Dance | Just As We Are
5/5 stars The Northern School of Contemporary Dance April 26 ‘One of us, two of us…all of us’, three sections, five dancers and one powerful show, choreographed and directed by Ben Wright. Often referred to as the Bgroup, the collective performers successfully took the audience on an emotional, critical and thoughtful journey from the [...]
Theatre | Architects of the Invisible
4/5 stars stage@leeds April 24-27 Like every other play produced by the PCI this year, ‘Architects of the Invisible’ lacked a clear story. However, if you dissect all of the small extracts from the play and put them together, it could qualify as having a plot. Yet any attempts of doing this would defeat [...]
The Duffy Archive Brings Bowie to Leeds
Melissa Baksh spoke with renowned photographer Chris Duffy ahead of his highly anticipated exhibition ‘The Duffy Collection’. His astounding prints will give viewers a peek into the life of David Bowie, through a selection of never-before-seen photographs. As the son of legendary Brian Duffy, an innovator of documentary fashion photography during the 1960’s, Chris nonchalantly [...]
Art | Robert Filliou, The Institute of Endless Possibilities
4/5 Stars Leeds’ Henry Moore Institute plays host, this spring, to a vibrant retrospective of Robert Filliou, in an exhibition that shatters artistic boundaries and defies definition. Robert Filliou, born in France in the 1920s grew to fame as a multimedia artist; his films and sculptures key to the Fluxus ‘anti- art’ movement of the [...]
Live At Leeds 2013 – Leeds Student’s Top 5!
It’s almost time. Live at Leeds returns this weekend, boasting an exciting line-up that features the likes of Everything Everything, AlunaGeorge and Darwin Deez who will play in various venues across the city, from the unlikely setting of Holy Trinity Church, to popular venues such as O2 Academy and Brudenell Social Club. With the main event [...]
The Interview: Howard Marks: “I took my first E with my daughters”
Lucy Holden meets Mr Nice – the most sophisticated drugs baron of all time – at his Leeds tapas restaurant Azucar, to discuss yoga and debauchery, being the most wanted man in the world, and why he’s more frightened of easyJet than the Mafia. Howard Marks says he doesn’t dislike being sober. But it’s [...]
Competition: Win 2x tickets for Cocoon in the Park!
Cocoon in the Park 2013 Competition If you’d like the chance to win 2 free tickets to Cocoon in the Park this year, all you have to do is answer the following question. Send your name and answer to clubs@leedsstudent.org. Competition closes May 10th. Where is Cocoon in the Park DJ Richie Hawtin’s place of [...]
Festival Preview: Cocoon in the Park
Cocoon in the Park 2013 Where: Temple Newsam, Leeds When: Saturday 13th July Who: Sven Vath, Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin, Craig Richards Price: £45 / £75 (V.I.P.) Cocoon in the Park returns to Leeds this year, celebrating its fifth birthday with the help of some of the biggest DJs in electronic music today. The lineup [...]
Festival Preview: Insomni-Fest 2013
Insomni-Fest 2013 Where: Beaverworks When: Sunday 5th May Who: Alexis Raphael, Julie McKnight, Tom Zanetti, Tom Garnett, Ko Kane, Cause & Affect, Graham Dixon, Francois, Mark Longbottom, Billy Kenny, Corrupt, Midas T, SAS, DJ Browny, DJ Jordz Price: £20 / £40 (V.I.P.) Curiously there’s been a few nights billed as “Insomni-Fest 2013″ this year already, [...]