Like Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes, Zoe Trope begins in court. It starts with Present Zoe ( Lucilla Graham) defending her choice not to post her husband’s death online as new laws demand in this dystopian future-set opera. It...
Read MoreThere was once a time when electronic ground-breakers such as Kraftwerk weren’t even regarded as making ‘proper’ music. They were the cause of sneers and raised eyebrows and jokes about bleepy malfunctioning...
Read MoreSunday is normally a day of rest. For many it is a rest from the extravagances of the previous night (please take note all of the Northern Soul correspondents attending the first annual Xmas party). I, on the other hand,...
Read MoreIt’s not every night you can say, “right, I’m off to an evening of Northumbrian pipes and clog dancing”. Well, apart from last Monday, that is. Kathryn Tickell has recorded more than a dozen albums,...
Read MoreIn 1936 Charlie Chaplin made a film that is today regarded as a cinematic masterpiece. Last month, the ever innovative Royal Northern College of Music (along with the Manchester Science...
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