Leeds University Union has a wide variety of societies, each one different, interesting and inclusive. Whether you want to try out something new, or hone a new talent and skill you never thought you would […]
Carnival Messiah: Proof that We Need Art
Following her summer of research, investigating why this explosion of culture and vision is so important, Anna May tells us more about Carnival Messiah preceeding its showing tomorrow at West Yorkshire Playhouse. When I applied to do […]
Seize the Memes of Production: The Communist Comedy Revolution
Rose Crees delves into why cultural and artistic communicative formats of 2017 are returning to the Communism that was supposedly left in the 20th Century. The first trailer for Armando Iannucci’s latest project, The Death […]
Review: Matter of Bodies/Bodies that Matter
With a promise to explore ‘the body as object, as landscape, and as commodity’, the artists behind Matter of Bodies | Bodies that Matter had a lot to fit into the confines of LS6’s intimate […]
Review: Spelling Bee – Musical Theatre Society
Musical Theatre Society’s latest production takes us back to those cringe-ridden days of adolescence with an unashamed brashness and humour. In presenting us with some of the darker sides of growing up face on with […]
Leeds Art Gallery: Is lack of funding becoming a prominent problem?
The Leeds Art Gallery has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign in the hopes of raising £17,000 in thirty days so that artist Lothar Götz can create a contemporary, abstract painting as Leeds City Gallery reopens […]
Richard Mosse: Incoming – Reimagining a contemporary issue through an unexpected medium
Seeing Incoming marked my first visit to the Barbican Centre, which meant a brief, yet anxious period of traipsing around a brutalist labyrinth of concrete in order to find the exhibition space. I don’t think […]
Review: ‘Listen Up’ at the Art Hostel
To celebrate National Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day, Basis Yorkshire brings us ‘Listen UP’, an inspiring and thought-provoking exhibition about the journey of young people who have experienced sexual exploitation. This interactive exhibition takes us […]
Can the Guardian recover from the loss of Lyn Gardner?
Renowned journalist and theatre critic Lyn Gardner has recently had her contract with the Guardian slashed on the account of monetary cuts. While she will continue to write reviews and features for the Guardian, her […]
Humans of Leeds: Humanity on Display
Following in the footsteps of other Human’s Of… photography projects, LUU hosted an event of its own. Camille Hanotte went along to check out the innovative new piece. As I was walking down the stairs […]
Why Moonlight needed to win Best Picture
When Jordan Horowitz declared that Moonlight had in fact won ‘Best Picture’ instead of La La Land, as first announced, he used the phrase: ‘This is not a joke.’ But it is. Hollywood and its […]
These books were alive; they spoke to me – Dora Garcia at The Tetley
The latest exhibiton to grace The Tetley features the work of Dora García. In The Middle takes a look at this daring literary work .. Running from 3rd February to 23rd April, Barcelona-based artist Dora […]