LYR at City Varieties Music Hall on May 4th

This evening provided a double sense of excitement, namely matching poet laureate Simon Armitage’s band LYR with the nostalgia that oozes out of the City Varieties Music Hall. The show begins with the philosophical Blah Blah Blah, a list of unlikely statements followed by the words Blah Blah Blah. Quite disturbing in places, but humorous […]

Ballet Black: at Leeds Playhouse on 8 May

Ballet Black at 25 is a scintillating double bill consisting of Hope Boykin’s … all towards hope and Ingoma choreographed by Mthuthuzeli November. The former illustrates how hope is an essential part of modern day life and Boykin’s voiceover is both calming and exciting in pursuit of this. Quite often, the dancers are positioned in […]