MONOPOLY: Taking Over Leeds This Summer
The world-first city centre version pays homage to Leeds’ heritage links to the world’s favourite family game on 27 July until 1 September Leeds was home to Waddingtons, Britain’s leading manufacturer of board games and playing cards, which produced the UK version of MONOPOLY from the 1930s and was responsible for the now famous London properties […]
Northern Ballet’s Expressions – 10 Year Anniversary
Expressions, Northern Ballet’s festival of inclusive dance, will this year include the premiere of a new digital work with Ability group dancers, directed and choreographed by Ben Wright. Every Little Thing is a Change is a dance film featuring Northern Ballet dancers alongside dancers from Ability, a course for adults with additional learning support needs. […]
Northern Ballet’s Merlin
Reviewing this Ballet is like trying to capture a beautiful landscape, but the photo just doesn’t do it justice no matter how hard I try. Being there and seeing it with your own eyes is so much better. Northern Ballet’s Merlin is quite simply magical (and aptly named) and anyone who’s lost their sparkle over […]
Long Division – It’s Great to be Back! Part 1
It was great that the Long Division festival had returned and I could discover more of the City of Wakefield and its music venues. The Festival felt bigger this year and it was so nice to see it had attracted a wide spectrum of genres and age groups; although it was easy to spot the […]
Northern Ballet’s Dangerous Liaisons – at Leeds Playhouse
Before I write about the performance, I have to firstly acknowledge how nice it is to be back in the theatre again, on my first outing since lockdown. I haven’t missed many things over the pandemic, being a naturally happy, simple, introvert, but even I am glad to be burst from my bubble and back […]
