The Sculpture Gallery Celebrates
The Sculpture Gallery celebrated its fourth birthday on Sunday 5 April. Sculpture demands that we give it space. It requires us to move, to appreciate planes and curves, light and shadow, narrative and detail. Whilst few commercial galleries have a specific space for sculpture, here the whole premises is dedicated to the art form. Set […]
Punch: Until 11 April at Courtyard Theatre Leeds
Gripping, creative, devastating and ultimately full of hope There are some productions that grip you from the outset, but Punch is something more: it is creative, gripping and utterly harrowing, yet threaded throughout with a deep and unexpected sense of hope. From the very first moment to its powerful conclusion, it holds its audience in […]
Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Interplay: at Quarry Theatre Until 2 April
Interplay cascades between the playful and the profound, creating a work as tightly-bound as it is exploratory. In ‘Next of Kin’ (choreographed by Marcus Jarrell Willis) there is a subversion of the typical closed embrace; here, the two dancers dance side by side, with one often darting into the dark before the other, waiting for […]
War of the Worlds: at Leeds Playhouse Until 28 March
War of the Worlds: Visually inventive, hauntingly gripping – a once-in-a-life-time piece of theatre. It’s rare to encounter a piece of theatre that genuinely feels like something entirely new, but War of the Worlds at Leeds Playhouse is exactly that. And that’s not said lightly. Having seen a great deal of theatre across styles and […]
Our Little Hour: at Leeds Playhouse on 20 March
When was the last time you saw a musical commissioned by educational charity Show Racism The Red Card? For me it was just this week, over a century after the death of Walter Tull. Our Little Hour is centred on Walter Tull and how he made history as both the first black footballer to play […]
