Author: Andy Rivers

“If there’s one young person in the audience who’s learning to play the trumpet, that makes everything worth it." Trumpet soloist Matilda Lloyd on arias, performing up North and The Northern Aldborough Festival. northernsoul.me.uk/matilda-ll… @NorthernAldboro @matildalloydtpt pic.twitter.com/2pOPxEp2dQ

"an act of emancipation on behalf of all those who are slave to the algorithm" Northern Soul's Desmond Bullen sees Screen Time at Saan1 gallery space in Manchester's Northern Quarter. northernsoul.me.uk/morys-davi… @saan1mcr #northernquarter #art pic.twitter.com/JFWeI1aBfT

“I’ve seen in thought the Soul go up, and have written my heart’s blood into the score.” Alfred Searls reviews The Dream of Gerontius, The Hallé, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester northernsoul.me.uk/gerontius-… #halle #elgar pic.twitter.com/GE3XTeClah

Ah, lovely Port Sunlight on the Wirral. Did you know that the village is home to more than 900 Grade II listed buildings set in 130 acres of parkland and gardens? @PortSunlight pic.twitter.com/6L5UzGaBI8

"Lear is an all-you-can-eat buffet of a character, perfect for an actor like Mackie." Cathy Crabb chats to Christine Mackie about Lear, now at at Hope Mill, Manchester northernsoul.me.uk/christine-… @hopemilltheatre @productions_her pic.twitter.com/msEZ9jSvez