Image: Seize OVERTIME pitches the bureaucratic environment of the archetypal office against the demiurgic context of the gallery. By allowing artists as cultural commentators to pick apart the office as a workplace and as a […]
Theatre | Some Girl I Used to Know – Denise Van Outen goes solo
Image: The Guardian The words ‘one woman show’ immediately conjure up that episode of Friends where Chandler is tricked into watching an angry performance of Why Don’t You Like Me. Fortunately for us though, Denise […]
Art | Pyrotechnics, Candyfloss and Dennis Oppenheim
photo: Dennis Oppenheim For the first time, American artist Dennis Oppenheim, famed for his illustrious work with pyrotechnics and his constant assault of the limits of sculpture, has been the focus of an exhibition away […]
Blogs | Belgrave Music Hall
Isn’t it satisfying finding somewhere new before everyone you know does? Even I am a little late to the party with this one but luckily, I think I’ve made it through the door before the […]
Photography | Portrait Salon 13 – Salon des Refusés, or 'Exhibition of Rejects'
Salon des Refusés is French for ‘exhibition of rejects’ and has been a method of showing work since the 1830s. This particular Salon des Refusés showcases the works rejected by the judging panel for The […]
Comedy | Pigeon Hole at Brudenell Social Club – On hallucinogens and saving earthworms
image: Pigeon Hole Comedy “It’s important to realise she’s still having fun” Lou Sanders assures us as she sings along to ‘Fishing for Compliments’, one of her sound bytes for this evening. Sander is flouncing […]
Photography | Yorkshire Photographers – a celebration of landscape and history
photo: Leeds Gallery It’s exciting to see such a diverse collection of work under one roof. YP ONE brings together The Yorkshire Photographers, 15 to be precise, at Leeds Gallery in Munro House from October […]
Photography | Doug Allan – Attenborough's Man Behind the Camera
Photo: Doug Allan Doug Allan is stood on stage wearing a shark t-shirt and welcoming the audience to the final date on his tour. He has filmed in the most far flung corners of the […]
Art | Polychromies – Surface, Light and Colour
2/3 Stars As the Leeds Art Gallery states: “sculpture has often been considered in opposition to painting”. This is the motivation behind new exhibition Polychromies, which showcases a diverse collection of artists’ works in both […]
Blogs | Let Them Eat Cake
This week saw much loved BBC Two big-hitter Great British Bake Off come to a sugar coated, multi tiered end which saw potential candidate for loveliest woman on the planet, Frances Quinn, take the much […]