Monthly Archives: November 2018
What’s on in December: Comedy in Manchester
December. It’s a famous someone’s birthday this month.
Read the full story..Femme Fatales: the Pre-Raphaelites and L.S. Lowry
If you had to guess L.S. Lowry’s favourite painter, what would you say?
Read the full story..Relocation, relocation, relocation: why it’s all gone North for street foodies Slap & Pickle
After spending three months up North while our street food business Slap & Pickle was trading at Leeds’ Trinity Kitchen, we were understandably devastated to be heading back down the A1.
Read the full story..Win A Pair of Tickets To See All Saints Live
To celebrate the release of their fifth album Testament, All Saints have announced a major UK tour this winter performing all their hits and brand new tracks. Northern Soul is offering one lucky winner a pair of tickets.
Read the full story..Review – Fernand Léger: New Times, New Pleasures, Tate Liverpool
If you go to art galleries for the silence, you may have to think again before visiting Tate Liverpool’s excellent new show devoted to Fernand Léger.
Read the full story..Theatre review: A Christmas Carol, Leeds Playhouse’s Pop-Up Theatre, Leeds
My first encounter with A Christmas Carol featured a load of Muppets, witnessed by my primary school self on the screen of the communal telly-on-wheels rolled out for the end-of-term film.
Read the full story..Review: Tosca, Opera North, The Lowry
It’s been a quiet couple of months here in the OperaWatch office at Northern Soul Towers.
Read the full story..Theatre Review: The Wind in the Willows, New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme
It’s panto time again and the part of the year when theatres anticipate taking a third of their annual income in just six weeks.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: Living in the Inbetween, Alexander Ward
A photojournalism project documenting the refugee and migrant crisis will be on exhibition at The Pilcrow in Sadler’s Yard in Manchester.
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