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 […]
Bomba Paella and Tapas
The Foundry has a new restaurant, bringing a splash of colour to the industrial heritage of South Leeds. Having previously housed Matt Healy X The Foundry, the restaurant is well equipped for cooking and dining. The raw brick walls, concrete floors and filament light bulbs sing to both the current rejuvenation and industrial past of […]
