PREVIEW Of Mice and Men Theatre Royal Nov5 -9 Fudg 1enough to give Minimal furniture, ambient music and a smaU group of talented st~ dents transformed bare wooden floored UEA Drama Studio into the host for the first set o la s entitled Fudge. Fudge I comprised f two plays written by tudenl pl right St.eve Cross ea d Adventures in Plate Dodging and a ual Affair, "fudged" in-between a production of Noel Coward's Private Lives. The intoxicating theme which consumed all three pieces of drama as love, which was presented as lustful, ildish, dominant, empowering and rolafile. e p a were witty, observant, thought p voking and memorable. In short, I loved it! Khushwant Sachdave For the second triple bill on the Fudge menu Minotaur came up with Bondarama. Created by Ben Cole reason). A sort of Karen Carpenter overdosed on Alanis Morrisette r ng to mind. The second performance was a reading of TS Eliot' The Wasteland. Drip, drop, drip, drop, drop, drop. I nearly dropped off. Finally, Minotaur pre ented a reasonable but sad representation of Arthur Miller's short play, Elegy For A Lady. ] o Wheat t I r treat ... and George Bucbanan, the Reduced Bond Theatre involved fast-moving images from all the old 7 vies, complete with popping pistol and a virtual reality ski-slope- w~ven got to bear all the old soundtracks. This short Bond-fest had the cast enjoying themselves as much as the audience. In the hort interval between acts an American TV chat-show host appeared from nowhere (and for no • John Steinbeck's classic novel Of Mice and Men is the ubject of the latest production at the Theatre Royal. At the heart of the play is the relationship between Lcnny and George, two vagrant farmband during the American depression. In a dusty barley field the lads meet Candy, a flirtatious and lonely young girl who becomes the fatal catalyst . battering George and Lenny' dream. The story unites the themes of the fear of loneliness and the dream of a better life in a simple yet powerful portrayal. Of Mice and Men star Geoff Sullen (Casualry's Dr Mike Barratt) and opens next week. Kate Crockett urt PubhshcJ by Applications are now invited from highlymotivated, enthusia ic and suitably experienced s udents and members of staff for 2 new posts of Resident Tutor at Mary Chapman Court. Appointments will commence at the earliest possible opportunity and continue until Sunday 15 June 1997. Accommodation will be provided and Tutors will receive a rent allowance plus a modest entertainment allowance. The closing date tor applications is Monday, 4 November 1996. Interviews will take place during the week beginning 11 November 1996. Further particulars are available from the Dean of Students' Office (room 0.1 08 or phone ext. 2890) Institut e of Radira l Reforms, Yax ham Park, Dereham , Norfolk , NR19 IRD Te i:OI 362 690583 \ ho al -1 <'onx,raiJtiO Slrcct . \\ al\all, \\'SI -Ill\\' .,"1cl 0 I'J22 (,...j...jl{ I I(I rcc l'lmm: OX()() ')()X