Theatre Group’s The Show Must takes the traditional form of farce and gives it an original twist. As the audience entered the theatre, the cast were arranged on stage engaged in vocal exercises. It soon […]
Debate: Humans Of Leeds – Still a relevant concept?
Humans Of…’ pages have started to develop a bad reputation. Even the almighty Humans of New York page is beginning to lose its appeal, with the founder Brandon Stanton being labelled as exploitative and a […]
Review: Spectre – Exotic, sexy, stylish
The success of 2012’s Skyfall hung heavily over all our expectations. With virtually unanimous applause, it redefined a ‘tough act to follow’. I therefore admit that I was sceptical – could director Sam Mendes really […]
Why A Sexist Bond Is No Longer Fit For The 21st Century
Spectre is a fantastic film – it’s not as good as Skyfall, but it comes somewhere close. Craig, Waltz et al are superb, and that opening scene is one of the best ever put on […]
A Spoiler-Free Look At Video Game Endings
He was dead all along. She was working for the villain. It was all a dream. We recognise these phrases from a catalogue of plot-twist endings that have become almost ludicrously ingrained in popular culture. […]
Comment: The Breakfast Club – Still the seminal tribute to teen angst
The Breakfast Club currently sits at number 1 on Entertainment Weekly’s best High School movies as the absolute benchmark of teenage life caught on film. It’s now over 30 years since its release, but walk […]
Review: LUU Music Theatre's "Assassins"
Stephen Sondheim’s “Assassins” is an exploration of the American Dream, and what happens when it fails to be achieved. It explores a group of people who have attempted, and in some cases succeeded, to assassinate […]
Review: Rainbow Collective Film Festival – "Bafana" and "AmaZulu: The Children of Heaven"
The Rainbow Collective Film Festival, hosted by the University of Leeds, last week screened humanitarian films produced by the graduates of the Northern Film School in Leeds, Richard York and Hannan Majid. The two short films […]
Preview: Lysistrata – 3rd and 4th November
The university theatre community has returned with a bang for this semester’s season of student productions, and from Tuesday 3rd – Wednesday 4th November, Open Theatre will return with a new adaptation of Lysistrata. Based […]
Review: Jenufa
Leos Janácek Dir. Tom Cairns Conductor. Aleksander Markovic The 1904 story of Leos Janácek’s Jenufa would not look out of place in an Eastender’s Christmas special. Pregnant out of wedlock, Jenufa is caught up in […]
Review: Jane Wenham: The Witch Of Walkern
Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s play Jane Wenham: The Witch of Walkern, directed by Ria Parry, has recently begun a national tour. The play draws on the story the 1712 witch hunt in the Hertfordshire village of Walkern. […]
Review: TG‘s Boys
Theatre Group’s first production of the semester attracted a buzzing crowd to the Banham theatre this week as we sat down to witness Boys. As MGMT’s ‘Kids’ faded out (an ironic choice), the lights revealed […]