Hooligan Theatre Company will transport students to 1960s Britain, a time and place where pornography was illegal but still, as such things do, found its way into households. UCLA’s entirely student-run theater company opens its spring production, “No Sex Please, We’re British” Friday at 8 p.m. at the Jan Popper Theater in Schoenberg Hall. “No […]
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Shakespeare Company at UCLA modernizes ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
While the belligerent relationship between the characters Beatrice and Benedick has been played out on stages across the centuries, the Shakespeare Company at UCLA’s “Much Ado About Nothing” revives the classic feud in an era known for bouffant hair, rock music and liberation. Running from May 30 to June 1, the Shakespeare Company at UCLA […]
New troupe debuts ‘Crimes of the Heart’
Seven UCLA theater students are taking a risk with site-specific theater and no professional advisement and hoping it pays off. Presenting a site-specific production of “Crimes of the Heart” at 449 Landfair Ave. on Friday and Saturday, The Treehouse Theater Company is a group of seven theater students at UCLA who created their own production […]
Marcos Giron’s singles title win redeems tennis’ semifinals exit
Up 4-1 in the second set of the NCAA men’s tennis singles championship, junior Marcos Giron could almost feel the title trophy in his hands. Less than a week earlier, Giron had high hopes as his team entered the semifinal round of the NCAA team tournament against Oklahoma. Unfortunately for UCLA, its hopes of a […]
Alum, corgis to embark on book deal journey
A new pair of furry celebrities has joined the Internet animal hall of fame alongside the Grumpy Cat and Doge: Corgnelius and Stumphrey.
Student film “The Outlier” with Shorttakes audience
It is another typical day in Atascadero for Steve Harrison: He and his wife wake up at 6 a.m., perform daily barnyard tasks and go on a scenic hike, hand in hand. This seemingly everyday life is what Jack Harrison, a fourth-year international development studies student, focuses on in his documentary, “The Outlier.” At the […]
UCLA pole vaulter jumps past preliminary struggles
Since Elena Clarke was in the eighth grade, the pole vault crossbar was always an obstacle she wanted to conquer. By the end of her time in high school, she had already cleared an obstacle hovering a full 12 feet, 8 inches off the ground. Now a junior on the UCLA track and field team, […]