Monthly Archives: January 2012

Frost Loves…Modern Milk

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Modern Milk is smooth, creamy and delicious. Very natural and healthy. It is exactly what the names says, it is a better version of milk

Modern Milk comes in four flavours Smooth Coffee with a hint of Vanilla, Milk Chocolate with a hint of golden Caramel, Lush Banana and Honey and Ripe Strawberry and Raspberry. My favourite is a toss up between the Milk Chocolate and the Ripe Strawberry and Raspberry.

The Milk Chocolate is great if you are trying to diet, you can just have one of these instead of a chocolate bar. It takes the edge of and it has a hint of caramel. It’s rich but not too rich.

None of the drinks have a horrible aftertaste and after drinking Modern Milk I felt a lot healthier. They are like a snack all in one. The ultimate in a health drink.

The design is really good, they all have a different cow cartoon on them, and they all have ‘think differently’ written on them backwards. The way they open is cool too.

Frost loves Modern Milk.

Modern Milk is a delicious low fat dairy drink that has been created to get people excited about drinking milk again and encourage them to include it in their weekly diet to keep them healthier.

Many adults are not drinking enough milk and this can have an effect on health issues such as osteoporosis, obesity and tooth decay. Modern Milk contains extra calcium, added vitamin D and fibre and with these added health benefits can help to show that what makes you feel good on the inside, can also help make you look good on the outside.

Research confirms that vitamin D makes our bodies to absorb calcium. Lack of calcium  makes our bodies to increase the production of
synthase, a fatty acid enzyme that coverts calories into fat. Consequently the higher levels of vitamin D in the blood, the easier it is to lose weight.

Milk is an important source of nutrients for many age groups and can help your body operate properly; calcium – for strong bones,
carbohydrates – for energy, protein – for growth and healing processes. When hunger pangs strike, Modern Milk can help fill you up for longer so that you don’t snack. The calcium can also have a positive effect on your nails, teeth and hair playing a part in your weekly beauty regime.
 
TV’s Dr Hilary Jones endorses Modern Milk as a great low-fat, after-workout drink. He says milk is the nearest thing you can find to a totally complete food containing, as it does, a perfect balance of protein, minerals, vitamins, essential fats and carbohydrates.

Modern Milk is currently sold in Tesco Extra for just 0.99p and comes in four delicious flavours – Smooth Coffee with a hint of Vanilla, Milk Chocolate with a hint of golden Caramel, Lush Banana and Honey and Ripe Strawberry and Raspberry.
 

NITE WATCHES – WATCHES FOR STYLISH ADVENTURERS!

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Combining innovative design, beautiful aesthetics and high-precision technology, Nite watches are renowned for their reliability and functionality in the most extreme situations – a perfect solution for individuals seeking the true spirit and challenge of adventure.

All Nite watches are fitted with a superb, self powered illumination technology known as GTLS; providing wearers with a constant light source that can last up to 15 years and is just one of the reasons why some models are NATO-approved and used by elite Special Forces.

Nite watches are made to exacting standards, using the best materials, production methods and specifications to create watches in a class of their own. With the design and quality comparative to some of the most highly respected brands in the world, the prices are not- instead representing excellent value to the owner.

The ICON is fashionable and comfortable – as cool and comfortable to wear on the street as on top of a glacier. The contemporary design of the ICON attracts looks with its stylish simplicity, bold large face, 316 grade brushed stainless steel case, brightly glowing Swiss illumination and high quality, studded tan or white leather strap.

Nite watches are the perfect choice for style conscious explorers, adventurers and businessmen. To view the complete Nite watches range for both men and women, visit www.nitewatches.com.

The GTLS technology is a light source emitted by every Nite watch and allows Nite-wearers to see what the time is, night or day, blizzard or monsoon. Each watch face and hands feature minute laser sealed glass tubes (the GLTS – Gaseous Tritium Light Source) – which are internally coated with phosphor. The electrons in the gaseous tritium excite the phosphor causing it to glow continuously without any external power source.

Nite watches are exclusively available from the brand website – www.nitewatches.com. This world-class digital platform is designed to communicate exactly what the Nite ethos is all about. It features a fully compliant and secure online store, where Nite’s products are clearly displayed and explained. There is also a social programme called Unite where customers share their user experiences. Nite believes that nothing represents their brand values better than their customers’ stories.

Seven Tips For Getting an Internship

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It’s a jungle out there, with people finding it hard to even get an internship. Here are seven tips to up your game.

1) Who do you know? Ask around. The best way to get an internship is through people who are already in your circle. Ask friends, family friends and acquaintances. Put a request out on Facebook and Twitter. Think about the six degrees of separation.
2) Brush up on your activities; A pro-active, community spirited person is more likely to be hired than someone who has nothing to say and wastes their time. Make yourself sound as interesting as possible.
3) Lose the sense of entitlement; No-one likes someone who thinks the world owes them a living, you are no more special then anyone else. Arrogance is off-putting, but confidence is key.
4) Work Harder than anyone else. Employers love people who help themselves.
5) Think about what is stopping people giving you an internship, and then remove it. Take the feedback that you are getting from other people. If you are trying to get into finance do you keep getting told you need another qualification? Get it and remove the obstacles.
6) Account for gaps on your CV; Think about what you could say when asked about these. Bad things to say are; sitting around the house or watching TV. Say that you were learning French or something as interesting.
7) Be likeable; It’s obvious but people like working with nice people. Try to smile even if you don’t feel like it, say please and thank you. People will remember you as a good, polite person.

Jeremy Drysdale on Film, Writing and Saving The Cat.

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Jeremy Drysdale is an incredibly talented scriptwriter. I first came across his work after watching Grand Theft Parsons, I then badgered him until he gave me an interview. It has lots of great advice for wannabe scriptwriters.

Did you always want to be a writer?

I did, yes. I started out in advertising in my late teens and quickly became a copywriter. I enjoyed writing advertising and I learned the importance of words, because for the most part one had to throw away anything extraneous and concentrate on getting the message across in the most efficient way. I became a creative director – first of a small agency and then, eventually, a big communications consultancy. After a few years, I decided that I would like a bigger challenge and looked for ways to move into longer-form writing. All I knew is that I didn’t want to write novels, because they required too many words and I’m quite lazy.

How did you get into script writing?

I was the co-Creative Director of a company called Visage when I read a report in the Hollywood Reporter, or perhaps Variety, which mentioned that an American production company called Rhino Films – part of the Warner Bros empire – had optioned the book ‘No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs’; the autobiography of John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten.) I was cheeky – you have to be, I think – and found out who was producing for Rhino. Then I contacted him and told him that the project had to be written by an Brit, because punk was a British phenomenon (although in hindsight, I think the Stooges might actually be the first punk band – and they were American) and that I was an expert on the genre. Which was not strictly true.

I got lucky, because the producer was a lovely guy called Stephen Nemeth and he gave me an ‘in’; I could compete for the job against American writers, as long as I sent in an acceptable sample and came out to LA to pitch directly to Lydon. Well, I did have a sample, which I immediately rewrote over 48 hours to make it edgier and then I flew out to LA to meet everyone. Obviously, I was paying my own way and so I flew out on a shoestring and booked the cheapest hotel in town and I met with everyone at a lovely table at a fantastic place called Shutters on the Beach in Santa Monica. I pitched my take on the story to seven or eight people: the studio guys, the finance people and Lydon and his manager and I wasn’t going to lose. Luckily, my determination and the huge amount of work I had put into the pitch worked and I was offered the job. Although I later discovered that I nearly didn’t get the gig because they thought I was an alcoholic as I had drunk four bottles of beer over the three hours we sat at the table! Then I caught flu and poor Stephen Nemeth had do leave cartons of soup outside my hotel door every day for a week, which is probably another story.

The film never actually got made, but the script was good enough to get me an agent and was a perfectly usable writing sample. I also got paid, which was nice.

What is your proudest achievement?

In writing? I suppose it would be Grand Theft Parsons, as it was the first of my projects to get made. Although Battlefield 2: Modern Warfare made much more money.

What is your writing process?

I spend a very long time working on a step-outline in order to check that the structure is correct and my story will be properly told at the end of the process. So every single scene is written down in a programme called Final Draft and then I check it against a list I nicked from a terrific book called Save the Cat, which is the only instruction book that new screenwriters will need, to make sure that everything is correct structurally. And then I just have to put in the dialogue.

To give you an idea of time spent, I work for a couple of weeks on character outlines – so I know exactly who my people are and how they’ll behave in any given situation. I know how they speak, how they dress, how they look and what their sexuality is. I could tell you what music they listen to, how they would vote and what sports they like. You have to know and love your characters, even if they are utterly loathsome to everyone else.

The step-outline itself will take about six weeks and then the dialogue will take another four. I wait two weeks before reading the thing, so by the time I am ready for the rewrite I have already spent three and a half months on the project. The rewrite will probably take another three weeks and then I’ll wait a week and do another two-week draft. At that stage, hopefully, the script will be ready to show to my agent and a couple of close industry friends. I will absorb their notes and spend another couple of weeks on the next draft. Then, assuming everything has held together, I’ll have a draft which is ready to send out to studios and producers. That’s nearly six months on each project and if you assume that only one in seven will get made (and bring in decent money) you can see why screenwriters need to be well-paid for the projects that do progress. Which is not really happening these days.

Favourite film?

What a hard question! I suppose I’ll be a bit dull and say Godfather 2, which is the film I have watched the most. I love the scope and the wonderful, vibrant, full characters. And the music. And the… everything. I love everything.

Favourite script?

Se7en. It’s as close to being perfect as any script I’ve ever read. The characters are great, their motivations are absolutely clean and the story – oh, what a story. And what a twist! When John Doe turned himself in, I remember thinking ‘what the fuck?’ and being very disappointed, because I was used to the standard ‘detective chases killer’ story. And then this wonderful script turned that convention onto its head. Glorious!

You wrote Grand Theft Parsons, a film I love, how did the film come about?

I had vaguely heard the story about a guy stealing his best friend’s body in order to fulfil his last wishes and burn it in the desert, and so I did some research and discovered that it was actually Gram Parsons’ body and Phil Kaufman – the burner – was still alive. I managed to get a phone number for Phil and he refused to speak to me on the phone, saying he only discussed the project face-to-face. So, I flew out to Nashville, where he was living at the time, and knocked on his door. I discovered that he always asked people to come to him, because most people wouldn’t bother, and that he had been approached a couple of hundred times over the decades from people who wanted the film rights to the story. So my fantastic plan about him being delighted to see this pale Englishman turn up and offer him film immortality didn’t really work out. In the end, I just wore him down and he just said ‘yes’ to get rid of me, as I had booked my return flight for five days later and he couldn’t face it.

Then I found a good producer and a good director and brought them on board. The rest was easy. (Not really, actually.) We were lucky with cast (Johnny Knoxville, Christina Applegate and the extraordinary Michael Shannon) and we had a first-rate crew. I’m still very proud of that we shot in twenty-two days on a tiny budget. I think it cost around one point two million dollars, which is really not much, considering.

Where do you get your inspiration?

Well, I need the money, which is pretty inspiring. I just start with a ‘what if…?’ and go from there, I suppose. That probably isn’t very helpful, is it?

What’s next?

I am co- writing a comedy drama and am halfway through a thriller. I have a comedy which is very close to being financed and a horror film which isn’t quite so close. And I have co-written a novel for Young Adults with a very good novelist called Joseph D’Lacey which is attracting a lot of interest. That came from a film idea I had last year, which actually worked so well as a novel that we went that way with it. You have to find an edge with everything, I think.

Any advice for people who might want to break into screenwriting?

Well, don’t. I know that sounds flippant, but these days it is exceptionally difficult to get paid. Although the industry is doing well and film isn’t really affected by recession, the money somehow seems to have disappeared. Previously, if you took the risk and wrote a spec script then you would earn more because you had gambled six months on the thing being made. You earned less if a producer paid you development money to write it, because they shared the risk. Now there isn’t really any development money around, in England at least, and yet screenwriters are being offered the lower figures for spec scripts over here. So my advice is to avoid the industry in Britain, and to be careful in the US. Although if screenwriters were logical thinkers, they wouldn’t be screenwriters, so I don’t expect anyone to take any notice of anything I say. And nor should they, of course…

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WIE Symposium UK Bringing Together Most Powerful Women

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TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR THE FIRST WIE SYMPOSIUM UK BRINGING TOGETHER THE MOST POWERFUL MINDS TO INSPIRE AND EXCITE WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD

A host of prominent women from the worlds of business, fashion and film will congregate at the Women Inspiration and Enterprise (WIE) Symposium to lead a series of seminars after successfully launching in America with the support of Donna Karen, Queen Rania of Jordan and Christie Turlington. The event will happen on International Women’s Day, March 8th 2012 and will feature discussions from luminaries including Jo Malone, Kathy Lette and Lynn de Rothschild.

The WIE Symposium will offer a full day of thought-provoking panels, inspirational master
classes and powerful keynote speakers. Tickets will be on sale from 23rd January, available at
www.wienetwork.org at £150.00 per person.

Issues to be addressed at The Hospital Club, London range from the future of girls’ education
to getting women off the sidelines in business and public life and the ‘green revolution’.
Additionally the Symposium will launch the WIE Mentorship Scheme – an initiative designed to
coach and aid young female entrepreneurs through a year of advice and counsel from leading
business women.

Starting the day, WIE is thrilled to announce the inaugural Power Breakfast – an annual event
that will honour 50 of the top female business trailblazers at the iconic London Stock Exchange.
The WIE Symposium is the brainchild of television presenter June Sarpong and former film
executive Dee Poku, who conquered New York with a plan to help women from all walks of
life achieve their full potential.

June Sarpong said; “We are incredibly excited about launching WIE in the UK. The UK is filled
with incredible female thought leaders who are already doing their bit to empower the next
generation. Our goal is to harness the legendary creativity and innovation of London to
empower women and girls across the country and help them reach their full potential.”
PRESS RELEASE 23rd January 2012

Female leaders already signed up to take part in the event include Celia Walden, Julie Woods
Moss (BT), Baroness Scotland and Lynne Franks who join the likes Sarah Brown, Arianna
Huffington, Diane von Furstenberg and Iman from previous events.

International Women’s Day:
Annually on 8 March, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and
celebrate achievements. A global web of rich and diverse local activity connects women from
all around the world ranging from political rallies, business conferences, government activities
and networking events through to local women’s craft markets, theatric performances, fashion
parades and more.

The Hospital Club:
Sue Walter, CEO of the Hospital Club says, “The Hospital Club is privileged to be hosting
London’s inaugural WIE Symposium. We share many of the same values around inspiration,
enterprise and nurturing emerging talent and we’re very excited to be joining forces to bring
British women this unique opportunity to learn from each other and be inspired by what the
future holds.”

WIE Founders:
Dee Poku is a social entrepreneur, marketing consultant and philanthropic strategist. Poku is also the owner of Right Angle, a branding and marketing consultancy that develops and
implements innovative campaigns for a cross section of high profile films, non-profits and
consumer brands. Her background includes senior marketing roles at Paramount Pictures and
Focus Features where she oversaw the movie release campaigns for the likes of Al Gore’s ‘An
Inconvenient Truth’; the Coen brothers’ ‘No Country For Old Men’; Sofia Coppola’s ‘Lost in
Translation’ and Ang Lee’s ‘Brokeback Mountain’. She is a member of the British Academy
(BAFTA) and Women in Film.

June Sarpong has become one of the most recognisable faces of British television – as the
female face of Channel 4’s successful Sunday morning strand T4 for the first eight years, June
has become part of TV history. Her groundbreaking Tony Blair Channel 4 special, ‘When Tony
Met June’ saw her being granted unprecedented access to the British PM. She has also
interviewed and introduced some of the world’s biggest names including: Nelson Mandela,
HRH Prince of Wales, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Bono, George Clooney and 50 Cent. June is an
ambassador for the Prince’s Trust and also campaigns for the Make Poverty History movement –
she was awarded an MBE on the Queens 2007 new years honours list for services to broadcasting and charity.

MOVE IT reveals the NEW DANCE TRENDS for 2012

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MOVE IT reveals the NEW DANCE TRENDS for 2012 Join the dance movement!

The UK’s biggest dance event MOVE IT reveals their brand new dance trends set to sweep the nation in the New Year!

Log on to www.moveitdance.co.uk to check out the brand new dance crazes for 2012 and learn how to perfect these amazing new styles through a series of MOVE IT Dance Trends Masterclass video tutorials from the likes of So You Think You Can Dance 2012 Winner Matt Flint, Futunity and Bollywood Dance London. Each demonstrating why each of these new trends are the next big thing for 2012 – keep you finger on the pulse on what is new, hot and cool next year!

Check out each MOVE IT Dance Trends Masterclass on dance trends

GENTLEMAN’S TAP
Signposting the return of the quintessential gentleman’s style of dance. Hollywood movies starring Fred Astaire inspired men all over the world to dress sharp and move smooth, but in recent years tap dance became more synonomous with workmens boots, dirty jeans and bin lids (think STOMP!). In 2012 Tap is back and it has had a suave new makeover. So You Think You Can Dance winner MATT FLINT re-invents the style for contemporary gents through charismatic moves, fine tailoring and a dapper sense of style not only in dress but in dance techniques and movements.

GOTHIC HIP HOP
Inspired and influenced by epic gothic movies like the Underworld series (the latest instalment Underworld: Awakening is out in January 2012), gothic hip hop takes cutting edge Hip Hop and streetdance moves and gives them a dark and dramatic twist, creating a unique and ground breaking style for 2012. Beware what lurks in the darkness…

BELLY-BOLLY DANCE
You think you know what Bellydance is all about? Think again. 2012 sees the style evolving and embracing the glamour, giltz and the soundtrack of Bollywood movies. The moves are fast paced and feature Bollywood’s trademark expressive hands and undulating hips. Whilst the Indian twist gives the style a fresh edge, all the classic Bellydance benefits are up for grabs; a flatter tummy, toned arms and a chance to express your sensual side.

Featuring amazing one-off performances, inspiring dance classes, life changing auditions, fascinating interviews from dancing and performing idols, MOVE IT is perfect for beginners, professionals and students, or just simply for an inspiring day out – it is the only show for all things dance!

To purchase tickets, book classes or for more information, visit www.moveitdance.co.uk

Gentleman’s Tap –

Gentlemen’s Tap Dance Trend 2012 from MOVE IT 2012 on Vimeo.

Gothic Hip Hop –

Gothic Hip Hop from MOVE IT 2012 on Vimeo.

Belly-Bolly Dance –

Address: Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London W14 8UX
Dates: 9th to 11th March, 2012
Opening Hours: Fri 9th : 10am-7pm / Sat 10th : 10am-7pm / Sun 11th : 10am-5pm
Tickets: ONE DAY PASS – Adults – £13.50; Child (5-15 yrs) – £10.50, Under 5s – FREE
Book tickets: www.moveitdance.co.uk

Londoners Life 22 By Phil Ryan

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Londoner’s Life 22 – By Phil Ryan
Good grief you go away for a week (a quick jaunt to sunny Tenerife) and they flood Oxford Street, paint lots of new double lines around Westminster courtesy of the greed and misery commissars that run the place and ratchet up the Mayoral campaign nonsense with a he said no he said between Boris and Ken voraciously covered by the TV news and papers leaving all the other candidates to waste their time on futile media campaigns that no one pays a blind bit of attention to. But that said leaving London for a week let me take stock of the general state of our new found recessionary status. Most London Councils are now slashing meals on wheels for the elderly whilst at the same time raking in more cash from those living (trapped) in council accommodation by shoving up the rents by 8% and shoving up parking costs by 10% in some places. I could be missing something but is it me or is London slowly returning to the time of Dickens? It is his centenary celebratory year after all. It seems to be a new strategy of lets attack the poor who are clearly the cause all this economic misery after all. It’s the feckless poor who ran the banking system into the ground as any fule kno. What next work houses? My own Council the completely terrible Camden are happy to announce grand schemes to commission art works and big glass media hubs for the new windswept areas around the ghastly acreage of Kings Cross. And then they close most of the libraries! A bit of a cultural faux pas surely? Hm. But enough of such grim tidings I hear you say what about something positive in all the gloom and doom in London. Well there’s the Olympic bandwagon trundling on with boom times predicted for the hotels and restaurants, so that’s something eh? But what about right now?
Tricky to be honest. It’s a bit gloomy generally in our fair capital. I wandered around the fabulous Spitalfields Market on Sunday to see stallholders staring at each other. Xmas spending fatigue one told me whilst another chap pointed out the now constant sales running on every high street. So shopping in some areas is nose diving especially the cuter arty markets – however Westfield in Shepherds Bush resembles a mad scramble to buy everything that’s not nailed down. It’s like a scene out of Planet of the Apes most weekends now. Only most apes are better dressed and seem to have more manners. So I think with Brent Cross set to expand we have arrived at the true dawn of the year of the shopping centre. The poor old London high street really is at the last gasp saloon. Even the efforts of the wonderful Wedge Card people trying to save our local shops with their brilliant supportive of local traders discount scheme is fighting an uphill struggle and quite rightly deserves our support. Conversely the parasites at Groupon appear to be draining the life out of many a small London trader – their mealy mouthed PR angle being we’re sending lots of new customers their way. And in a way they are right except the amount they take on the deals they offer makes it impossible for some of the small traders to enjoy their new customers before they’ve been driven out of business. Hm. I’m sorry to report I appear to have hit a bleak streak. It must be the weather.
Three new businesses lasted 3 months in my own area recently before biting the dust. Doh! There I go again. But positive London stuff I hear you cry – where’s the positive? Well the many museums are gearing up for lots of late night events which are fantastic and generally free – er there’s the latest dining craze to hit the capital and yes it is the flood of Sushi restaurants opening everywhere. Not my cup of tea but Londoners seemingly can’t get enough of that raw fish. I’ve always loved the food fads that ripple across London. Of course of late another fad is the shisha cafes springing up everywhere. You see trendy young things enveloped in a blue fug of sweet smelling tobacco whilst guzzling a latte and pomegranate juice! It’s like being in the middle eat without the bombs and oppression. And finally the wave after wave of tiny apartments on sale fill the Evening Standard most Wednesdays now. They’re all called The Point – The Hub – The Quarter – The tiny overpriced box where you can hear downstairs evacuating their bowels (okay I made that one up) But London’s property struggle is now forcing more and more poor sods into these ghastly blocks with a view over a petrol station or a railway bridge. The pictures make them look great. Just go and stand next to one to get the true picture. Hemmed in with a council estate that’s twinned with Kabul, they are attempts at gentrification that really miss the point. Oops I went all negative again! But I suppose they are homes after a fashion and many seem okay in price although most are in charming places like Kidbrooke (deemed too unsafe for gangs to live in) or Catford (deemed too unsafe for Mammals to live in) But do people still buy these rubbishy little boxes. Yes they do. And do they seem to mind? No. It’s a London thing.

Mixed Up Productions presents As You Like It

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Firstly, let me say that I did like it! Time passed quickly while I was watching this production, which is always a good sign.

The physical energy of this production was evident from the outset, with the sparring between the two brothers practically spilling over into the audience. However it was in Scene II, with the arrival on stage of Rosalind (Clare Langford) and Celia (Gabrielle Curtis), that the emotional and intellectual content became equally apparent, drawing this reviewer fully into the narrative. From this point onwards, with one or two exceptions, the pace continued unabated, and, before we knew it, we had reached the interval. The second half was, if anything, more engaging than the first, with one scene blending seamlessly into another, so that on reaching the final wedding scene and closing epilogue, one was left still wishing for more.

Rosalind and Celia were each imbued with a spirit of liveliness and playfulness by the respective actors, both of whom spoke Shakespeare’s words as naturally as modern-day English. Also excellent in that respect were Yvonne Riley and Owen Nolan: the former bringing a chilling sense of menace to the character of Duke Senior, and the latter playing the bucolic Corin in a very laid-back and credible manner. Owen was also responsible for much of the music, along with Catriona Mackenzie and her haunting flute, using Irish folk ballads to bring the atmosphere of the forest to life.

Will Wheeler and Ryan Wichert gave convincing performances as Orlando and Oliver respectively, and Kate Bancroft (Phebe) and Jeffrey Ho (Silvius) were hilarious in their scenes together, although Silvius was quite camp for a man so passionately in love with a woman! Overall, the company acquitted themselves admirably, capably directed by Marianna Vogt.

There are obvious staging difficulties that arise with a cast of 16 in a venue as small as the White Bear. I had a restricted view for a significant amount of the time, and did not get the full effect of the final scene. It would be nice to see the production on a larger stage, which would also give the director the chance to develop her Tent City theme, to which it was difficult to do justice in such a confined space.

I am told that tickets are selling very well, but there are still a few left, so if you fancy an evening’s romp through the Forest of Arden in the company of some talented performers, then make sure and get yourself down to Kennington one evening this week.

At the White Bear, Kennington 24 – 29 January 2012
www.whitebeartheatre.co.uk