Articles

Our culture has a celebrity problem. I’m not suggesting this is a new issue: an insidious expectation that famous artists can, and will,...

Sonia Boyce’s OBE, immersive exhibition at The Leeds Art Gallery closes on the 5th of November 2023, and it’s an experience you wouldn’t...

Reflective and thought-provoking, Esther Manito uses her hour on stage to express her experiences as a woman in her 40s as well as...

Alice Neel’s latest exhibition ‘Hot Off The Griddle’ showing at the Barbican, London features a chronological display of her paintings,...

Education, Education, Education - its title inspired by the Tony Blair line, in a promise for better funding and support for public...

Rigorously ruled, hilariously explosive and heart wrenchingly real – Alexandra Packer reviews Theatre Group’s first show of the term,...

Prem Dosanjh reviews... Set in the fictional town of ‘Almost’, John Cariani’s two act play is comprised of nine separate duologues, all...

'A truly absorbing, clever and new piece of theatre'. The space felt completely transformed upon entering into Stage One for Open...

‘You only have you. How scary. But how amazing.’ I am yet to have a conversation with someone who has also seen Cooper Raiff’s 2022 indie...

Madeleine Rousell reviews... When Emily Ratajkowski’s collection of essays ‘My Body’ came out in 2021, countless opinions were given on...

The Hepworth was in full bloom when I ventured over on a brisk icy morning last week. But within the blue skies and streaming sunlight...

Kate Moxon reviews... After his effortless success on ‘Live at the Apollo’, Tom Ward is bringing his new show ‘Anthem’ to Hyde Park Book...

Hannah Giraudeau reviews A Review of “Harry’s Birthday Party” by the Leeds Tealights: With Support Acts Evie Cowen and Beau’n’Slick...

Julia Brookes reviews... I had no idea what to expect upon arriving at Banham Theatre last week for Look Sharp Theatre’s latest...

Madeleine Rousell reviews... If, like me, you grew up obsessed with Gossip Girl and New York, Coco Mellors’ debut novel is perfect for...

Kate Moxon talks the rise of character comedy... Throughout the Edinburgh Fringe and beyond, character comedy has thrived however,...

Callie O'Brien reviews... Image: Johnny Byron (Tom Grice) stood, surrounded by partygoers outside his trailer, tells tale of his...

Prem Dosanjh shares his thoughts on Faye Webster’s latest gig in Leeds. Self-described as being “far away” from her home of Atlanta, Faye...

Callie O'Brien reviews... When I walked into the packed-out Banham Theatre the other Tuesday Night, I sat down expecting to be washed...

“I see myself as a maker. I’m somebody who creates things.” This is how PJ Harvey describes herself to poet Ian Dunhig and the audience...