The new play from Dec Kelly manages to explores the lives of two generations of a mining family without resorting to trite cliché.
Review: Open Theatre’s The Farce Dimension
What would you do if you discovered there was a gorilla on the loose in your wardrobe, which also happened to be a portal into a multiverse consisting only of farces? Call animal protection services, […]
Interview: Rory Yeates, director of The Old Lie
Sarah Garraway catches up with Rory Yeates to discuss his new radio drama, The Old Lie.
Review: Open Theatre’s The Old Lie
An engaging tearjerker of a radio drama. The Old Lie written and directed by Rory Yeates is a stunning thought-provoking drama that is a must watch (or listen) for not just University of Leeds students, […]
Socially distanced pantomime in Birmingham set to go ahead in New Year.
The Robin Hood Pantomime is set to go ahead this Christmas, in Birmingham. Sarah Garraway unpacks what effects social distancing might have on one of our favourite holiday pastimes.
Interview: Hannah Rooney and Chloe Robinson on ‘Pareidolia’
Ahead of their upcoming final-year performance project, we caught up two members of the Off the Page Theatre Company, Hannah Rooney and Chloe Robinson, to discuss the creative process of their show Pareidolia, and how […]
The Glass Bell: “Anne Bronte’s life is very apt for this day and age”
Our wonderful In The Middle Associate Alex Gibbon interviews Leeds-based Gondal Theatre Company as they prepare for their upcoming performance of The Glass Bell!
‘Get to the back of the queue’: Observing the Tories’ contempt for creative workers
Maryam Jameela unpacks the prejudice behind the government’s latest Arts Funding programme and what it means for the future of our culture.
Black History Month: Writer’s Recommendations
Arts and Culture writer Marjolaine Marsile details important historical figures in both Black History and Black Art. Joséphine Baker The incredible ‘J’ai deux amours, mon pays et Paris‘ was sung by an African-American French woman […]
Fill in the Gap: The *blank* Are Being Defunded
Some of you guessed right, it’s the Arts. As for those who didn’t, the effects of growing up in post-2008 Britain are showing themselves nicely. For those that guessed ‘Police’, I’m sorry. The government has […]
Culture in the Time of Covid
Hyde Park Book Club Book Club is a great spot for either a chilled pint with friends or a great opportunity to pick up a book from their selection of great non-fiction and fiction. Over […]
Review: Veritas Theatre’s The Group Chat by Dec Kelly
After a strange year of makeshift livestreamed gigs and endless viral challenges to do at home, people from all walks of the creative industries have had to find new and inventive ways to keep their […]