Transform Leeds Festival: Desire Marea
This week I was invited down to Leeds Left Bank to see South African Musician Desire Marea, although to simply call Desire a musician would be a disservice. An artist, in every sense of the word would be a more accurate description. The event was part of Transform Leeds, a City-wide festival aimed at altering […]
Opera North: Masque of Might at Leeds Grand Theatre, to the music of Henry Purcell
Like many of the new promotions at Ilkley’s splendid Literature Festival, this latest world’s first from Opera North was conceived and worked out under the Covid pandemic’s restrictions. Confine a creator physically, by decree if you must, but, evidently, their brain can never be held in lockdown. Director, Sir David Pountney‘s initial approach to his […]
Zoe Rahman at Howard Assembly Room on 8 October
In the Colour of Sound, pianist Zoe Rahman celebrates the joy of music and life. It might seem self-indulgent for a jazz musician to play only their own music in a concert, but this performance was far from it. Every track on Zoe Rahman’s new Colour of Sound album was recreated on stage, but the […]
Opera north: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff – at Leeds Grand Theatre
Further performances will take place on Thursday 05 October, Saturday 14 October and Saturday 21 October , all at 7 p.m. Saturday 7 October and Wednesday 25 October are at 2 p.m. “Nothing ever goes in the bin,” is this Autumn’s mantra for Laura Hart, Opera North’s Production Office Co-ordinator. Sustainability lies at the heart […]
I, Daniel Blake at Leeds Playhouse – So Much More Than a Show
This week I was lucky enough to head down to the Courtyard Theatre in Leeds for a performance of I, Daniel Blake, the show adapted from the Ken Loach film of the same name. The production is currently touring the country with a message that is just as relevant now as it was when the […]
