Northern Ballet’s Hansel and Gretel: A Classic Fairytale with a Modern Twist
After a break from theatres and shows post-festive season, we were welcomed back into the arts with a child-friendly ballet of Hansel and Gretel at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre. In true chaotic-parent style, I managed to confuse the theatres*, meaning we arrived by the skin of our teeth and missed out on the […]
Oliver!’ – A Truly Special 20th Anniversary Performance at Morley Academy.
In a break from my usual haunts of The Grand Theatre and Leeds Playhouse, I ventured out to the suburbs to attend Morley Academy’s annual production and 20th anniversary performance of ‘Oliver!’ . In a world where more and more musicals are like a night at a pop concert, it’s a refreshing change to head […]
Opera North’s The Magic Flute: an Opera For Everyone – at Leeds Grand Theatre until 22 February
Opera North returns to Leeds Grand with a bang, putting on the third opera in their winter series, The Magic Flute. Perfectly in tune (pardon the pun,) with their commitment to making opera more accessible this performance was a magical experience for both the opera newbies and fanatics alike. Directed by James Brining and of […]
Diary of a Hustler: at Seven Arts Leeds on 7 February
Work. Huel. Podcast. Repeat. The daily routine and mantra of Bruce, whose sole aim in life is to achieve huge success and who is willing to forego everything else just to achieve this. We follow Bruce, a proclaimed workaholic desperate for his podcast ‘Diary of a Hustler’ to reach more than 41 subscribers, on his […]
Review – Opera North’s The Flying Dutchman: at Leeds Grand Theatre 8, 11, 14 and 21 February
” … (the sea) … now as a fathomless abyss, now as a steep mountain peak … filled me with mortal dread.” Wagner’s experience of a protracted and terrifying sea crossing in 1839, from Riga to London,remained a mind-etching memory in the intervening two years before he began to compose hisfourth opera, Der Fliegende Holländer. […]
