Actor, rapper, comedian, writer: Donald Glover is a man of many talents. And impersonating a small furry animal is now one of them as Glover is set to voice Simba in the new live-action remake […]
Violent delights with Romeo & Juliet at WYP – tickets on sale now
Deadlines are looming, meaning freedom awaits and there’s no better way to celebrate than relaxing into a theatre seat and enjoying a modern take on one of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays. The West Yorkshire Playhouse transports […]
Opening night – LUU’s ‘Once Upon a Dance’
LUU’s annual dance show is a chance for Leeds’ numerous dance societies to come together, to showcase their undeniable talents, and to tell a story through dance. The night has been billed as one of […]
LUU Spoken Word Society Poetry Slam @ Wharf Chambers
Having never been to an event like this before, and being able only to draw from memories of Jonah Hill awkwardly forming staccato-ed emphasis on the name Cynthia, I had no realistic expectation for what […]
Review – Live at the Riley
As it’s my third year in sunny Leeds it seems to be the right time to experience some of the more bespoke nightlife this wonderful city has to offer. Live at the Riley wasn’t off […]
50 Shades of… actually this is dreadful
Superficial. Unerotic. Cringe-worthy. The sequel to 50 Shades of Grey continues the affair between girl-next-door Anastasia Steele and chiselled-dominator-billionaire Christian Grey, and is about as sexy as a dead fish. But how can that be? […]
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 […]
Cirque du Soleil presents Varekai
Despite having heard of the world famous Cirque du Soleil (the circus troupe, not the club night at Canal Mills) multiple times before, I really didn’t know what to expect when I headed to First […]
What the BAFTAs mean for the Oscars (and where you can watch them)
The BAFTAs opened with a bang at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday night with a heart-in-mouth performance from Cirque du Soleil and twelve-time host Stephen Fry, likewise, did not disappoint. Unsurprisingly, many British filmmakers […]
Alice Lowe’s cult comedy horror Prevenge is here to eat your prejudices
The conceit of writer/director Alice Lowe’s debut feature Prevenge is a darkly comic slasher-flick with a twist, not only in the film’s perspective being that of the slasher, but that this slasher is a heavily […]
Fifty Shades of….. actually this isn’t too bad?
Fifty Shades Darker is a viciously misogynistic and sadistic empty film that degrades women. Well… that’s what I thought I was going to say before I watched the film. Being proven wrong is sometimes a […]
Review: On The Edge Of Nothing – and on the edge of our seats
Spine tingling, engaging and bold: On the Edge of Nothing had us on the edge of our seats. The intimate space of Alex Clegg theatre in stage@leeds confronted the intrigued audience with a bunker containing […]