Local Artist’s Work Part of Leeds Craft Centre and Design Gallery 40th Anniversary Exhibition
Martin Smith’s sculptural automata piece ‘Applause’ is an apt inclusion in the celebratory exhibition at Leeds Craft Centre and Design Gallery. The Centre and its Home exhibition surely deserve a round of applause for 40 years of providing the public with some fascinating, informative and truly impressive displays of skill and creativity. Martin himself first […]
Northern Ballet’s Nutcracker Returns to Leeds Grand Theatre
Perhaps the ballet most suited to all generations and newcomers to audiences, Nutcracker is directed, choreographed and costume designed under David Nixon CBE, the company’s former Artistic DIrector. Nutcracker’s music is by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, a ballet score instantly recognisable by so many. Charles Cuswick Smith is set designer, taking the audience from a Regency era […]
South Yorkshire’s Delilah Bon – A Guest of Alain Chabat, The Late Show in France
Alain Chabat, French actor, director and presenter, invited Delilah and flew her to Paris last month to perform her track War on Women, which she wrote and produced at home. She performed in front of a live audience, to be aired as part of ten special broadcasts on TF1, France’s biggest TV channel, starting on […]
Leeds Gigs in November (2)
The second part of our November selection. LYRA at First Direct Arena on 22 November Rising pop talent LYRA has released her brand new single “29 Box”, out now via Rubyworks Label. Watch the video here. She supports Westlife on their UK arena tour this winter. LYRA is enjoying success with “Edge of Seventeen“, which achieved […]
Ska and two-tone band BAD MANNERS – at The Brudenell on 3 December.
Silly on-stage antics and a catalogue of hits signify the novelty ska favourites Bad Manners and their UK tour in December, fronted by vocalist Buster Bloodvessel. Bad Manners rose to prominence during the late ‘70s ska revival movement and quickly gained early exposure through 2-Tone Records package tours and an appearance in the live documentary Dance Craze. The […]
