D, CF & Me

This review was originally posted on Adventures In Theatreland . Housemates run at the Sherman Theatre Cardiff is unfortunately over, if it ever comes back I urge you to see it! {PR Invite} Written by Shannon | Photography by Mark Douet Housemates  is a show that offers an incredible insight into the reality of disabled welsh people in the 1970s. Jim Mansell ( Peter Mooney ) volunteers at Ely Hospital to take a group of people with disabilities to the park for a day out, he assumes they’d gone before, but finds out that’s not the case. In the group is Alan Duncan ( Gareth John ), a young man with down’s syndrome and he and Jim bond over music. Alan has lived in Ely Hospital all his life and understandably, he hates it. All he wants is to live in a house and be in a band. Jim realises how badly the residents in the hospital get treated and tries to get them out. The show highlights the journey to shutting down institutionalised care and the start of supported living. The cast of Hou...

Captain Marvel (2019) Directors: Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck UK rating: 12A Length: 123 minutes Cast: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn I was lucky enough to see the first showing of Captain Marvel in my local cinema at midnight. I have to say thank you to Amelia for taking me, her boyfriend and her sister with her. The film is set in 1995 and is about Carol Danvers (also known as Vers to her Kree teammates, known as the Starforce). Vers lives on Hala and when the film starts she is in the middle of a battle with her people (the Kree) and the Skrulls. Vers has recurring memories of another life she lived as Carol Danvers, a US Air Force Pilot. With the help of Nick Fury and Maria and Monica Rambeau, Carol starts to remember her past. Captain Marvel tries to uncover the secrets of her past all while using her superpowers to end the war between the Kree and the Skrulls. If you don’t want to read any spoilers I would click away now! Definitely see the film befo...

Five Feet Apart (2019) Director: Justin Baldoni UK Rating: 12A Length: 116 minutes Cast: Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse, Moises Arias Five Feet Apart is a film that I've waited all my life for. The plot revolves around two teenagers with Cystic Fibrosis, Stella Grant and Will Newman (played by Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse), who start off as people who can't really stand eachother however end up falling in love by the end of he film. The majority of the film is set in their hospital, on what seems to be a CF ward. Stella is in for routine IVs, whereas Will is in for a trial of a treatment for B. Cepacia (a bacterial infection in the lungs). The two are told to stay over six feet apart from eachother at all times. The two become friends and start breaking the rule, choosing to stay only five feet apart. They do this against all advice from their nurse Barb (Kimberly Hebert Gregory), and with the help of Poe (Moises Arias), another CFer. If you know me then ...

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018) Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman UK Rating: PG Length: 117 minutes Cast: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld Today I saw Spider-Man and I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting to come out of the cinema as happy as I did. To put it simply, I loved the film! I have been privileged enough to see many great films this year (my top ones would be Black Panther, A Star Is Born, Crazy Rich Asians, Bohemian Rhapsody and Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again (that may just be because I'm a sucker for both ABBA and movie musicals...)) but honestly this is one of my favourites! The main reason I wanted to see this film was because it's Spider-Man. The character has been one of my favourites for a while now, however I only know the Spider-Man that is Peter Parker. I think many people could say the same, but Peter Parkers Spidey is iconic so that does make sense. Seeing all the different Spider-People (and pig?...