Xa Rodger and Heather Nash discuss the depiction of the women’s rights movement in Sarah Gavron’s latest film… On 4th June 1913 Emily Wilding Davison stepped in front of King George V’s horse at Derby […]
British Art Show 8
So you’ve heard about this grandly named art exhibition. You know it’s in Leeds, which is a fair start, yet what exactly it is has eluded you. Fear not, we’ve got you covered with everything […]
Religion in Videogames: Devils, Politics and Prophets
Religion is as inescapable in videogames as it is in real life, whether you believe in it or not. Whether its presence only extends to brief mentions of gods or it is as blatant as […]
Review: No/Gloss Film Festival
In early October, No/Gloss Film Festival returned to Leeds for its fourth year of showcasing the best from the underground, DIY film scene. Many of the films this year touched on contentious themes in cinema such […]
Preview: JOHN at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
DV8’s latest production, JOHN arrives the West Yorkshire playhouse 22-24th October. Renowned for their powerful work and influence within physical theatre, DV8 are back with a hard-hitting and thought-provoking new work. Creator, Lloyd Newson sent […]
‘It’s Not All Sequins And Bikinis’
Spectator’s Thoughts: Xa Rodger and Emma Thornton give us an insight to their findings when they attended ‘It’s not all sequins and bikinis’ at Leeds City Museum last Wednesday. — The talk given by Emily Marshall […]
Blake Remixed: Poetry with a Hip-hop twist
As an outlet for emerging and new work, the Furnace Festival programme at West Yorkshire Playhouse provides artists access to develop new ideas and performance work. Blake Remixed is a show that certainly adheres to […]
Superfuntheatrereview
Mouths Of Lions are a young theatre collective hailing from Camden, and on Thursday 8th October they performed their first show outside of London in the university’s own Workshop Theatre, which was a pretty big […]
Diversity in Video Games – On The Right Track
Just as in other forms of media, race has frequently been a controversial topic in video games, attracting criticism for faults ranging from racial stereotyping to casts consisting solely of white characters. However, while […]
Ballet Black: where are all the black ballet dancers?
At a time of growing diversity in other arts sectors such as musical theatre and contemporary dance, classical ballet seems to have stood still. Stunted by tradition, habit and the expectations of a niche audience, […]
Review: Finding Fela – Enthralling viewing for the uninitiated
The significance and diversity accorded to Black History Month this year in Leeds has been truly refreshing. With artists such as Akala and the poet Wole Soyinka already blazing the trail to diversify dialogues on […]
Neverending Nightmares: Mental Illness in Videogames
“Er, did that doll just blink?” my housemate asked me as I cautiously shrunk back in anticipation. It was hard to tell which doll she was referring to, considering that they littered the decrepit corridor […]