In Conversation With Maddy Prior
Maddy Prior has been singing and dancing for over fifty years, and is not about to stop now. I talk to her as she begins rehearsals with Steeleye Span for a May tour of England. The band will be appearing at Leeds City Varieties on May 10th. Steeleye Span began a 50th anniversary tour in […]
Wrongsemble’s Not So Ugly Sisters at Space2, Gipton Old Fire Station
This was my experience of a Wrongsemble production. It was also my first visit to Gipton Old Fire Station, since the fire engines left. I arrived early for the 3pm performance and ordered a very good coffee in the airy café. Where the engines had previously stood there are now fire engine red tables, lit […]
The Not So Ugly Sisters
A partnership bringing theatre for everyone, taking entertainment and drama to communities. Red Ladder Theatre Company, Wrongsemble and Leeds Playhouse are working together to take theatre to new places, and people. Their joint production will see the Not So Ugly Sisters staged in working mens clubs, tenants associations, sports clubs and community centres. I talked […]
Northerners – a History: Leeds Literary Festival
On Thursday lunchtime, surrounded by rich brown shelving stacked with a temptation of books, Brian Groom took us on a journey through time. The location was fitting. The Leeds Library was founded in 1768, and is the oldest surviving example of a subscription library in the British Isles. We were surrounded by Northern history, Groom […]
Macbeth at Leeds Playhouse
There is no glamour in power or war in this production. The visceral staging makes mud and blood central, with brothers fighting together find vigour in victory yet still battered and bruised. The battle scene itself is energetically choreographed, adding a touch of the Playhouse’s musical prowess to Shakespeare’s dialogue. Leeds Playhouse claims this season’s […]
