Windrush by Song: at Leeds Playhouse on Windrush Day, 22 June and Until 23 June
Windrush by Song, currently at Leeds Playhouse for just one more evening, is a moving celebration of love, resilience, community and cultural identity, told beautifully through music, dance and theatre. It’s a production that ensures an important chapter of British history is remembered not only through statistics or headlines, but also through the lives of […]
Sip and Paint: at The Wardrobe on 19 June
A beginner-friendly painting night at The Wardrobe proved that artistic talent is entirely optional. On Friday evening, I headed to The Wardrobe for one of Prime Pass’s Sip and Paint events. The painting we were trying to replicate for the evening was The Great Wave off Kanagawa, the iconic Japanese artwork known for its dramatic […]
Mamma Mia! at Leeds Grand Theatre Until 27 June
As bars in Leeds welcome fans for the England vs Croatia match, I find myself at the Grand Theatre wearing a sequinned hat. I’m sitting in a football-free zone, in a bar decorated with mirror ball bunting with a foil curtain backdrop below letters spelling out “dancing queen”, waiting for the start of the Mamma […]
Blue Mist: at Leeds Playhouse Until 20 June
Funny, heartbreaking and urgently relevant…Blue Mist is theatre at its very best ★★★★★ Some productions make you laugh, some make you cry and some make you think. Blue Mist, currently touring the UK and playing at Leeds Playhouse, is one of those rare plays that somehow manages to do all three. Written by Olivier Award-nominated playwright Mohamed-Zain […]
Holdfast Books: a Leeds Bookshop With a Social Conscience
When visiting UKREiiF earlier this month, it would have been easy to miss Holdfast Books. Surrounded by marquees promoting property investment and with over 16,000 people attending, Holdfast continued to bob serenely in Leeds Dock. Most of the delegates will not have even noticed the former coal barge but anyone who stepped onboard was in […]
