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Brand new perspective on firm favourite

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:48:33 GMT

The History Boys have come home with the Crucible’s new production of Bennett’s modern classic. Yvette Huddleston spoke to director Michael Longhurst.

Energetic young theatre company’s first major show

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:34:16 GMT

After What Comes Before is the first major performance by Leeds-based Manic Chord Theatre.

Review: Sherlock Holmes – The Best Kept Secret

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:08:17 GMT

Arthur Conan Doyle really did something special when he dreamt up the world’s greatest detective. Want a flawed hero? Conan Doyle provided one, and then some.

Review: The History Boys

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:04:40 GMT

Fresh, lively and joyously energetic, director Michael Longhurst’s new production of Alan Bennett’s classic has a great deal to recommend it.

The Big Interview: Michael Palin

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:02:24 GMT

Actor, comedian and travel writer, Michael Palin is a man of the people. He talks to Chris Bond ahead of his return to Yorkshire for the Sheffield Doc/Fest.

Sherlock with magic in the air

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:12:15 GMT

Tony Earnshaw enjoys a sneak preview of the jitters and jolts on offer in Sherlock Holmes – The Best Kept Secret. But it is magic, not sleuthing, that marks out this new production at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.

It’s elementary – Sherlock will be a huge hit

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:08:51 GMT

Tomorrow a new play about Sherlock Holmes will open in Leeds. Arts correspondent Nick Ahad was given exclusive access to the first read through.

Dame Josephine Barstow: In good voice for fun Britten opera

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:39:59 GMT

Acclaimed soprano Dame Josephine Barstow is back in her native Yorkshire working with Opera North again. Yvette Huddleston spoke to her.

Playwright whose career is heading for the bright lights

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:16:24 GMT

Last year things began to click for Bradford theatre maker Emma Adams – and her career really started to take off. The lift off coincided with her making an important decision about her work as a playwright and theatre artist.

Review: Dogs Land

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:03:40 GMT

Take the work of a poetic playwright like Joanne Hartley. Add the work of an eloquent choreographer like Douglas Thorpe.

Review: Albert Herring

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:03:34 GMT

Giles Havergal’s new production of Benjamin Britten’s gentle comedy for Opera North, is a masterpiece of invention and ingenuity for his quintessential view of rural life in the England of yesteryear.

Interview: Eddie Izzard

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:25:02 GMT

One of the busiest figures in comedy, Eddie Izzard is hitting Sheffield tonight, fresh from Bucharest. Yvette Huddleston spoke to him.

Michael Frayn’s hilarious comedy comes to Yorkshire

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:03:56 GMT

IT has been described as one of the greatest British comedies ever written and now Noises Off, Michael Frayn’s meticulously written farce, is coming to Yorkshire.

Review: Abigail’s Party

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:22:32 GMT

It was never going to be easy stepping into Alison Steadman’s shoes as the monstrous Beverly in Mike Leigh’s classic portrait of marital hell in Seventies suburbia, but Hannah Waterman has a pretty good stab at it.

Review: Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:15:16 GMT

English Touring Opera have included in their spring season a work that has been described as a “perplexing and sombre drama for connoisseurs rather than a popular favourite”.

Lenny Henry returns as a playwright to help young actors

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:18:42 GMT

Lenny Henry will return to the stage in Leeds to help young thespians fulfil their theatrical dreams.

At last the future is looking bright for Hull Truck

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:45:51 GMT

After a difficult few years Hull Truck appears to be back on track. Yvette Huddleston spoke to the theatre’s newly appointed artistic director.

Challenging play that combines dance and theatre

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:28:13 GMT

Dogs Land, the latest work by playwright Joanne Hartley has just seen its debut performance at the Square Chapel Centre For The Arts, Halifax.

Review: Donizetti: L’assedio di Calais

Fri, 03 May 2013 08:58:12 GMT

English Touring Opera makes a highly convincing case that Donizetti’s chilling drama, based on a historically true story, The Siege of Calais, should be brought from obscurity and placed in the standard repertoire.

The Big Interview: Mark Umbers

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:44:25 GMT

For a man about to turn 40, Mark Umbers doesn’t seem too concerned. Well, why would he?