Opera North Revives Love Life – Leeds Living Reviews
Opera North’s revival of Love Life, with music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, treated the audience to a reflection on American history and music whilst giving us insight into the development of musicals. Described as the first concept musical, this show provides the link between earlier narrative-driven Rogers and Hammerstein musicals […]
The Man Who Paints Football: Elland Road – Celebrated by Paul Town
Leeds United’s Elland Road home is one of a number of Britain’s iconic football grounds – past and present – celebrated in Yorkshire artist Paul Town’s first book, The Man Who Paints Football. The richly-illustrated book features over 100 artworks inspired by football clubs’ homes and scenes from ‘the beautiful game’ recreated by Town. Featuring […]
Northern Lights Earns Rave Reviews
Yorkshire’s newest festive spectacular attracted over 100,000 visitors during its 5 week run at Leeds’ iconic Temple Newsam. The brand-new light trail took visitors on a jaw-dropping journey through a spectrum of illuminations, accompanied by unique musical compositions that transformed the grounds of the Grade I-listed gardens of the beloved landmark. A one-mile paved walk […]
Reviewed – Northern Ballet’s A Christmas Carol: at Leeds Grand Theatre Until 4 January
Seated in the stalls of Leeds Grand Theatre, I watched falling snow projected onto a screen and a Christmas Tree twinkling upstage. The scene is set; it’s time for A Christmas Carol. Music, dance and storytelling come together in this sensory tale, when miserable Ebenezer Scrooge is forced to remember the true meaning of Christmas […]
100 Years of Surrealism are Being Celebrated in Yorkshire
In 1924 French poet André Breton, in reaction to the brutality of the First World War, wrote his, Surrealist Manifesto. Only “the omnipotence of dreams,” he said, could liberate humanity. The passion of his belief has inspired a century of unusual painting, photography and sculpture. Two key exhibitions, in Leeds and Wakefield, shine a light […]
