Leeds International Festival of Ideas – The Evolution of Creativity: Kindness, Curiosity and Collaboration
The Evolution of Creativity was one of the first events at this year’s Leeds International Festival of Ideas (LIFI). A full house at Leeds Playhouse’s Quarry Theatre enthusiastically greeted musicians BEKA and Nile Rodgers. BEKA, a rising pop star following her debut single, I’ll Be There, was clearly delighted to be asked to be on […]
Yorkshire Writer Wins BBC National Short Story Award
Yorkshire novelist and short story writer, Ross Raisin has won the nineteenth BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University (NSSA) for ‘Ghost Kitchen’, a tense, cinematic story narrated by a bicycle courier and inspired by the gig economy and the ‘dark kitchens’ of the restaurant industry. The news was announced live on BBC Radio 4 Front Row on Tuesday 1st October during a […]
Opera North’s Magic Flute (through the eyes of a first-timer)
Having only seen one opera before – Rigoletto at the Sydney Opera House – it is fair to say that I am an opera newbie with a skewed experience of this art form. As far as expectations go, I had close to none, walking into Leeds Grand Theatre for the opening night of Opera North’s […]
A Raisin in the Sun: at Leeds Playhouse Until 28 September
Lorraine Hansberry broke new ground in 1959, the first Black playwright and the youngest American to win a New York Critics’ Circle award. A Raisin in the Sun was the first show staged on Broadway by an African-American woman. Sixty-five years later, her play still engages and remains relevant. This was a play I had […]
Northlight Arts Centre: Abstract Painting Exhibition IV: A Journey Through Colour, Form and Emotion – on Until 7 October
There’s something undeniably special about abstract painting. It frees both the artist and the viewer from the usual expectations, inviting you to simply enjoy colour, texture and form without needing to pin everything down to a recognizable subject. Abstract art gives us permission to see what we want to see and feel what we want […]
