White Rose Poetry Exhibition on World Mental Health Day
White Rose Shopping Centre marked World Mental Health Day on 10 October with an exhibition of James McInerney’s poetry. James’ poems were displayed across the floor of the central atrium at the Centre, so that visitors could walk amongst them to discuss and share them with family and friends. The poems were specially selected to […]
Connection – At Harrogate Theatre Studio Until 5 October
I was invited by Leeds Living to review what turns out to be an amazing piece of work, performed at Harrogate Theatre on 2 October. I urge you to make the effort to see Connection during its limited run. It was written by Rachael Halliwell who appears alongside Cathy Breeze, Andrew Turner and Emma Leah […]
An Evening With Bradley Wiggins at Harrogate’s Royal Hall
Sir Bradley Wiggins, one of Britain’s most decorated Olympic athletes, has embarked on a new venture – the ‘Bradley Wiggins: An Evening With tour’. This tour sees Wiggins recount memorable tales from his highly eventful cycling career as well as some more personal stories from his childhood in London. On 23 September, I attended the […]
The Orchestra of Opera North with Marc-Andre Hamelin
On Thursday 19 September, Huddersfield Town Hall played host to two debuts in one triumphant concert. This was the first concert of Kirklees Concert Season 2019/20. It was also the UK début for the wonderful conductor Ruth Reinhardt—more on her later—and simultaneously the Opera North début for Marc-André Hamelin, one of the finest pianists around. […]
The Orchestra of Opera North – New Kirklees Concert Season
Ruth Reinhardt, acclaimed young conductor, opens the new Kirklees Concert Season at Huddersfield Town Hall on Thursday 19 September on her UK debut. Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin is the soloist in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, and the programme is completed by Webern’s Passacaglia and Schubert’s Fifth Symphony. On Thursday 28 November, a concert staging of Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle […]
