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 […]
Pixies Supported by The Big Moon at the 02 Academy on 17 September
On a beautiful September evening in Leeds Ali Wortley sets off to the O2, hoping to plug a long-standing gap in her history of live performances. I must say I was very happy to see that Pixies are touring again – and with new material, promoting their new album ‘Beneath the Eyrie’. Incredibly, this is […]
