Rosalie Falla, Author at The Orbital

20Mar

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Culture & Literature, Music

Coffee House Session: Marios Panayi

Rosalie Falla chats with Marios Panayi after his Coffee House Session on 27 February. The dulcet tones of Marios Panayi filled Tommy’s this Monday evening as the 3rd year Music student performed a mixture of acoustic covers and original pieces. Accompanying himself on guitar, Panayi caused the audience to pause their burger-eating and listen with his bluesy take on Bill Wither’s ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’, Panayi’s favourite song of all time. Panayi describes his music as both folky and alternative, acoustic and bluesy, this hybrid sound makes for surprisingly easy listening and Marios is clearly passionate about his sound. He is inspired by swing artists such as Frank Sinatra and the blues guitarist and singer, Eric Clapton, as well fellow Cypriot indie/folk singer Metaxas. Marios first go...

The Student Workshop presents ‘Doctor Faustus’

Rosalie Falla reviews The Student Workshop's newest production. Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus is not a play usually considered a comedy, but Rafael Aptroot and Saxon Rose’s production manages to swing from raucous laughter to deeply dark moments. The Elizabethan tragedy follows the demise of Faustus as he takes up the dark art of necromancy, selling his soul to Lucifer in exchange for 24 years of life with a devil as his servant, Mephistopheles. Faustus, played by the wonderful Jack Read, does not use his magic for anything worthwhile, instead playing practical jokes on powerful people. The oft-left out Pope scene had the audience in fits of laughter, with Eleanor Cobb’s papal figure stealing the scene with some outstanding facial expressions. Another comedic moment was the entrance of t...

Drama Society presents ‘No Sex Please, We’re British’

Rosalie Falla reviews the first night of Drama Society's Week 5 Show. No Sex Please, We’re British by Anthony Marriot and Alistair Foot is a simply hilarious concept: when a newly-wed couple, Peter and Frances, receive a box of Scandinavian pornography in lieu of glassware, comedy ensues. Uninvited houseguests, a police investigation, a lost cheque, boxes and boxes of risqué material and many a mix-up make this a show worth seeing. Katie Dale’s and Niamh Dunne's directorial efforts succeed in bringing the British farce to the Jane Holloway stage in only five weeks, no mean feat considering the cast and crew balance intense rehearsals with their degrees- perfectly timed comedy is not an easy skill to master and yet Dale and Dunne's cast had the audience in fits. Speaking of the cast, ...