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How To Make The Audience Cry


Here is my guide on how to bring the reader to tears. In this video essay I analyse Up, The green mile and interstellar to try and figure out what makes them so sad. Please Like and Subscribe for more video essays :) Check out my gaming channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ruskieconrad

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Stranger Things, The First Shadow. The Phoenix Theatre, Friday 11th September.

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Paddington The Musical Savoy Theatre, London Thursday, 15 April 2027. Years 7 & 8

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Early Help and Family Help

Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

Operation Mincemeat. Fortune Theatre, London Tuesday, 22 September. Years 9 to 13

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