The Spider-Man franchise was never going to lie dormant for long. Arguably cinema’s most profitable superhero (the Marvel franchise took until The Avengers, its seventh film, to top the box office takings of three Spider-Man […]
A Chorus Line – hold on to your sparkly golden hats, the West End is coming to Leeds
The Stage Musical society hold a concrete reputation for being one of the best performance societies around, and they certainly maintained that incredible reputation in their latest production of A Chorus Line. Director Sophie Roberts […]
Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands is a good introduction to his work
A touring production of Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands recently played four dates at Bradford’s Alhambra theatre. Adapted from Tim Burton’s eponymous film, Matthew Bourne’s production resurrects the cult favourite as a mesmerising all-dancing show. This […]
LUU Dance Show focused on film and resulted in an unforgettable night
Leeds University Union has always been proud to host award winning dance societies with such creative flair one has to wonder how a single university can have so many talented people in one small space. […]
Chappie gives us a change with a naive, trustful robot
There has been no shortage of films focusing on the advent of A.I. recently, from Ex Machina released in January to the hotly-anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron which will be released at the end of […]
The controversial musical: A new outlet for the offensive?
Since its creation in 2011, The Book of Mormon has wowed audiences both on Broadway and the West End, but what makes it so successful and why do audiences revel in its controversial content? The […]
Made you look, made you think – Banksy in Gaza
Throughout history the arts have documented and dominated public consciousness, both as a tool of power and of revolution. But if we think about what impacts our lives now, literature, music, and film certainly do, […]
Get in line for Stage Musical Society’s A Chorus Line
The tremendously talented Stage Musical Society prepare to mesmerise us once again, with their magnificent new production: ‘A Chorus Line’. In connection with Back Stage society, this latest spectacle will take over the stage in […]
Is the Bechdel test failing us?
In a world increasingly concerned with equality between the sexes, it seems shocking that, of 5,788 films listed on the website www.bechdeltest.com, only 57% pass. In addition, the Geena Davies Institute on Gender in Media […]
Thought can be seen in the tiniest detail in Musical Theatre Society’s Addams Family
Have you ever welled up over a man in a bald cap serenading a parasol? If not, then you must have missed Musical Theatre’s production of the macabre Addams Family Musical. Sleek and comic, the […]
Stephen K. Amos brings one liners and self-deprecating humour to Leeds
Amos brought his current tour, Welcome to My World, to Leeds on Wednesday evening. Void of a warm-up act, Amos took the role of both support and main act as he performed a seamless stand-up […]
A Brief History of Oscar Upsets
As the dust settled, Neil Patrick Harris put his clothes back on, and Sean Penn made a vaguely racially insensitive remark, the 2015 Academy Award for Best picture went to Birdman over long time favourite […]