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Artists Commissioned To Create New Public Artworks In South Yorkshire
A group of artists have been commissioned to create a series of art installations at three of South Yorkshire’s finest historic venues. The artists have been appointed by Great Place Wentworth & Elsecar, and Wakefield-based arts organisation Beam to create a series of large-scale art installations at the venues which share…
Illustration of ‘The Flock’ by Planet Art
Please check all dates with the venue before travelling as many theatres are currently closed.
Next Seven Days In The Arts (Fri 5th Jun - Fri 12th Jun)
Bradford Alhambra
The Lion King
Bradford Cathedral
Encounters with Jesus by Ali Thistlethwaite
Leeds Playhouse
A Little Night Music
Piaf - Courtyard Theatre
National Science & Media Museum, Bradford
Ideas Hub
Piece Hall
Heritage Tours
Scarborough Art Gallery
New Light Prize Exhibition
Scarborough Open Air Theatre
TueLionel Richie
St George's Hall
Peppa Pig's Best Day Ever
Stephen Joseph Theatre
A Blast of Seaside Colour - Tony Dexter
The Hepworth Wakefield
A Contemporary Collection: Sculpture & Materials
York Theatre Royal
Theatre Tour & Tea
Travis Return With New Single And Album
Graham Clark
Features Writer
It’s been twenty-five years since the four members of Travis – Fran Healy, Andy Dunlop, Dougie Payne, Neil Primrose – first set foot in a Glaswegian rehearsal room. At various points along the trajectory between then and now, the band have sold millions of albums, they’ve been the subject of…
2:03 PM 5th June 2020
Interview With Janet Devlin
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
Today is a big day for Janet Devlin, not only is her long-awaited sophomore album, Confessional, finally released, but her autobiography, My Confessional, is also available. Having spoken out earlier this year about the rather tumultuous journey she has had since she first rose to prominence on the X Factor.…
6:00 AM 5th June 2020
Artistic Mind: Emma Money
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
18-year-old Harrogate artist Emma Money has been shortlisted for The Arts Society’s prestigious Isolation Artwork Competition in support of young artists and students across the UK during lockdown. The 8 shortlisted artists were asked to respond to the theme of isolation and have produced new works that reflect their lockdown…
6:00 AM 5th June 2020
HINDS - The Prettiest Curse
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
HINDS inevitably had to delay the release of their third studio album, The Prettiest Curse. Having set their campaign up perfectly with the release of four very diverse singles, the Spanish quartet were determined to show that there was a lot more to their sound than the lo-fi indie rock…
6:00 AM 5th June 2020
Amazing Grace Is All Set To Grace The Charts Again
Amazingly it is now 50 years since Judy Collins graced the charts worldwide with the timeless song Amazing Grace. Now in 2020 Amazing Grace is back with us. Over 1000 singers from across the globe — professional and amateur — have answered Judy Collins’ call to sing Amazing Grace with her…
11:52 AM 4th June 2020
Janet Devlin - Confessional
Aged 16 Janet Devlin was catapulted into the spotlight after a life-changing appearance on The X Factor. While the show is designed as a launchpad into a life of musical good fortune, for Janet this was sadly not strictly the case. While she has toured and released an album and…
7:00 AM 4th June 2020
Review: Le Fantôme de l’Opéra by Gaston Leroux
I think it’s a reasonable assumption that Andrew Lloyd Webber, might not have expected those in the audience for the debut of his musical, The Phantom Of The Opera ( 1986) to be thinking about incest. Indeed, thoughts running to inevitable mortality, the Darwinian inspired Theory of Degeneration, xenophobia or…
6:29 AM 4th June 2020
Interview with Joel Smallbone
Australian sibling duo for KING & COUNTRY are a multi-platinum, multi-award winning musical force. Their origins in Christian music has seen their sound expland initially into the Country terrain, before their most recent album, burn the ships, dabbled with pop and electro. Having collaborated with artists as diverse as Dolly…
6:00 AM 4th June 2020
Review: Camp By L. C. Rosen
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
L. C. Rosen is an author who has from the very outset of his writing career not restricted his target audience. With two novels aimed at adults, two for middle-grade, he is keeping the balance with his second book aimed the young adult audience. Having appeared on the American Library…
6:00 AM 4th June 2020
Album Review: FM - Synchronised (Frontiers)
Graham Clark
Features Writer
If you ever saw rock tours in the mid 80's by bands such as Bon Jovi, Meatloaf, Status Quo or Whitesnake then chances are you have probably seen melodic rock outfit FM. The group were regulars on the stages of Yorkshire and Lancashire back in the day. FM supported all these…
2:11 PM 3rd June 2020
Ronan Keating Releases New Single Ahead Of Northern Concerts
Graham Clark
Features Writer
Ronan Keating shares the new music video for his uplifting single, 'Little Thing Called Love’, out now on Decca Records. When the track was released last month, Ronan asked his fans to submit their ‘little things called love’. Thousands of fans from across the world submitted home videos of the…
11:49 AM 3rd June 2020
Andy and the Oddsocks - Who's In The Oddsocks?
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
For those with children Andy Day is immediately recognisable. Having made his debut on CBeebies back in 2007, he has help entertain and educate on some of the biggest children's programmes of the last 13 years. While his CBeebies colleague, Justin Fletcher, has perhaps dominated the musical market that can…
7:00 AM 3rd June 2020
Interview With Noah Schnacky
23 year old Noah Schnacky is an industry vet at a very tender age. Having first dabbled with showbiz at the age of 8, he has done everything from acting to radio hosting. Now signed to Big Machine Records, his profile as a Country singer/songwriter is rapidly on the rise.…
6:00 AM 3rd June 2020
Right Said Fred Bring Back The Good Times
Right Said Fred are back and they’re ready to kick-start the summer with the release of their vibrant new EP Good Times Everybody, out 19th June 2020. Having had all their shows cancelled or postponed this year, Fred and Richard Fairbrass felt there was no better time to introduce their…
1:51 PM 2nd June 2020
Directors And Composers: Alfred Hitchcock And Bernard Herrmann
For those of us of a certain age, the name ‘Bernard Herrmann’ will always be complemented by a radio announcer’s voice saying - ‘and the NDO’ (Northern Dance Orchestra). I must admit that, for a few years, the confusion continued in my mind, until eventually it dawned that there were…
10:35 AM 2nd June 2020
Interview With Jack Garratt
Jack Garratt is set to return with his new album Love, Death and Dancing due to be released 12th June on Island Records. The record is Jack’s first new music since 2016 and his album The Phase. I spoke to Jack about the new album and how he felt about…
9:22 AM 1st June 2020
Julia Scheeser - Kopfkino
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
Julia Scheeser is currently most celebrated for her work as a cinematic sync artist. The German singer/songwriter perfectly captured two Disney Princesses when she took on the role singing voice for both Belle and Jasmine in the German dubbed versions of the live action classics. Now ready to reveal her…
7:00 AM 1st June 2020
Opinion
The Delights of Serendipity
Paul Spalding-Mulcock
Features Writer
I’m a creature of habit. My predilections and penchants, masquerading as free will, corral my choices within invisible fences. I think I’m executing a volitional act, exercising self-determinative preference, when the antithetical truth is in fact reality. A proclivity to this or that insidiously denudes me of the free choice…
8:28 AM 31st May 2020
Interview With Riva Taylor
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
Former child star Riva Taylor returned to public consciousness half a decade ago with the sensational single, The Creed. She then took another couple of years before starting to drip feed teasers of her new album, This Woman's Heart .1. Having firmly stolen out hearts with the collection, we decided…
7:00 AM 31st May 2020
Sci-fi For Our Times: Rediscovering The Body Snatchers And Roadside Picnic
James Goodall
Cartoonist and Rambler
As I begin to come good on my reading commitments during the lockdown period, I’ve found myself dusting-off two gems of the science fiction genre, which have not only offered some much-needed escapism from a largely confined and sedentary state of existence, but also some surprising insights into my current…
12:33 PM 30th May 2020
Poem Of The Week: 'The Touch' By Roger Garfitt
The Touch A finger of sun in the fork of an ash finds the green hearts of the violets, so down- cast from a late spring they incline to the moss they are rooted in, all their sugars gone, until the gradual touch of the light, implicit, insistent, cajoles them and they cup open, greedy as the Sheela-na-Gig, or the flowers’ Alexandrian blue, the top…
11:03 AM 30th May 2020
Interview With Carrie Baxter
You might not have heard of Carrie Baxter yet, I hadn’t until a week ago. When listening to New Music Friday on Spotify one song made my ears prick up and pay attention. 4/4(Love Affair) her current single gave the impression that Baxter was an American neo soul artist who was…
10:45 AM 30th May 2020
Review: Heads You Win By Jeffrey Archer
Those of you who have read my other articles may remember one on False Impression by Jeffrey Archer where I said I was looking forward to reading his latest novel, the New York Times bestseller Heads You Win, said to be his ‘most ambitious and creative novel since, Kane And…
7:06 AM 30th May 2020
Interview With Karima Francis
Blackpool's Karima Francis released her debut album, The Author, back in 2009. Since then she has proved herself to be one of the UK's most compelling and intriguing recording artists. With her latest single she delicately handles the subject of mental health. We caught up with her to find out…
7:00 AM 30th May 2020
LEA - Treppenhaus
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
Over the course of the last four years, LEA has gone from being a celebrated YouTube star to one of Germany's most prominent popstars. Having introduced her recording intentions with 2016's innovative Vakuum, her rounded piano-centric sound really resonated with audiences with the release of 2018's Zwischen meinen Zeilen. Currently…
6:00 AM 30th May 2020
Teddy Thompson - Heartbreaker Please
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
Between 2000 and 2011 Teddy Thompson released a series of five solo albums, each with their own distinctive sound and feel. The last 9 years has seen his output more focused on collaboration - both with his famous family and Kelly Jones. However, having released what was deemed his most personal…
6:00 AM 30th May 2020
Dennis Wheatley: The Man Who Monetised The 'Beast'
Paul Spalding-Mulcock
Features Writer
Dennis Wheatley
Dennis Wheatley (1897-1977) is indisputably a giant of modern literary fiction if one measures such things by book sales alone. During the 1960’s he consistently sold more than one million of his novels each year and over forty million across the duration of his colourful lifetime. The majority of his…
8:02 AM 29th May 2020
Interview With Tom Leeb
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
The son of comedian, actor and singer Michel Leeb and brother of singer Fanny Leeb, Tom Leeb is from a famous family. At 31 his own fame is steadily on the rise. Having shown his musical intentions firmly with the release of an eponymous EP back in 2018, his debut…
7:00 AM 29th May 2020
Blanche - Empire
Give her left-of-centre sound and imagery, Belgian alt-pop singer Blanche has surprising beginnings in the music industry. The one-time The Voice Belgique entrant released one of the most credible and incredible Eurovision entries of recent years - City Lights - which saw her soar to fourth place in 2017. Since…
7:00 AM 29th May 2020
Erland Cooper - Hether Blether
Orkney's Erland Cooper has enjoyed musical acclaim in a variety of different outfits. Most prominent was his early success in the sensational Erland and the Carnival, which was followed by the shoegaze outfit The Magnetic North. His own solo project started two years ago with the first in the set…
7:00 AM 29th May 2020
Dutty Moonshine Big Band - City Of Sin
Dutty Moonshine Big Band are not newcomers to the circuit, but the explosive fusionists have finally been signed to a record label. What often happens when a band signs to a large record label is that the key ingredients that made them so striking as an independent act get watered…
7:00 AM 29th May 2020
‘An Odorous Wind’: Smells By Robert Muchembled
It somehow comes as no surprise to learn that our olfactory processes are as well-honed and subtle an instrument of definition as our oracular and auditory senses, in spite of our time-worn tendency to negotiate and re-invent our social relationship with smell(s). For Robert Muchembled, we presently occupy a clinically-pinched…
6:56 AM 29th May 2020
Loïc Nottet - Sillygomania
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
Aged just 24, Loïc Nottet has achieved an awful lot in a very short amount of time. The former The Voice Belgique contestant managed to finish fourth in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest with the still epic Rhythm Inside. That same year he won the sixth series of Danse Avec…
6:00 AM 29th May 2020
Steady Habits - Hold In Your Breath
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
Steady Habits are the side project of Loud Mountains' Sean Duggan. Having achieved critical acclaim alongside his brother, the Oxford based American has teamed up with a group of good friends (who are also solid musicians) to venture into a new terrain. Alas, not completely new terrain, for the folk-country…
6:00 AM 29th May 2020
Lady Gaga - Chromatica
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
Little did anyone know when Lady Gaga arrived on the pop scene back in 2008 with the playful Akon and RedOne co-written, Colby O'Donnis featuring Just Dance that she would go on to become one of the world's most innovative pop players. Having trialed everything from meat-outfits to country ballads,…
6:00 AM 29th May 2020
Lupid - Drahtseilakt
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
Tobias Hundt was going through a strange phase in his life. Based in Berlin, he was feeling reflective and trying to understand the relationships within his friendship group. In  order to do so, he bought himself a journal and started making entries to try and rationalise the way he was…
12:00 PM 28th May 2020
Johnny Hates Jazz Call For Unity On New Single
They need no introduction, having been one of the bands to dominate the eighties with massive hits like Shattered Dreams and Turn Back the Clock. Even now, with nearly 500,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, and over 25 Million plays on the remastered version of Shattered Dreams alone, it’s clear that…
11:37 AM 28th May 2020
FM Bring Melodic Rock Back To The North
The mighty FM have announced a UK tour for the spring of 2021 in support of their brand new album, ‘Synchronized’, which was released on 22nd May. Along with new dates for 2021, the tour includes shows that have had to be rescheduled from 2020 due to the coronavirus…
11:03 AM 28th May 2020
Games I Loved Back In The Day - Part 2
If you caught part 1 of my feature on games I loved “back in the day”, you’ll see it has been an eclectic collection so far. From Star Wars to WWE wrestling, with a dash of futuristic disc tossing for good measure. Maybe there has been some you know or…
9:23 AM 28th May 2020
Luca Sestak - Right Or Wrong
25 year German singer/songwriter Luca Sestak has already proved his capabilities as jazz pianist and composer over the course of two independent studio albums. However, with his profile - both online and as a live performer - rapidly on the rise, Sony Music wisely snapped him up and worked with…
7:00 AM 28th May 2020
Walking Home: Step Into Opera North’s New Sound Journeys For Lockdown
Maya Youssef. Photo by Sarah Ginn
Following the recent easing of regulations on exercise and time spent outdoors in the UK, Opera North has announced Walking Home: Sound Journeys for Lockdown, its commission for BBC Arts and Arts Council England’s Culture in Quarantine programme. Building on the Leeds-based company’s history of award-winning and innovative sound walks…
6:44 AM 28th May 2020
Interview With Blanche
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
In 2016, a 16 year old Ellie Delvaux auditioned for The Voice Belgique. While many artists eliminated in Week 2 of the live shows would now be just reality TV history, she went on to represent Belgium under the name Blanche at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017 with the…
6:00 AM 28th May 2020
Eimear Quinn - Ériu
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
Eimear Quinn effortlessly fought off competition from Norway's Elisabeth Andreassen and Sweden's One More Time at the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest to prove that she was The Voice that everyone was rooting for that evening. Since then she has released three stunning albums and continued to prove on the live…
6:00 AM 28th May 2020
Interview With Badly Drawn Boy
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
Prior to my phone call with Damon Gough (better known as Badly Drawn Boy), I have asked the PR to forewarn him that I am home alone during lockdown with my 3 year old son due to my husband being a front line NHS worker. I am thankful that I…
6:00 AM 28th May 2020
School Of X - Armlock
Rasmus Littauer is School of X. Having first appeared on the hype radar when he released the still impressive Faded. Dream. back in 2017, he has since released the aptly titled impressive second EP, 2019's Destiny. 2020 sees him shift up another gear as he heads from underground celebration into…
7:00 AM 27th May 2020
Interview With Julia Scheeser
Julia Scheeser has recently released her debut album, Kopfkino. Currently best known as a sync artist, dubbing recordings into German for cinematic release, her voice is already known but her sound as an artist in her own right is being defined. Kopfkino is a joyous pop fest which hooks you…
7:00 AM 27th May 2020
Pete McKee Collaborates With Music’s Finest To Raise Money For Teenage Cancer Trust
A series of signed, limited edition prints designed by renowned artist Pete McKee go on sale this week to raise money for the charity Teenage Cancer Trust. The specially created posters depict a bedroom scene, covered with paraphernalia from each of the bands that were set to perform at the charity’s…
11:35 AM 26th May 2020
Games I Loved Back In The Day - Part 1
And now for something completely different from the man usually talking movies. This lockdown period, away from friends, away from work, away from any social interaction, has led to me reflecting quite a bit on things, as I am sure many of you are too. One of the less grave…
8:47 AM 26th May 2020
Jordan Klassen - Tell Me What To Do
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
Over a decade since his debut album, 2009's Tempest and Winter, Vancouver's neo-folk songsmith Jordan Klassen follows up the near faultless 2017 record Big Intruder with the observational ponderings of Tell Me What To Do. Having crafted a distinctive sound over the course of his recording career, he has already stated…
7:00 AM 26th May 2020
An Ayckbourn Premiere In Your Own Home
Andrew Liddle
Features Writer
Alan Ayckbourn and Heather Stoney photographed on 11 May 2020. Photo by Tony Bartholomew
Ahead of Alan Ayckbourn, before Covid came most untimely upon its hour, was his usual busy summer season at the SJT Theatre, in Scarborough. He was directing the world première of his latest play, Truth Will Out, and reviving Just Between Ourselves, from 1976. When this obviously couldn’t happen, the…
6:47 AM 26th May 2020
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