Find A Partner: at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton on 27 & 28 June
‘Find A Partner’: Love Island Meets Black Mirror in Leeds Actors in Training’s Latest Production. This week, I took a trip to Chapel Allerton’s local independent art space Seven. Founded in 2007, the venue and adjoined café bar has championed many innovative creatives and independent artists, ranging from comedy shows to live music to theatre. […]
In Conversation With Violet Malice: at The Brudenell on 26 May
There are no instruments on stage. There are no props either – just some notebooks piled on the floor. Violet Malice takes the stage, dressed in an outfit that sits somewhere between a kinky London guard and Cheryl Cole in the Fight For This Love music video. She picks up one of the notebooks and, […]
My Fair Lady: Opera North at Leeds Playhouse Until 29 June
The most familiar production of Lerner and Loewe’s abidingly popular My Fair Lady is the Warner Brothers’ film adaptation from 1964. Though any theatrical version cannot hope to match a sophisticated visual creation from an established Californian film studio, upstaging the vocal shortcomings from croaky crooners such as Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway and Wilfred Hyde-White […]
Northern Ballet’s Beauty and the Beast takes over Leeds Grand Theatre
Taking residence in Leeds Grand from the 6th to 9th of June is the Northern Ballet, performing David Nixon’s Beauty and the Beast. I was lucky enough to experience this visual spectacle for myself and appreciate the refined, artistic skill and talent of the entire cast, both on stage and behind the scenes. David Nixon […]
All Those On Board: celebrating the fight to save our lidos
Otley Courthouse is the sold out venue on 7 June for Drip Drop Theatre’s All Those On Board, a vibrant, heartfelt production that taps into our love of lidos and the campaigns to restore them. Otley, where the campaign to restore the lido continues, was an obvious location to stage a performance. I was lucky […]
