There were always going to be winners and losers when the Arts Council announced who it would fund through the National Portfolio Organisation. For radical theatre group Red Ladder it was a catastrophic blow: they lost every...
Read MoreNot many 24-year-olds get the chance to work with Pharrell Williams on their debut record. But the world’s hottest producer thinks scouse songstress Jetta has what it takes to be big. Not content with being the first British...
Read MoreIt’s a long way from the mean streets of Walford to Shrek’s swamp, but former Eastender and rookie director Nigel Harman has pulled together a colourful version of this smash hit musical which is actually better than the West...
Read MoreWednesday July 24 is a momentous day for Leeds: it marks the debut gig at the new First Direct Arena and the opening act is Bruce Springsteen. It seems bizarre now the building is completed that it has taken so long for a major...
Read MoreThere is something slightly surreal walking from the North Yorkshire countryside into the cold and damp of Britain’s longest series of underground caves. White Scar Cave extends for three miles under Ingleborough near Kirkby...
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