This week sees the end of Mariele Neudecker’s installation in the Howard Assembly Room, Kindertotenlieder, set to Gustav Mahler’s intensely moving song cycle, “Songs on the Death of Children.” If you haven’t been to see it yet, the exhibition will still be open between 2pm and...
Read the full post‘Well, what did you think?’ I greedily asked. ‘…what? Oh yes…You were great, but we were like totally freaked out by the Lamplighter!’, ’Yeah, he was spooky Dad. I had to sit on Mum‘s lap all the way through!.’ ‘Hmm….’ said Mum Wandering down New Briggate as we were at th...
Read the full postBy Helen Robinson Already dividing opinion and drawing hugely divergent responses (just read the comments book in the entrance), Mariele Neudecker’s Kindertotenlieder makes dramatic use of the beautifully restored Howard Assembly Room. This deeply immersive and thought prov...
Read the full postMariele Neudecker’s exhibition Kindertotenlieder, showing at the Howard Assembly Room until Wednesday 23 February, has sparked an eclectic and thought-provoking series of events including music, storytelling, film-making and life drawing. This week, the Howard Assembly Room di...
Read the full postMolly joined my team of acting animals at Timbertops three years ago. I don’t know exactly how old she is as she is a rescue Staffie, but she is a great dog and has settled in to her new acting career very well. Molly was chosen to train for the last series of Frost – the s...
Read the full postI’ve always treated sleeping pills with a heavy dose of suspicion. Anything that I might come to rely upon should be avoided, and, in the end, does one ever feel genuinely refreshed after a night of drug induced torpor? I wouldn’t know, but I’m seriously considering it as an o...
Read the full post[caption id="attachment_608" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Portrait, image Bill Cooper"][/caption] Richard Mantle, General Director, Opera North 2011 has kicked off in typical Opera North fashion with much excitement on and off the stage. The co...
Read the full postThings are pretty hectic in the Education Department at the moment. At least ten projects are underway working with around 1000 young people in and around Leeds. Preparations are also in motion for two new high profile commissions led by the education team. Cautionary Tales!, ...
Read the full post[caption id="attachment_595" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Richard Burkhard as Nikita in 'The Portrait'"][/caption] Hello again, and welcome back to my ‘Portrait’ blog. I have a confession, I’m not on ‘Facebook‘, nor do I know what is involved in ‘Tweetin...
Read the full postHelloHello again, and welcome back to my ‘Portrait’ blog. I have a confession, I’m not on ‘Facebook‘, nor do I know what is involved in ‘Tweeting’…weird I know!. so you could say I’m absolutely the wrong sort of person to whip up enthusiasm about an opera that has never been p...
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