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David Rankine as Nick Carraway. The Great Gatsby at Derby Theatre. Photograph by T ommy Ga-Ken Wan The Great Gatsby ⭐ ⭐ Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald Adapted by Elizabeth Newman Directed by Sarah Brigham  The character Nick Carraway is the narrator and is purposed well, crucially, he provides a first person narrative of Jay Gatsby (Gatsby) and is an important figure in this old story. The play is structured ar

Ivan Stott (Bingo Bob) Welfare  play at Derby Theatre, Oct 2024 Photograph by Pamela Raith 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Welfare is a new, full length play by Derby born writer, Abi Zakarian. As one might quite rightly anticipate the subject and topics of the play are down-to-earth and this wonderful, stylised interpretation for stage; directed by Sarah Brigham the CEO and Artistic Director at Derby Theatre, complements Zakarian's script and intention. Five generations of one family are tracked

The cast of Animal Farm   Derby Theatre 2024 Photograph by Pamela Raith ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Writer, George Orwell (1903-1950) presented his well documented theories of political manipulation in the unusual format of farm animals becoming self governing in his acclaimed novel Animal Farm.  The dramatisation for stage is an adaptation by Ian Wooldridge.   Overview The pigs possess higher intelligence than the other animals and so they set about putting forward seven commandments as a code to