĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ŶŽǀĞůͬ Įůŵ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ůŽǀĞ ĂīĂŝƌƐ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ƐƵďƐƚĂŶƟĂů ĚƌĂŵĂ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŝĐ moments, they do not help to drive ƚŚĞ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ͕ ƐŽ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ ǁŚŽ ƚŚĞ ,ĂůĨ ůŽŽĚ WƌŝŶĐĞ is, the audience is at a loss as to why ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ĚŝĂůŽŐƵĞ heavy and lacking in spectacle, which ŵĂŶǇ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ,ĂƌƌǇ WŽƩĞƌ

Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϬϵͬϬϵͬϬϵ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ ŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ŽŶĞͲĚŝŵĞŶƐŝŽŶĂů͕ focusing only on the war between man and machine, discarding the ĞŵŽƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĨĞǁ ĮůŵƐ͘ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ ĂůĞ͛Ɛ ƌŽůĞ ĂƐ :ŽŚŶ ŽŶŶŽƌ ŝƐ ŽŶůǇ ƐĂƟƐĨĂĐƚŽƌǇ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ^Ăŵ tŽƌƚŚŝŶŐƚŽŶ͛Ɛ ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇĂů ŽĨ DĂƌĐƵƐ ŝƐ ďĞƩĞƌ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮůŵƐ ŬĞǇ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞƐ ŝƐ ƚŽ ůŝŶŬ ƉĂƐƚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƚǁŽ ŝĚĞĂƐ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǀĞƌǇ ƚŽƌƚƵŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ůŽŶŐͲǁŝŶĚĞĚ throughout. Adam Scales

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Dorian Gray͕ KƐĐĂƌ tŝůĚĞ͛Ɛ ŐŽƚŚŝĐ horror, tells the story of a young ŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ĚĞƐĐĞŶƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĂĚŝĞƌ ƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ sŝĐƚŽƌŝĂŶ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͛Ɛ ƐŽĐŝĂů ƐĐĞŶĞ͘ ŌĞƌ ŝŶŚĞƌŝƟŶŐ ŚŝƐ ŐƌĂŶĚĨĂƚŚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĞƐƚĂƚĞ͕ 'ƌĂǇ ; ĞŶ ĂƌŶĞƐͿ ƐƵĐĐƵŵďƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŝƌƌĞƐŝƐƟďůĞ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ŶĞǁ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ >ŽƌĚ ,ĂƌƌǇ tŽƩŽŶ ; ŽůŝŶ &ŝƌƚŚͿ͕ Ă ŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ƉƌĞĂĐŚĞƐ the value of living a life of excess pleasure. Through his teachings, 'ƌĂǇ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞƐ ŚŝƐ ůŝĨĞ ƚŽ ƐĞůĨͲ ŐƌĂƟĮĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ƌĞũĞĐƟŶŐ Ăůů ŵŽƌĂůŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͛ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐƐ͕ including those of the painter of his infamous portrait, Basil Hallward. As 'ƌĂǇ͛Ɛ ůŝƐƚ ŽĨ ƐŝŶƐ ŐƌŽǁƐ͕ ŚĞ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞƐ

this life is not without a price as the ƉĂŝŶƟŶŐ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ĞŵďŽĚǇ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƌƌƵƉƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƐŽƵů͘ sŝƐƵĂůůǇ ƐƚǇůŝƐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ƐĞƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĞīĞĐƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ controversially animated portrait itself leave something to be desired. ĞŶ ĂƌŶĞƐ ƚĂŬĞƐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞ ďƵƚ ƐĞƩůĞƐ ŝŶ ŽŶĐĞ 'ƌĂǇ ůŽƐĞƐ ŚŝƐ ŝŶŚŝďŝƟŽŶƐ͘ ŽůŝŶ &ŝƌƚŚ ŐŝǀĞƐ Ă ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĂƐ tŽƩŽŶ͘ KǀĞƌĂůů ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ Įůŵ͘ Stacey Lardner

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' Ã Ù ®Ù͗ D Ù» E ò ½ ®Ä Ι Ù® Ä d ù½ÊÙ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϭϲͬϵͬϬϵ ĐƟŽŶ ŵŽǀŝĞ ũƵŶŬŝĞ͍ tĞůĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ nirvana. From the evil geniuses behind ƚŚĞ ƌĂŶŬ ĮůŵƐ ĐŽŵĞƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞ͕ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ͕ ďŝǌĂƌƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĚŽǁŶƌŝŐŚƚ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĮůŵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͘ ^Ğƚ ŝŶ Ă future where video game players control the minds of real, live avatars, either in ƚŚĞ ^ŝŵƐͬ^ĞĐŽŶĚ >ŝĨĞ ƐƚǇůĞ ŐĂŵĞ ͚^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ͛ ;ǁŚŝĐŚ͕ ŶĂƚƵƌĂůůǇ͕ ŝƐ Ă ĐŚĂŽƟĐ ŵĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƐĞǆ͕ luminous hair dye and roller discos) or ƵůƚƌĂ ǀŝŽůĞŶƚ ƐŚŽŽƚ ͚Ğŵ ƵƉ ͚^ůĂǇĞƌƐ͕͛ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĚĞĂƚŚͲƌŽǁ ŝŶŵĂƚĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƉŝƚĐŚĞĚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŵŽƌĞ ƉůŽƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǇŽƵ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ĐĂƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞŶŐĂŐŝŶŐ vision of a dystopian future, like Minority Report through the eyes of a teenage boy. tŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐƌĂď ǇŽƵ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞŶĞƟĐ ĞĚŝƟŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞ ďƌĞĂƚŚƚĂŬŝŶŐ Ăƌƚ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ cinematography and some of the most ůƵĚŝĐƌŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌŝůůŝŶŐ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ever see. Also, look out for a cameo from DŝůŽ sĞŶƟŵŝŐůŝĂ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ůŝƚĞƌĂůůǇ ůĞĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ speechless. Duncan Vicat-Brown

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Much like the dog himself, Marley & Me is unaǀŽŝĚĂďůǇ ůŽǀĂďůĞ͘ dŚĞ Į ůŵ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ ŶĞǁůǇǁĞĚƐ :ŽŚŶ ;KǁĞŶ tŝůƐŽŶͿ ĂŶĚ :ĞŶŶǇ 'ƌŽŐĂŶ ;:ĞŶŶŝĨĞƌ ŶŝƐƚŽŶͿ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚƵŶƚ ƚŽ Į ŶĚ :ŽŚŶ Ă ĐĂͲ ƌĞĞƌ ŝŶ ũŽƵƌŶĂůŝƐŵ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ŚŽƵƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƉƉŝͲ ŶĞƐƐ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ DĂƌůĞǇ Ăƚ Į ƌƐƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ďƵůů ŝŶ Ă ĐŚŝŶĂ ƐŚŽƉ͕ ƚŚĞ 'ƌŽŐĂŶ͛Ɛ ƐŽŽŶ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞ ŚĞ ŝƐ ŝŶĚŝƐƉĞŶƐĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂƉƉŝŶĞƐƐ͘ ŽŵĞĚǇ ĞŶͲ ƐƵĞƐ ĂƐ DĂƌůĞǇ ďĂƌŬƐ ŚŝƐ ǁĂǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ĚŽŐ ƐŝƩ ĞƌƐ͕ ĚŽŐ ƚƌĂŝŶĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚ ŽďũĞĐƚƐ͘ ŽŐ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƚ ŽǁŶĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ Į ůŵ ĞǆƉůŽƌĞƐ DĂƌůĞǇ͛Ɛ Ğī ĞĐƚƐ ƵƉŽŶ ĨĂŵŝůǇ

ůŝĨĞ͕ ĂƐ ŚĞ ŝƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǁĂŐŐŝŶŐ ƚĂŝů ŶŽ ŵĂƩ Ğƌ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶ͘ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ĂǀŝĚ &ƌĂŶͲ ŬĞů ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ǁƌŝƚĞƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚůǇ ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ͕ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ŝƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƌĞĂůͲůŝĨĞ ŵĞŵŽŝƌƐ ŽŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ͘ /Ŷ DĂƌůĞǇ͛Ɛ ĐĂƐĞ͕ ŚŽǁ ŵƵĐŚ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĚŽŐŐǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶĚŽǁ͍ WƌŝĐĞůĞƐƐ͘ Elizabeth Poole

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The Boat That Rocked ďƌŝŶŐƐ ƚŽ ůŝĨĞ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĐŬ ĂŶĚ ƌŽůů ůŝĨĞƐƚǇůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϲϬƐ͕ ĞǆƉůŽƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůŝĨĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ŽŶ ƉŝƌĂƚĞ ƌĂĚŝŽ ƐƚĂƟ ŽŶ͕ ZĂĚŝŽ ZŽĐŬ͘ >ŽŽƐĞůǇ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ZĂĚŝŽ ĂƌŽůŝŶĞ͕ ĚŝƌĞĐͲ ƚŽƌ ZŝĐŚĂƌĚ ƵƌƟ Ɛ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƚŽŽ ŚĞĂǀŝůǇ ĨŽĐƵƐĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϲϬ ĐůŝĐŚĠƐ ŽĨ ƐĞǆ͕ ĚƌƵŐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌŽĐŬ ĂŶĚ ƌŽůů͘ dŚĞ ĐĂƐƚ ĂƌĞ ŐŽŽĚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ZŚǇƐ /ĨĂŶƐ͕ ŝůů EŝŐŚǇ͕ WŚŝůůŝƉ ^ĞǇŵŽƵƌͲ,Žī ŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ EŝĐŬ &ƌŽƐƚ Ăůů ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ǁĂƐƚĞĚ͘ dŚĞ Į ůŵ ŵĂŝŶůǇ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ Ăƌů ;dŽŵ ^ƚƵƌƌŝĚŐĞͿ͕ ǁŚŽ͕ ƵƉŽŶ ďĞŝŶŐ ŬŝĐŬĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ďŽĂƌĚŝŶŐ ƐĐŚŽŽů͕ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ĚŽǁŶ ŚŝƐ ŐŽĚĨĂƚŚĞƌ

YƵĞŶƟ Ŷ ; ŝůů EŝŐŚǇͿ ĂŶĚ ƐĞƚƐ ƐĂŝů ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ ŚĞ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ͘ ZƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƉĂƌĂůůĞů ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƚŽƌǇůŝŶĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͛Ɛ ĂƩ ĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ƐŚƵƚ ZĂĚŝŽ ZŽĐŬ ĚŽǁŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚƐ ƚƵŶŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ZĂĚŝŽ ZŽĐŬ͕ ĚĂŶĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚƌŽƵďůĞƐ ĂǁĂǇ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ Į ůŵ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĨĞǁ ďĞůŝĞǀĂďŝůŝƚǇ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ůĂƵŐŚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚĂĚ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ͘ Elizabeth Poole

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voucher Make it a Date & Take some Mates Dorian Gray s Monday 28th September

This Vue Voucher, produced in partnership with Concrete, provides you with discounted entry to Dorian Gray on Monday 28th September when you take some mates with you.

Before 5pm: 3 Students For Only £9.60 After 5pm: 3 Students For Only £12

EXCLUSIVE CONCRETE DEAL

T&C - Must Present Valid Student ID for all entrants, Valid Only On Selected Film on Selected Date Only At Vue Norwich. No Cash Or Other Alternatives Available. Can Not Be Used In Conjunction With Any Other Offer. Cinema Management Reserve The Right To Withdraw Or Change This Offer Without Notice.

film

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THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS &Žƌ ŽƵƌ ĮƌƐƚ ĞǀĞƌ ZĂƚĞĚ Žƌ ^ůĂƚĞĚ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ůŽŽŬ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁĞŝƌĚ ŵŝŶĚ ŽĨ dĞƌƌǇ 'ŝůůŝĂŵ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŚŝƐ ŶĞǁ Įůŵ The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus͘ DĂŶǇ ĨĂŶƐ ŽĨ 'ŝůůŝĂŵ ĂƌĞ ĞĂŐĞƌůǇ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Monty Python ƐƚĂƌ͛Ɛ ŶĞǁĞƐƚ ǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϲƚŚ ŽĨ KĐƚŽďĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ ůŽŽŬƐ ĂƐ ǁĞŝƌĚ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ĂƐ ŚŝƐ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ĮůŵƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ĐĂƐƚ ůŝƐƚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞ ,ĞĂƚŚ >ĞĚŐĞƌ ĂƉƉĞĂƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ĮŶĂů ƌŽůĞ͕ ĂƐ ůĞĂĚ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ dŽŶǇ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ĂƐ ,ĞĂƚŚ >ĞĚŐĞƌ ĚŝĞĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĮůŵŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ 'ŝůůŝĂŵ ƵƐĞƐ ŵŽƌĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞƐ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ ͞ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶƐ͟ ŽĨ dŽŶǇ͗ :ŽŚŶŶǇ ĞƉƉ͕ :ƵĚĞ >Ăǁ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽůŝŶ &ĂƌƌĞůů͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ĂŐƌĞĞĚ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ĂŌĞƌ >ĞĚŐĞƌ͛Ɛ ƵŶƟŵĞůǇ ĚĞĂƚŚ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ďƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ďĂĐŬ ŽŶ ƚƌĂĐŬ͕ĂŶĚ

ŚĂǀĞ ĚŽŶĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ >ĞĚŐĞƌ͛Ɛ ĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ DĂƟůĚĂ͘ ĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁƐ ĨƌŽŵ ZŽƩĞŶdŽŵĂƚŽĞƐ͘ ĐŽŵ ;ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ Ͳ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ Ͳ ƚŚĞ ŐŽƐƉĞů ƚƌƵƚŚͿ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĐĂƵƐŝŶŐ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐǇ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŽŶůǇ ϭϮ ĐƌŝƟĐ ƌĞǀŝĞǁƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ƐƉůŝƚ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ

ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝĚĚůĞ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ŝƚ Ă ŶŽƚͲƚŽŽͲŐƌĞĂƚ ϰϮй͘ 'ŝůůŝĂŵ͕ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐĂů ĚŝƌĞĐƟŶŐ ƐƚǇůĞ͖ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ĂƩƌĂĐƚ ŚŝƐ ĨĂŝƌ ƐŚĂƌĞ ŽĨ ŵŝǆĞĚ ƌĞǀŝĞǁƐ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ĐƵůƚ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐƐ ůŝŬĞ Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ŝƐ ŵŝƐƵŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŽĚ ďǇ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ Ͳ ŐŝǀĞŶ ŽŶůǇ ϭ ƐƚĂƌ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞƌ ĮĞƌĐĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ZŽďĞƌƚ ďĞƌƚ͕ ďƵƚ

ůŽǀĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŶƐ ŽĨ ĂƉƚĂŝŶ ŚĂŽƐ͘ The Guardian ƐĂǇƐ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ΀ ŽĐƚŽƌ WĂƌŶĂƐƐƵƐ΁ ĐŽŶǀŽůƵƚĞĚ ĐƵƌůŝĐƵĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƟƌŝŶŐ͕ ŝŶƐŝƐƟŶŐ ƚŽŽ ůŽƵĚůǇ ŽŶ ŚŽǁ ͞ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟǀĞ͟ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ͟ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽǀŝĞ ͞ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĨŽƌ ĨĂŶƐ ŽŶůǇ͘͟ /ƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŝƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ 'ŝůůŝĂŵ ƐŝŐŶĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ďĞĞŶ ŵŝƐƵŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŽĚ ďǇ ƚŚŝƐ ĐƌŝƟĐ͕ Žƌ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ƚŽŽ ĐŽŵƉůŝĐĂƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇ ŶŽŶͲĨĂŶƐ ƚŽ ƐŝŶŬ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚĞĞƚŚ ŝŶƚŽ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŝƐƐƵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ƟƉ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚǁŽ ǁĂǇƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĂĐƚƵƌĞĚ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ 'ŝůůŝĂŵ͛Ɛ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚŽǁ ǁĞůů ƚŚŝƐ ǁŽƌŬƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ >ĞĚŐĞƌͬ ĞƉƉͬ>Ăǁͬ&ĂƌƌĞůů ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ dŽŶǇ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚ ŚŽǁ ǁĞůů ƚŚĞƐĞ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͕ Žƌ ŝĨ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶĨƵƐĞ ŚŝƐ ĨƌĂĐƟŽƵƐ ƐƚǇůĞ ŵŽƌĞ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ŵŝǆĞĚ ƌĞǀŝĞǁƐ͕ ŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ǁŝůů ďĞ

CINEMATIC CLASSICS>THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, 1974 /Ŷ ŝŶĞŵĂƟĐ ůĂƐƐŝĐƐ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ůŽŽŬ ďĂĐŬ Ăƚ ŝŶŇƵĞŶƟĂů ĮůŵƐ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ƚŚŝƌƚǇ Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͘&Žƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ͕ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ůŽŽŬ ďĂĐŬ Ăƚ ŚŽǁ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ;ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ϭƐƚ ϭϵϳϰͿ ŚĂƐ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ŐĞŶƌĞ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĚǇƐĨƵŶĐƟŽŶĂů ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶƌĞ ĂƐ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ͘ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ĮůŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĂůůĞŐŽƌǇ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ĂĚŽůĞƐĐĞŶƚ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ƐƚƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ Ă ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ŽĨ ǀƵůŶĞƌĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂĚƵůƚ ǁŽƌůĚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽŶƐƚƌŽƵƐ ĂǀĂƚĂƌƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ǀŝůůĂŝŶƐ͕ &ƌĞĚĚǇ͕ :ĂƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ DŝĐŚĂĞů͘ tŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐĞƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ŽĨ Ă ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĐĐƵƉǇŝŶŐ Ă ŵĂƌŐŝŶĂů ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͕ ũƵƐƚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ŽŶƐĐƌĞĞŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝŶ ƚƵƌŶ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ;Žƌ ǀŝĞǁĞƌͿ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ƐƵĐŚ Ă Įůŵ ƐŚĂƌĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ǀĂůƵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďĞůŝĞĨƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĚǇƐĨƵŶĐƟŽŶĂů ĨĂŵŝůǇ ŽŶ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ͕ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŽĨ ŵĂũŽƌ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶ ŝŶ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ Įůŵ͘ EŽƟĐĞĂďůǇ͕ ŝƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ

ŶĞǁ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚĞĞŶĂŐĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ŬŝůůĞĚ Žī ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͘ >ĞĂƚŚĞƌĨĂĐĞ ĐĂŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĨĂŵŝůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ƐŚĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ǀĂůƵĞƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ͚ŶŽƌŵ͛ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŶ ƚƵƌŶ ůĞĂĚƐ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ŚŝƐ ƐĞǆƵĂů ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶƐ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ͚ƐĞǆǇ͛ ŶŽƌŵĂůƚĞĞŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ŬŝůůŝŶŐƐ ĂůůŽǁ>ĞĂƚŚĞƌĨĂĐĞ ƚŽ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŚŝƐ ƐĞǆƵĂů ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƚĞĞŶƐ͕ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĚĞƉƌŝǀĞĚ

ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐƵŵĞĚ ͞ƚĞĞŶ ǀŝĞǁĞƌ͟ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ Ă Įůŵ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƉŚǇƐŝĐĂůůǇ͕ ŵĞŶƚĂůůǇ Žƌ ĞǀĞŶ ƐĞǆƵĂůůǇ ĂďƵƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ Ăƚ ŽŶĞ ƟŵĞ Žƌ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚŝůĚŚŽŽĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝŶ ƚƵƌŶ ĨŽƌĐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌŽƵďůĞĚ ǀŝĞǁĞƌ ƚŽ ŝĚĞŶƟĨǇ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ƐƚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨĂŵŽƵƐ >ĞĂƚŚĞƌĨĂĐĞ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞũĞĐƚĞĚ ĐŚŝůĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͘ tĞ ƉƌĞƐƵŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ >ĞĂƚŚĞƌĨĂĐĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƉŚǇƐŝĐĂůůǇ Žƌ ƐĞǆƵĂůůǇ ĂďƵƐĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝŶ ƚƵƌŶ ůĞĂĚƐ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶƐ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ

ǇŽƵƚŚ͘ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ŚĂƐ ůĞĂĚ ƚŽ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƉĂƩĞƌŶ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ Wrong Turn ;ϮϬϬϯͿ Žƌ The Hills Have Eyes ƌĞŵĂŬĞ ;ϮϬϬϲͿ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ĮůŵƐ ƚĂŬĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŽĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐĞƌƚ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞůǇ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ĐŝǀŝůŝǌĂƟŽŶ͕ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ ĐĂŶ ƚĂŬĞ ƌĞĨƵŐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ͚ŶŽƌŵ͛͘ /ŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐůǇ͕ The Hills Have Eyes ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ Ă ĨĂŵŝůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ĚǇƐĨƵŶĐƟŽŶĂů ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŝƚƐĞůĨ͗ Ă ŶƵĐůĞĂƌ ĞǆƉůŽƐŝŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚƵŵĂŶƐ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ƚŚƌĞĂƚ ƚŽ ŚƵŵĂŶŝƚǇ͕ ĂŶ ŝĚĞŽůŽŐǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞƐƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ Įůŵ͘ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ Įůŵ ƚŽ ĞǆƉůŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ŽĨ Ă ĚǇƐĨƵŶĐƟŽŶĂů ĨĂŵŝůǇ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ǁŽƌƚŚ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ ǁŚĞŶ ĞǆĂŵŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ǁŚĞŶ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ Žƌ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĂƐ ͚ŶŽƌŵĂů͛ ĂƐ ǇŽƵƌ ŶĞǆƚ ĚŽŽƌ ŶĞŝŐŚďŽƵƌ͊ Adam Scales

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Ύ WŽƐƚĞƌ ƐĂůĞхϵĂŵͲϱƉŵ Ύ ^ƉŽƌƚƐŵĂƌƚх> ZхϭϭĂŵͲϰ͗ϯϬƉŵ Ύ Ăƌ ďϰ > ZхhŶŝŽŶ ďĂƌхϴƉŵхĨƌĞĞ Ύ dŚĞ &ĂƌŵĞƌƐ > ZхϭϬƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬĂĚǀ Ύ ZƵŵďůĞ ^ƚƌŝƉĞƐхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϵ Ύ ŶĚ ^Ž / tĂƚĐŚ zŽƵ &ƌŽŵ ĨĂƌхDĂƌƋƵĞĞ хϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϰ ŽŶ ĚŽŽƌ

Ύ ůů dŝŵĞ >ŽǁхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϭϬ͘ϱϬ Ύ &ŝůŵхdŚĞ ,ĂŶŐŽǀĞƌх>dϭхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϮ͘ϳ5

FRIDAY 2ND

WEDNESDAY 23RD Ύ WŽƐƚĞƌ ƐĂůĞхϵĂŵͲϱƉŵ Ύ ^ŽĐŵĂƌƚх> ZхϭϭĂŵͲϰ͗ϯϬƉŵ Ύ ^ƉŽƌƚƐ EŝŐŚƚхhŶŝŽŶ ďĂƌхϵƉŵхŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ ĞŶƚƌǇ Ύ ĂŶĞ >ŽǁĞ : ,ĞƌŽх> Zхϵ͗ϯϬƉŵ

THURSDAY 24TH

ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϴ Ύ ,ĂƌŵŽŶǇ ZŶ ĞǀĞŶƚ Ō ͘ ƵŬĞх> Zх ϵ͗ϯϬƉŵ Ύ EŽŶͲƐƚŽƉ ϵϬƐ ĂŶĚ >ŽĂĚĞĚхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϭϬƉŵхϰ͘ϱϬ

Ύ dŚĞ ƌŝďƐх> ZхϳƉŵхάϭϰĂĚǀ Ύ &ŝůŵх^ƚĂƌ dƌĞŬх>dϭхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϮ͘ϳϱ SATURDAY 26TH Ύ : tĞƐƚǁŽŽĚхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϭϬƉŵхάϳΎ dŚĞ &ƌĞƐŚĞƌƐ ĂƐŚх> ZхϵƉŵ DĞůƚĚŽǁŶхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϭϬƉŵхάϰ͘ϱϬ

FRIDAY 25TH

Ύ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇͲ ŝƐ ŝƚ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ͍х ĚǀŝĐĞ ĞŶƚƌĞ ;hŶŝŽŶ ,ŽƵƐĞͿхϭϭĂŵͲϭϮ͗ϯϬƉŵхĨƌĞĞ Ύ :ŝǀĞ dĂůŬŝŶ͛ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ƚŚĞ ĞĞ 'ĞĞƐхWůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϭϲ͘ϱϬ Ύ ĞĂĚƐƚƌŝŶŐ ƌŽƚŚĞƌƐх ƌƚƐ

VENUE SPOTLIGHT> NORWICH ARTS CENTRE Converted church turned arts venue, the Arts Centre is situated on St. Benedicts Street about 5-10 minutes ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ͕ ĂŶĚ Žī ĞƌƐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͕ Ăƌƚ͕ Ă ďĂƌ͕ ĐƌĂŌ ĨĂŝƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌŝĞƐ͘ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ŵŽƐƚ ƌĞŶŽǁŶĞĚ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƐ Ă ŐŝŐ ǀĞŶƵĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŚĂƐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƐĞĞŶ ƐƵĐŚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ ĂƐ ƵƌƐŝǀĞ͕ ŵƷŵ͕ ůĞůĂ ŝĂŶĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵŝůŝĂŶĂ dŽƌƌŝŶŝ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŵŽƌĞ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ĂĐƚƐ DƵƐĞ͕ ŽůĚƉůĂǇ ĂŶĚ EŝƌǀĂŶĂ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ĂůƐŽ ŚŽƐƚƐ Ăƌƚ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟ ŽŶƐ͕ ĞĚƵĐĂƟ ŽŶ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ͕ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƌĞůĂƚĞĚ to the arts. ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƵŶĚĞƌŐŽŶĞ Ă ƌĞŶŽǀĂƟ ŽŶ ƚĞŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ EĂƟ ŽŶĂů >ŽƩ ĞƌǇ͕ the Arts Centre boasts a quaint entrance ŚĂůů ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐĞƉƟ ŽŶ ĂƌĞĂ͘ /ƚ ŚĂƐ Ă ĐĂƉĂĐŝƚǇ ŽĨ ϮϵϬ ĨŽƌ ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŐŝŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ƐĞŐƌĞŐĂƟ ŽŶ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ƌŽŽŵƐ ŵĞĂŶƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůǇ

SUNDAY 27TH Ύ WƵď ƋƵŝǌхhŶŝŽŶ ďĂƌхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхĨƌĞĞ Ύ ,ĂĚŽƵŬĞŶхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϳƉŵх άϭϮ Ύ dŝŶĐŚǇ ^ƚƌǇĚĞƌх> Zхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϭϭ

ƚŚĞ ƚǇƉŝĐĂů ǀĞŶƵĞ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞĞƌŝĞ ǁŽŽĚĞŶ ďĞĂŵƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŝůŝŶŐ ĂƌĞ ĨĂƌ ĨƌŽŵ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ > Z Žƌ ƚŚĞ tĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚ͘ EŽŶĞƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ƐƵŝƚƐ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůŬ ŽƵƞ ŝƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŝŐŶ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ͖ >ŽŶĚŽŶͲďĂƐĞĚ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƚ DƵŵĨŽƌĚ ĂŶĚ ^ŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ Ă ƐŚŽǁ ŽŶ ϮŶĚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞƌŶͲĨŽůŬ ŐƌŽƵƉ hŶƚŚĂŶŬƐ ǁŝůů ĨŽůůŽǁ ƐƵŝƚ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ǁĞĞŬƐ ůĂƚĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ǀĞŶƵĞ ŝƐ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚůǇ ƌƵŶ͕ ƐŽ Ɵ ĐŬĞƚƐ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ǀĞŶƵĞ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ h ďŽǆ Žĸ ĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ĐŚĂƌŝƚĂďůĞ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ͘ /ƚ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϳϳ ŝŶ Ă ĚŝƐƵƐĞĚ ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ƐƚŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ ^ƚ͘ ^ǁŝƚŚŝŶ͛Ɛ ŚƵƌĐŚ ƐŚŽƌƚůǇ ĂŌ ĞƌǁĂƌĚƐ͕ ŝƚƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ůŽĐĂƟ ŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ƉƌŝĚĞƐ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ŝŶ ͚ďŝŐ ŶĂŵĞƐ͕ ƐŵĂůů ǀĞŶƵĞ͛ ŝŶ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉŽĞƚƌǇ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶƐ͖ >ƵĐǇ WŽƌƚĞƌ͕ :Ž ĂƵůĮ ĞůĚ ĂŶĚ ^ƵĞ WĞƌŬŝŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ Ăůů ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǀĞŶƵĞ ƚŽ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵ͘ ƌĞĂƟ ǀĞ ĐůƵďƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ͕ ŝŶ ĐƌĞĂƟ ǀĞ ǁƌŝƟ ŶŐ͕ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ďŽŽŬ ĐůƵďƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ƉƌŝĚĞƐ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ŝŶ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ >ŝǀĞ ůŝƚĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ ;ŶŽƚ ĚŝƐƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ h ůŝƚĞƌĂƌǇ ĨĞƐƟ ǀĂůͿ ĂŶĚ ƚĂůŬƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĂƌƚƐ͘ /ƚ ĂůƐŽ Žī ĞƌƐ

MONDAY 28TH

Ύ dŚĞ DĂĐĐĂďĞĞƐх> ZхϳƉŵхάϭϯ͘ϱϬ Ύ &ŝůŵхDŽŶƐƚĞƌƐ ǀƐ ůŝĞŶƐх>dϭхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϮ͘ϳϱ Ύ DƵŵĨŽƌĚ Θ ^ŽŶƐх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞ хϴƉŵхάϳ Ύ ϴϬƐ EŝŐŚƚ Θ ,ŝƚ WĂƌĂĚĞхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϭϬƉŵхάϰ͘ϱϬ

Ύ ŽŵĞĚǇ͗ dŽŵ ^ƚĂĚĞ͕ ^ƚĞǀĞ tŝůůŝĂŵƐ͕ <ĞƌƌǇ 'ŽůĚŵĂŶх> ZхϴƉŵ SATURDAY 3RD Ύ ,ŽĐŬĞǇх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϴ͘ϱϬ Ύ DĞůƚĚŽǁŶ Θ ZĂǁŬƵƐхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϭϬƉŵхάϰ͘ϱϬ Ύ ,ĞĂůƚŚ ;, >> z ^͊ & ^d͊Ϳх ƌƚƐ TUESDAY 29TH ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϳ Ύ &ƌĞƐŚĞƌ &Ăŝƌ Ɖƚ͘ Ϯх> ZхϭϭĂŵͲϰƉŵ Ύ &ŽĐƵƐ͕ tŝƐŚďŽŶĞ ƐŚ Θ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƌĂǁď Ύ dŚĞ >ŝƐƚх> ZхϭϬƉŵхάϰ͘ϱϬĂĚǀ ƐхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϮϮ͘ϱϬ Ύ dŚĞ ZƵďŝŬ͛Ɛ ƵďĞ SUNDAY 4TH > ZхϭϬƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬĂĚǀ Ύ EŽĂŚ Θ ƚŚĞ tŚĂůĞхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϳƉŵхάϭϮ

WEDNESDAY 30TH

Ύ ĞƌŽ ϳх> Zхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϭϴ͘ϱϬ Ύ ^ŬŝŶĚƌĞĚхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϳ͗ϯϬ ƉŵхάϭϮ͘ϱϬ

MONDAY 5TH Ύ ŽŵďĂǇ ŝĐǇĐůĞ ůƵďхtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϳ͗ϯϬƉŵхάϴ͘ϱϬ

ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ĂĐƟ ǀŝƟ ĞƐ͕ ůŝŬĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĐůƵďƐ͕ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ͘ &Žƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŶĞǁ ƚŽ h ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ Žƌ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽůĚĞƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚ ǇĞƚ ƉĂŝĚ Ă ǀŝƐŝƚ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŚŝŐŚůǇ ƌĞĐŽŵĞŶĚĞĚ ǀĞŶƵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ĂĚǀŝƐĞ Ă ƚƌŝƉ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇ ĞǀĞŶƚ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ĞǀĞŶƚ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŝƐ ŽŌ ĞŶ ŽƉĞŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŽƵƐĞƐ Ă ďĂƌ ĂŶĚ ĐĂĨĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĨƌĞĞ tŝĮ ͕ ŽƉĞŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ϭϬĂŵ ĂŶĚ ϲƉŵ͘ dŚĞ ŐŽŽĚ ŶĞǁƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŐĞƚ ϭϬй Žī ŽŶ Ăůů ĨŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ĚƌŝŶŬ͖ ƚŚĞ ĐĂĨĞ ƐĞƌǀĞƐ ŚŽŵĞŵĂĚĞ ƐŽƵƉƐ͕ ĐŝĂďĂƩ Ă ďƌĞĂĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĂƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽī ĞĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ďĞĞƌ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞůƚĞƌĞĚ ĐŽƵƌƚǇĂƌĚ ĂƌĞ ƐĞƚ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐĂů ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŚƵƌĐŚ͛Ɛ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŝƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƌĞ͘ &Žƌ ďŽŽŬŝŶŐ͕ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ŽĨ ϭϬ Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ Ă ĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ Ɵ ĐŬĞƚ͕ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ͕ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ Helen Thomas The Arts Centre can be contacted on ϬϭϲϬϯ ϲϲϬϯϱϮ Žƌ ďǇ ĞŵĂŝů Ăƚ ďŽǆŽĸ ĐĞΛ norwichartscentre.co.uk, and the website ŝƐ ŶŽƌǁŝĐŚĂƌƚƐĐĞŶƚƌĞ͘ĐŽ͘ƵŬ ĨŽƌ ůŝƐƟ ŶŐƐ͕ ďŽŽŬŝŶŐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁƐ͘

competitions

22sept09 issue231

concrete.competitions@uea.ac.uk

Sudoku

Crossword

with

Easy

9 8 3 2 4 5 1 6 4 7 6 2 4 2 3 6 5 3 7 4 1 6 1 8 4 3 8 6 3 9 5 4 1 3 2

Medium

4 5

5 6 4 8 9 5 2 3 6 8 3 9 1 5 8 7 4 3 2 9 4 2 3 6 9 7 6 9

Hard

6 2 8 4 5 1 6 5 8 7 7 6 4 9

2 4

6 5 9 2

7 1 5 5 8 3 7

WĞƌŵĂŶĞŶƚ ZĞǀŽůƵƟ ŽŶ Ăƚ ŽƌĚĞƌƐ͊ ŽŵĞ ŝŶͲƐƚŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐ ŽƵƌ ĞǀĞƌͲ ĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ƌĞǀŽůƵƟ ŽŶĂƌǇ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ Ɛ ĂŶĚ s Ɛ Ăƚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ǀĂůƵĞ ƉƌŝĐĞƐ͘ WŝĐŬ ƵƉ Ă s ĨƌŽŵ ĂƐ ůŝƩ ůĞ ĂƐ άϯ͘ϵϵ͊ dŽ ďĞ ŝŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ Ă άϭϬ ŽƌĚĞƌƐ ǀŽƵĐŚĞƌ͕ ďƌŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ Žƌ Ăůů ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚůǇ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ ^ƵĚŽŬƵ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ Žĸ ĐĞ ŝŶ hŶŝŽŶ ,ŽƵƐĞ ďǇ &ƌŝĚĂǇ ϮͬϭϬͬϬϵ͘ EĂŵĞ͗ ŵĂŝů͗

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1: True Blood ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ͕ ^ŽŽŬŝĞ ͺͺͺͺͺͺͺͺͺͺ ;ϭϬͿ Ϯ͗ ĐƟ ŽŶ ŚĞƌŽ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ŽĨ ũŽŬĞƐ͕ ŚƵĐŬ ͺͺͺͺͺͺ ;ϲͿ ϯ͗ dŽ ƌĞƐĐƵĞ ;ϰͿ ϰ͗ &ŽƌŵĞƌ ƉƌŝŵĞͲŵŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ͕ dŽŶǇ ͺͺͺͺͺ ;ϱͿ ϱ͗ EĞǆƚ ƚŽ ;ϴͿ ϳ͗ &ĂŵŝůǇ ;ϯͿ ϭϬ͗ ŵĂůĞ ŚƵŵĂŶ ;ϯͿ ϭϮ͗ KŶĞ ǁŚŽ ŐůƵĞƐ ;ϱͿ ϭϯ͗ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ Transformers 2͕ DŝĐŚĂĞů ͺͺͺ ;ϯͿ ϭϱ͗ ŽĐƚŽƌ ,ŽƵƐĞ͛Ɛ Į ƌƐƚ ŶĂŵĞ ͺͺͺͺͺͺͺ ;ϳͿ ϭϲ͗ ƵƚŚŽƌ ŽĨ dŚĞ Picture Of Dorian Gray͕ KƐĐĂƌ ͺͺͺͺͺ ;ϱͿ ϭϴ͗ tŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĚŽ ŽŶ Ă ĐŚĂŝƌ ;ϯͿ ϮϬ͗ WĂƐƚ ƚĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ŚŝĚĞ ;ϯͿ

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