Friday 27th February Father John Misty at Brudenell Social Club, £12.50 Josh Tillman is the world’s leading cosmic comedian. He is currently smashing your American dreams with his new album ‘I Love You Honeybear’ Saturday […]
Blue Remembered Hills may have a childish premise, but this production is more than accomplished
When describing the premise of Blue Remembered Hills to anyone that hasn’t seen the play you run the risk of it sounding like the kind of dramatic piece an over-pretentious sixteen-year-old may come up for […]
We’re Not Going Back focuses on three sisters during the miner’s strike
We’re Not Going Back is a Unite-funded, Red Ladder Theatre Company production set during the 1984-5 miner’s strike. The play follows the lives of three very different sisters, who during this time of extreme hardship […]
Love is Strange is profoundly authentic
In counterpoint to the torrent of hyper-real romance pictures which hit cinemas on Valentine’s Day, director Ira Sachs has created a profoundly authentic depiction of love and relationships that one hopes won’t be lost to […]
Shaun the Sheep is Baarilliant Fun
Aardman Animations offer a glorious return to form in their most recent feature film. The 85 minute stop-motion animation is a spin-off of their proudest creation; Wallace and Gromit, and is as successful as a […]
NT Live’s Treasure Island is driven by moral ambuguity
A treasure hunt with female pirates! Drawing on traditional and contemporary features of childhood adventure stories, the National Theatre recently livestreamed their production of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel Treasure Island. Yet despite its oft-ludicrous […]
Preview – Selective Hearing w/ SHIFTED
Selective Hearing will celebrate five years of continually impressive line-ups on Saturday 7th March, as Wire hosts a three hour set by Guy Brewer, also known as Shifted, one of the pioneers of the introspective […]
Oscars 2015: No Alarms and No Suprises
After months of anticipation and speculation, the Academy Awards are over for another year. There were no big shocks in store on the night, perhaps with the exception of how tedious Neil Patrick Harris was […]
LRFS: Behind the curtain
Last night, the Leeds RAG Fashion Show not only brought us a night filled with glamour, but also one filled with sophistication and an extensive array of fairytale fashion. Directors Anna Rhodes and Issy Croneen […]
Vagina-owners of the world, unite and take over
Fun fact. Nowhere on a bottle of femfresh does it say the word “vagina”. Or vulva, or labia, or genitals. Which is odd for a product which is specifically designed to clean one’s vagina, vulva, […]
In The Middle Introduces: Red Bull Music Academy
Few in the music game will be able to name many prospects more enticing than the opportunities offered by Red Bull’s yearly music academy. Since its inception in Berlin 17 years ago, RBMA has proved […]
O Shudder by Dutch Uncles
Two years since their last album, Out Of Touch, In The Wild, Dutch Uncles’ have remained unmistakable; their music still embodied by their use of distinct electronic sounds, combined with meticulously lush string parts, confident […]