Can you spot me real quick
Review: A solo exhibition by Connor Shields at Assembly House I hadn’t realised that the title of the exhibition was a gym reference until I spoke to Connor Shields, but it made perfect sense once I knew. The exhibition revolved around imagery from the gym and the construction site. Images from both melded together when […]
The Cat and The Canary
The plot of this play revolves around the gathering of the last six living descendants of Cyrus West, famous psychologist, at an isolated mansion on Bodmin Moor. It has been twenty years since Cyrus died but this is the night that his will and inheritance will be revealed. This staging draws upon elements of horror, […]
Northern Ballet’s Merlin
Reviewing this Ballet is like trying to capture a beautiful landscape, but the photo just doesn’t do it justice no matter how hard I try. Being there and seeing it with your own eyes is so much better. Northern Ballet’s Merlin is quite simply magical (and aptly named) and anyone who’s lost their sparkle over […]
My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored
A Red Ladder Theatre Company production with support from Leeds Playhouse and Oldham Coliseum Theatre Leeds-based Red Ladder interrogates the situation that plays out when 15 year old Reese confronts Gillian, his black teacher, who saw him accosted and held on the ground by police, but did nothing to help him. I have fond memories […]
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Actually, everybody’s RAVING about Jamie One of the biggest new shows of the last few years, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie hits all the right boxes for The Leeds Grand: colourful, energetic, relevant and modern, all whilst keeping a grounded working class core. This coming-of-age musical, based on a true story, revolves around the eccentric 16 […]
