Your Next Stop Is Neverwhere – Theatre Review

Originally published on hullfire.com.

Catch the last night of the play on Thursday 8th in Asylum at 7:30pm. Tickets are £5 on the door and £4 in advance.

Hull University Drama Society’s production of Neverwhere takes place on the stage in Asylum but sitting in the audience you will be transported to the weird subterranean world of London Below. The play which is the second production to be put on by the Drama society this semester, along with Dracula, is a weird and wonderful adventure based on a TV show by Neil Gaiman and Lenny Henry. It was adapted for stage by Robert Kauzlaric.

In it the hapless everyman, Richard Mayhew, is transported to another world below the streets of London after performing an act of kindness for a wayward stranger. Door, the mysterious teleporting stranger, is his first glimpse of London Below, ‘a city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, knights in armour and pale girls in black velvet…a city of those who have fallen through the cracks.’

Setting a Pretty Good Example (Live Review)

Originally published in the December 2014 issue of The Hullfire.

Nearing the end of his mammoth 28 date tour, Example played the smallest venue of the tour to a packed out, lively and sweaty Asylum crowd. Used to playing more established venues like O2 Academies, he was quick to comment on the small size of the gig’s setting, but stressed that this made no difference to the atmosphere. It was perhaps a hark back to his earlier days in music, except in this case everyone knew the words and were more than ready to dance and mosh to Example’s consistently impressive stage presence.

Example hits up Asylum

Originally published in the November 2014 issue of The Hullfire.

This month, Example is bringing his monstrous UK tour to Hull! His unique blend of electronic infused pop and hip-hop will be showcased in full in his highly rated live show. The gig, which was previously billed to take place at Hull City Hall, is now coming to our very doorstep in the University’s own venue, Asylum. The tour, coming off the back of the release of his latest album ‘Live Life Living’, is promised to include singles from this most recent release as well as all the hits and fan favourites from his back catalogue, including Kickstarts and Changed the Way You Kissed Me.