Shaxpur's Blog

I’d been looking forward to seeing Lurking Truths’ Land of My Fathers since last year. My interest peaked close too Infinity War levels of excited, and it didn’t disappoint. The show was originally meant to be staged in February at Aberystwyth Art Centre but because of the snow and subsequent theatre refurbishment, the show had to be postponed and relocated to the Castle Theatre. This was the first live theatre show I’ve ever seen in the Castle and to be honest it’s hard to picture it staged in the originally intended venue. The space was far more intimate with an entirely front facing audience. There was this particular lighting effect which two of the actors created by standing opposite each other using handheld torches. The torches were facing the opposing actor which cast shadows on the opposing walls. It was visually captivating in scene, but it wouldn’t have had the same sense of space in the original venue, without the use of purpose-built partition walls to cast shado...

I'm a disabled first year mature student at Aberystwyth University. I'd been looking forward to the Blackhouse event in the Students' Union for a few weeks. My taste in music drifts towards mainstream, so the artists names might as well have been in a foreign language, because I had no prior knowledge of them or their work. I was initially drawn to the event for the Retro Games Lounge provided by Dubtendo, which didn't disappoint. I got to play loads of games I had not played since I was a child. I set the high score in the eighties classic Duck Hunt for the NES, it felt like I was in a Zen like duck killing trance, I got to level seven as my mates cheered me on. We eventually moved on to some of the other games, on some of the other retro platforms provided by Dubtendo. I schooled some young guns in the classic art of Street Fighter on the SNES and battled it out in Super Smash Bros. and Mario Kart Double Dash on the Gamecube, whilst a girl dressed as Princess...