Kitty Grant

Jun 20, 2024 | redbrick.me | Liberal Arts |Kitty Grant

Usually when I want to spend two-and-a-half hours staring at a screen I open TikTok. Last week, however, I decided to see The Wizard of Oz at the Birmingham Hippodrome to get the same headache-inducing experience. There’s a reason The Wizard of Oz has been adapted so many times: it’s great. The original story from the 1900 book and the songs from the 1939 film have inspired creatives for over a hundred years and audiences love it every time.

Mar 13, 2024 | redbrick.me | Liberal Arts |Kitty Grant

Gaming Editor Kitty Grant serves up a tasty review of Toasterball, the bread based ping-pong game Toasterball was received for free for review purposes. Toast. Balls. What else is there to say about Toasterball? Well it turns out, quite a lot. Toasterball is simple in theory: you play as a toaster battling another toaster to keep a ball from smashing through the wall behind you by popping your toast up to bat the ball away from your side.

Dec 8, 2023 | redbrick.me | Liberal Arts |Kitty Grant

Mail Time was received for free for review purposesSince buying my switch in March 2020, I’ve only really played two games: Animal Crossing and Mario Kart, so I’m only really used to big budget games made by massive teams. Made primarily by one developer, Kela van der Deijl, Mail Time definitely fits into the category of ‘indie’, which was a new, and enjoyable, way of gaming for me.

Dec 6, 2023 | redbrick.me | Liberal Arts |Kitty Grant

Many buffets specialise in a specific cuisine, but Umami in Coventry’s main selling point is that they are an all-you-can-eat buffet which offers food from around the world. Their website describes it as a ‘gourmet tour of the world’s tastiest dishes’, and while there were lots of options from around the world (well, Eurasia to be specific) the word ‘gourmet’ is a little generous. I was not sure what to expect from Umami before we arrived.

Dec 5, 2023 | redbrick.me | Liberal Arts |Kitty Grant

Culture Writer Kitty Grant reviews The Bodyguard: The Musical finding the cast to be incredibly talented despite the story being rushed and unemotional A few months ago, this production of The Bodyguard made headlines after a performance was stopped early after audience members refused to stop singing along. Based on the 1992 film of the same name, The Bodyguard uses the music of Whitney Houston, who also starred in the film.