“We are attracted to doom.” Lisa Knapp lays Hack-Poets Guild’s cards firmly on the table before this recently convened collaboration...
Come Hell, high water, winter’s cold snap, and a national railway strike, the Opera North shows still go on. Eight...
One of the most popular instruments in Hindustani classical music, and similar in its structure to the western lute, the sarod is a...
Located next door to Leeds Grand Theatre, the Howard Assembly Room forms part of the Opera North Centre. Having been...
In October 2015, PJ Harvey and the photographer/filmmaker Seamus Murphy staged a multimedia performance at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The occasion featured...
It is the opening night of the tour. Ten further dates in this country will follow before the tour crosses...
The UK’s live music industry remains in a parlous state. Decimated by the initial impact of the coronavirus and the...
Another Saturday night at the Howard Assembly Room and yet another completely sold-out show. This should really come as no...
The Delines were last in Leeds in January 2019. Their second album, The Imperial, had only just come out, nearly five years...
The name of Kathryn Tickell is synonymous with Northumbria. The English composer, performer, educator, and successful recording artist is widely...
First released in 2018, the documentary Arcadia is directed by the Scots filmmaker and BAFTA award winner, Paul Wright. Drawing upon a century...
“I don’t know? What do you figure? Are we the same? Or vastly different?” This is Jesca Hoop’s first direct...
Eliza Carthy apologises. Three dates into the tour and she is suffering from a cold. She quickly adds, as a...
It’s the day before All Hallow’s Eve and the Howard Assembly Room has already entered into the spirit of the...
It is Refugee Week, a national festival “celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.” Founded...
