The positive energy and enthusiasm radiating from the Treehouse hit me long before I’d made it into the room to join Bhangra Society’s Give it a Go. I was greeted by the committee members, led […]
Society Profile: Dance Expose
Name: Dance Expose About: One of the biggest dance societies on campus with a huge range of different dance styles. Dance Expose competes and performs throughout the year, and is definitely one of the most […]
Music | Galaxians Interview at Beacons Festival 2014
What’ve you been up to so far? Matt: Just mooching about really. Whenever I come to Beacons there are so many people that I know, sometimes people that I haven’t seen for ages, and I […]
Final Year Performance | Subtext and Rain – a multi-sensory puzzle
5/5 Stars What is it with Brits and talking about the weather? More importantly, what is it with Brits and not talking about what they really want to talk about? This is the dual question […]
Film | Cuban Fury – Nick Frost gets his salsa on
Image: Big Talk Productions There are a multitude of films that came out in time for the 14th of February this year that are still in cinemas; the Lego Movie, Her, the Monuments Men, and […]
Theatre | Footloose – Let's Hear it for the Boy
photo: LAOS 4/5 Stars The first thing that strikes you about this show is its sheer relentless energy. The cast are dancing almost constantly from start to finish and the most energetic actor of all […]
Dance | Northern Ballet's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Probably the main reason I enjoyed this ballet so much is because I’ve never seen a ballet that made me laugh so much before. The Northern Ballet have done an amazing job of translating all […]
Dance | Just As We Are
5/5 stars The Northern School of Contemporary Dance April 26 ‘One of us, two of us…all of us’, three sections, five dancers and one powerful show, choreographed and directed by Ben Wright. Often referred […]
Dance | The Dark Angel
3/5 stars April 11 Joss Arnott Dance Stanley and Audrey Burton Theatre, Northern Ballet The Dark Angel Tour, created and choreographed by Joss Arnott, promises a triple bill of dance exploring the human body […]
Dance | Once Upon a Time
4/5 stars Riley Smith Hall, LUU February 27- March 2 They say that variety is the spice of life, and Leeds University Union’s Dance Show 2013 was certainly a testament to that. A total […]
Dance | Particle Velocity
4/5 Stars Phoenix Dance Theatre are a company born and raised in Leeds. They returned to the West Yorkshire Playhouse this month to showcase their latest enterprise in contemporary dance, before taking the performance to […]
Dance | Nine to Five
4/5 stars Riley Smith Hall, Leeds University Union Until February 9 Dance Exposé Society The Dance Exposé show ‘Nine to Five’ takes on the daily grind, piecing its two-hour performance into a […]