Articles relating to: Bradford
“She never compromised.” Writer Lisa Holdsworth on Andrea Dunbar, Adelle Stripe and a new play
So, here’s the thing. A brand-new stage project has drawn together three acclaimed female writers from Yorkshire.
Read the full story..“Arts and culture modify people’s behaviour.” Northern Soul chats to Bradford’s Brick Box Rooms
The Arts Council likes to talk about hard-to-reach audiences, says Rosie Freeman, director of The Brick Box, an arts organisation which has relocated from London to Bradford.
Read the full story..A design for life: the building of a northern architectural success story
It is said that some of the best success stories begin in failure.
Read the full story..Bradford’s arts-led renaissance: Northern Soul chats to Syima Aslam, the woman behind Bradford Literature Festival
When Syima Aslam first discussed creating a literature festival in Bradford, her daughter’s response was telling. “A literature festival in Bradford? Mum, really?”
Read the full story..Northern Soul talks to Bradford’s Brick Box about gentrification, folklore and community arts
Sitting upstairs at the Forks cafe in front of the enormous window overlooking Bradford’s up-and-coming North Parade high street, Rosie Freeman is holding forth about the many attractions of her newly adopted city.
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..Anything Goes for actor Simon Rouse
Simon Rouse is known to most of us for his role as DCI Jack Meadows in The Bill. Now, following successful roles in When We Are Married and The Full Monty, he takes to the stage once more in the Cole Porter musical Anything Goes, currently on an extensive UK tour. Rich Jevons talks to Rouse prior to a homecoming at Bradford’s Alhambra.
Read the full story..Pre-theatre eats: Northern Soul goes to Bradford
In the first of a new series focusing on places to eat before the theatre, Rich Jevons visits Bradford, sampling the wares at the 1914 Restaurant, Media Cafe, Cyrus and Nando’s.
Read the full story..Tai Shan Schierenberg talks to Northern Soul
Northern Soul’s Rich Jevons talks to Tai Shan Schierenberg about his show Habitat at Cartwright Hall in Bradford
Read the full story..Hurr, the war on terror and Javaad Alipoor
Northern Soul’s Rich Jevons talks to the writer and director of new play Hurr, Javaad Alipoor.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
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