Thoralf Karlsen

Thoralf Karlsen

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Thoralf Karlsen is a graduate of the MA social anthropology programme at the University of Edinburgh with a keen interest in visual anthropology, documentary film and journalism. At university he launched - along with fellow anthropology students - an academic journal called The Unfamiliar which he continues to have an active role in. He is currently based in London pursuing a career in journalism. Follow Thoralf on Twitter @TK_24_7_365

Published articles

Play

Idomeneus at the Gate Theatre

Greek mythology is sized down within the close quarters of Notting Hill’s Gate Theatre, a wonderfully small venue…

By Thoralf Karlsen
Movie

Jersey Boys

Off the back of the Broadway success of the musical comes the movie: Jersey Boys, a musical biography…

By Thoralf Karlsen
Cinema & TV

Road: Interviews on the red carpet

A new documentary about the dangerous and daring sport of road racing, Road centres around Northern Ireland’s notorious…

By Thoralf Karlsen
Musical

Zanna Don’t! at the Landor Theatre

This new production of the successful Off-Broadway musical Zanna Don’t! is funny, clever and humane. Brought down a…

By Thoralf Karlsen
Live music

Paolo Nutini at the Roundhouse

From his family chip shop beginnings, the boy from Paisley has come a long way. Now, aged just…

By Thoralf Karlsen
Live music

Archive at the Roundhouse

If you were to delve into the band’s history going back to the mid-90s, Archive had a distinctly…

By Thoralf Karlsen
Movie

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Marvel's latest instalment of the X-Men film series is definitely something to behold through a 3D gaze. This…

By Thoralf Karlsen
Play

1984 at the Playhouse Theatre

Having to read George Orwell’s 1984 within the rigid confines of school, forced upon us by the unquestionable…

By Thoralf Karlsen