The Turn of The Screw – at Leeds Grand Theatre on 15 February
Opera North’s groundbreaking trailer for this spine-chilling tale explores the creative potential for immersive storytelling through digital technology. The trailer is the result of a collaboration between creative studio Lusion, composer James Bulley, Audio Lab at York University – and the Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North. Bringing together spatial recordings made at Yorkshire Sculpture Park […]
Green Eggs and Ham at Leeds Central Library on 15 February
This is opera for all ages from the age of 4! It’s perfect if you want to introduce your offspring to this art form, because it’s a family show and is touring the north of England until 22 March. Children can experience live opera music and singing at close range at Leeds’ Central Library on […]
The Bear is Here! 18 – 22 February
Have you ever tried to give a polar bear a bath? Or to sit on his lap? Well, an enormous, snowy white bear is coming to Leeds Playhouse soon….. Raymond Briggs‘ magical story is brought to Courtyard, Leeds Playhouse, by Pins and Needles Productions, with puppetry, storytelling music and laughter – lots of laughter. Tilly […]
Kneehigh’s Ubu! Singalong Satire at Leeds Playhouse on 4 – 8 February
Kneehigh’s Ubu! A Singalong Satire is likely to be pretty lively, but not so much so as Alfred Jarry’s play Ubu Roi, on which it is based and which caused riots in Paris when it was first staged in 1896. Carl Grose, Charles Hazlewood and Mike Shepherd have combined a deliberately childish script and […]
In Conversation With Andrew Quick and Peter Brooks
Exactly a week before Night of The Living Dead RMX opened, I interviewed Artistic Director Andrew Quick and Co-director Pete Brook, co-directors for the live remix of the classic 1968 horror film. Imitating the dog (ITD) is a touring theatre company whose work has been enjoyed worldwide. The company adapts novels and films into theatre […]
