Open Theatre wrapped up their final show for this semester with an original comedy written by Robin Leitch and Joshua Ling. Set in the quaint kitchen of an old Yorkshire woman’s home, events soon escalate […]
Irving Berlin musical ‘White Christmas’ hits all the right notes
Image: West Yorkshire Playhouse The West Yorkshire Playhouse’s production of jukebox musical White Christmas, featuring the songs of Irving Berlin, has extended its run due to popular demand, proving that tried and tested formulas […]
Leeds’ Alumni’s Literary Success: An interview with Jay Dee
This week, In the Middle has had the opportunity to talk to children’s author, and once Leeds student, Jay Dee. His book, The Night Before The Night Before Christmas, climbed the New Children’s Christian Fiction Book […]
War Songs is an extraordinary piece of theatrical discourse
War Songs – a final year PCI student production – described itself as a “new verbatim musical”. Using real stories and real memories from the last 100 years of war (timed to coincide with the […]
Leeds Tealights are keeping up their well earned reputation
I have to admit, I was very close to not going to watch the Leeds Tealights at The Library Pub. After this year at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival watching a variety of critically acclaimed comedy shows, […]
Freeview Flicks of the Week: Casino Royale, Silent Running and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
In the Middle’s best weekly freeview flicks picks is here! This week we go down a rabbit hole, buy a passport to Pimlico and meet Bond, James Bond. MONDAY – Dallas (Film4 14:45) Westerns have […]
Reframing Distaster brings people from across the globe to discuss rebuilding of lives
We’ve all done it; watched the news reports, read the stories and shaken our heads – ‘those poor people’ whose lives are ripped apart when disaster strikes. We may all read the news, hold bake […]
The most wonderful time of the year – what makes a Christmas classic?
It’s that time of year again – the fairy lights are on, the mulled wine is flowing, and its finally acceptable to start blasting out Christmassy tunes before that 9am lecture. The festivities are getting […]
The Republic of Imagination
We live in an age where the value of arts are constantly being questioned and doubted. As an English Literature student, I have been challenged on countless occasions as to why I’m studying a subject […]
Trivial Pursuits?
Who gets the T.V? A question that has divided families since pixels popped into our lives. With the Christmas break coming up you can say goodbye to the casual team death match as dad is […]
A Matter of Class
Class war, it’s finally upon us. Battle lines are being drawn, levies raised, we’re going over the top, and all because Mitchell yelled pleb at someone, Emily Thornberry hates transit vans, and Red Ed wants […]
Vessel: the film about the abortion ship
The right to have a safe abortion, to have control over what happens to your body as a woman, is something most of us feel to be within our reach in the UK, but Vessel […]