
Wife. Mother. Yorkshirewoman. Cyclist. Legend. Beryl Burton was perhaps the greatest sportswoman this country has ever produced, and we ought to be ashamed of the fact that many of us will h…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:38AM[SHARE]Some people say that, in the age of theatrical consultants, narrative deconstruction, and the so-called "multimedia performance", conventional theatre no longer cuts the mustard. But there a…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:19AM[SHARE]A spiralling stage, horned with two raised prongs. A circular display, mounted on the back wall, which presents the buildings and coastline of a seaside town from a bird's eye view. Subtle b…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:47AM[SHARE]It takes a particularly hard heart to fail to be moved by the sheer scale of community fragmentation around the time of the Miners' Strike " for many, the single most devastating period in t…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:08AM[SHARE]The best bit is the Wagon Wheels. Frisbeed, they are, towards the audience's outstretched arms and expectant faces, with the precision of a man who's been doing it for the past 35 years, wit…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:28PM[SHARE]Never before has "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players" been a more fitting opening gambit. This sprawling wartime spectacle knew few bounds as it marched across…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:33PM[SHARE]It's not easy bringing the Mississippi delta to Leeds city centre " yet here its hanging moss and tea-coloured waters fill out every inch of the expansive Quarry stage. Indeed, all that's mi…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:15PM[SHARE]Is it the greatest story ever told, or the most indulgent nativity ever staged? The return of the York Mystery Plays " this summer's blue-ribbon theatrical spectacular in the North " begins …
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