Author: Zoe Perrett
Ballet Review: The Nutcracker, Leeds Grand
The Nutcracker is one of the few titles with the ability to entice even those who’d typically run a mile at the mention of ‘two-hour ballet’.
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..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.
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