Author: Rich Jevons
Director Ellen McDougall talks to Northern Soul
Ellen McDougall is a prolific director and totally immersed in a profession that began in her early student days when she directed Philadelphia, Here I Come! and Cymbeline.
Read the full story..Pre Theatre Eats: Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds
Northern Soul’s Rich Jevons visits three venues near the Carriageworks Theatre in Leeds for pre-theatre eats: Souvlaki, All Bar One and Peachy Keen.
Read the full story..Behind the scenes at The Henry Moore Institute in Leeds
Northern Soul’s Rich Jevons talks to Lisa Le Feuvre, head of sculpture studies at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, about its current show by Carol Bove and Carlo Scarpa.
Read the full story..IOU Theatre: pushing boundaries for 40 years
IOU Theatre has been producing work for almost four decades. So, what is the secret to the Halifax-based company’s longevity?
Read the full story..Max Stafford-Clark on Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage
Northern Soul’s Rich Jevons talks to Out of Joint director Max Stafford-Clark about the new co-production with National Theatre Wales, Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage.
Read the full story..Michael Brandon takes A View from the Bridge
Northern Soul’s Rich Jevons talks to actor Michael Brandon (known to many as Dempsey from TV’s Dempsey and Makepeace) about his career and current role of Alfieri in Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge, set in Brandon’s birthplace, Brooklyn.
Read the full story..Re-imagining a classic: Polly Teale talks about Mermaid
Northern Soul’s Rich Jevons talks to Shared Experience’s artistic director Polly Teale about adapting and directing Mermaid.
Read the full story..Committed to contemporary art and artists: The Tetley in Leeds
I first came across Pippa Hale when she was a curator of pop-up art spaces in Leeds and I was arts editor at The Leeds Guide.
Read the full story..Mark Rosenblatt on Uncle Vanya at West Yorkshire Playhouse
Rich Jevons talks to West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Associate Director Mark Rosenblatt about his work on Samuel Adamson’s new adaptation of Chekov’s classic melodrama Uncle Vanya.
Read the full story..Pre Theatre Eats: Leeds Grand Theatre & Opera House
In the third of our series focusing on places to eat before the theatre, Rich Jevons goes to Leeds and visits three venues in walking distance of the Grand Theatre & Opera House: Chaophraya, Veritas, and Roots and Fruits.
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