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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Manchester to host world premiere of Marina Abramović’s Balkan Erotic Epic by Mark Brown North Of England Correspondent

Show re-enacting ancient and unashamedly sexual rituals is most ambitious to date, says artist Marina Abramović is an art world superstar well known for challenging visitors’ awkwardness …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PM
Friday, March 7, 2025

Billy Elliot writer’s new play swaps West End for church hall in County Durham by Mark Brown North Of England Correspondent

Adaptation of Brecht’s Mother Courage will train people from the north-east to take on their first ever acting roles His plays have been buzzy, hot-ticket openings in the West End and at t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AM
Friday, January 17, 2025

Lisa Nandy vows to bulldoze barriers in arts and turbocharge growth by Mark Brown North Of England Correspondent

Culture secretary announces investment in arts at Gateshead summit and accuses Tories of stifling creative industries Arts and the creative industries will be a key part of the UK government…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM
Tuesday, December 5, 2023

English National Opera announces Greater Manchester will be its new home by Mark Brown North Of England Correspondent

The company, which had a shortlist of five cities, had been told funding was dependent on leaving London English National Opera has chosen Greater Manchester as its future home, a year after…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Artist to weld copy of Dachau gate in Leeds performance piece by Mark Brown North Of England Correspondent

Rachel Mars will create replica of concentration camp entrance over three days as part of Transform festival A replica of the entrance gate to the Dachau Nazi concentration camp is to be rec…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PM
Thursday, October 21, 2021

‘A form of mass portraiture’: 12-hour theatre event explores different jobs by Mark Brown North Of England Correspondent

12 Last Songs at Leeds Playhouse brings people together to talk about what they do A caterer, a coffee roaster, an imam and a former drug dealer were among the first to show up at Leeds Play…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AM