REVIEWED: Sunny Side – at Leeds Playhouse on 12 June

Anna Holmes’ SUNNY SIDE, created in  collaboration with Andy’s Man Club, is a production that lingers. Premiering at Leeds Playhouse, Northern Rascals’ blend of contemporary movement and poetic text tackles youth, masculinity and mental health with ambition, delivering moments of genuine brilliance alongside some frustrating inconsistencies. The trio of dancers – Soul Roberts, Ed Mitchell, […]

Leeds Author Anne-Louise Quinton’s Debut Novel Published

Some people die and that’s the end. Others get placed ‘on hold’ because they are still connected to someone or something in the present. Only when they have passed on their knowledge can they rest. Three separate, but strikingly similar incidents occur within days of each other, to normal people, living ordinary lives. Elinor, Ed […]

Emergence: at the Riley Theatre on 7 June

The Emergence tour hit the Riley Theatre on Saturday night, bringing a fresh triple bill from the postgraduate dance company of Joss Arnott Dance and the University of Salford. With 20 dancers on stage and a mix of choreographic voices, it was an evening full of energy, ambition and some striking moments of creativity. The […]

Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Everyday Materials Upscaled to Monumental Sizes.

The work of artists Felicity Aylieff and Laura Ellen Bacon. Your house may be decorated with willow or ceramics. You probably have wicker baskets and clay bowls.We have become used to thinking of these materials on a household scale but Yorkshire Sculpture Park(YSP) is displaying the work of artists who have taken these everyday materials […]