‘A School of Night’ at Slung Low Temple: A Unique Piece of Theatre in a Unique Urban Area
For the first time, this is most definitely going to be two reviews in one: discussing the delights of a most distinctive production as well as the experience of going to Slung Low’s new performance space at Temple – an extraordinary adventure. Slung Low Theatre Company, founded in 2000, occupies a place at the heart […]
Hyde Park Picture House and ‘Strange Way of Life’
After its refurbishment and re-opening in June of this year, the Hyde Park Picture House is back in action, welcoming audience members and delighting them with the latest releases in the world of independent and individualistic cinema. I went along to their special, one night only screening of the short film Strange Way Of Life […]
Nest, Leeds Year of Culture 2023: Celebrating birds and cautioning about climate change.
RSPB St Aidans was the setting for one of the most ambitious productions of Leeds Year of Culture 2023. Theatre, movement, dance and music combined to tell a story of climate emergency to an audience who followed a 90 minute performance around the reserve’s Bowers Lake. This was an issue-based drama, but not one that […]
The House With Chicken Legs: Storytelling at its absolute finest
The desire to tell stories, and to listen to them, is one of the quintessential things that makes us human. It is inherent, and no doubt running through all cultures. In recent years, this fact has been at the heart of many theatre companies, including Theatre Alibi and of course the legendary (and much missed) […]
The Mousetrap: You’ll Be Dying To Know The Ending
Murder mystery parties, escape rooms, true crime documentaries: these are at the height of fashion more than ever….I’ve dressed up in 1920’s garb more than once to gather with a group of friends and listen to tantalising and misleading clues over who the murderer could be. There’s a human fascination with crime that we just […]
