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In Conversation With MYRKVI
The follow-up to his acclaimed Early Warning record, the former Vio frontman continues on his strident solo trajectory with this majestic new record inspired by his homeland and notions of identity, freedom, and the future. The new album has been led by the debut single Svartfugl alongside the recent release Glerbrot. While its subject matter may be as brittle as its translated title (Broken Glass in English), Glebrot arrives to the listener as a laid-back, jangle-pop song as gentle as a summer breeze. Coupling a lazy-day vibe with a vitreous sparkle somewhere between the canons of Real Estate, Mac DeMarco, and The Smiths, the song is ultimately one about the feelings of vulnerability that can follow moments of awkwardness and embarrassment. A feeling that surely everyone has experienced once in a while… To learn a little more, we caught up with MYRKVI...
Interview
Global Sounds And Local Spirit: A Musical Extravaganza At St George’s Hall
Bradford Festival Choral Society Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra in St George's Hall
On 29 March, St George’s Hall in Bradford will host an extraordinary concert that promises to be a landmark event for music lovers. This spectacular evening brings together the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, Bradford Festival Choral Society, Bradford Catholic Youth Choir, along with a host of celebrated soloists, for a powerful and moving musical experience.
1:14 PM 19th March 2025
We’re The Yorkshire Version Of Bridesmaids!”
Jan Birley
A new romcom from a burgeoning team of Yorkshire creatives is promising comedy fans a wild ride. Nowt But Speechless is an independent feature film which follows Geri, a Yorkshire hairdresser who accidentally becomes an entrepreneur. It’s due to shoot in October and has Grammy award-winning songwriter, producer and recording artist Eliot Kennedy on board to write the score.
11:07 AM 19th March 2025
Visual arts
Austen And Turner: A Country House Encounter
Left: Austen portrait (Alamy) incamerastock / Alamy Stock Photo. Right: Self-Portrait, c.1799, Joseph Mallord William Turner. Tate, Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856. Photo: Tate [shown cropped]
Celebrating 250 years since their births, Harewood House brings together Jane Austen and JMW Turner to explore the social and cultural life of the British country house and commissions contemporary artist Lela Harris and poet Rommi Smith to respond to their creative legacies Harewood House Trust is marking 250 years of novelist Jane Austen (1775-1817) and painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (…
12:01 AM 19th March 2025
Music
Jazz Takes Centre Stage at Pocklington Arts Centre
Brendan Duffy Quartet
Pocklington Arts Centre is set to delight jazz lovers with four unforgettable nights of music as part of its renowned Jazz at PAC Presents series. Kicking off the season in style, Interstellar Duo will take the spotlight on Thursday 27 March, delivering a captivating mix of original jazz, classical, and folk compositions.
2:38 PM 18th March 2025
Kynren Acquires Flambards Victorian Village For Immersive Experience At The Storied Lands
Kynren – The Storied Lands, the UK’s first live-action historical theme park, is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the renowned Flambards Victorian Village, ensuring that this extra-ordinary collection remains together and will be brought to life in a spectacular new show at the attraction opening in 2026.
6:53 AM 18th March 2025
Theatre
Emma Rice Chats About Adapting North By Northwest For The Stage
Emma Rice is no stranger to turning a movie into a stage production. But her latest project North by Northwest, based on the classic Alfred Hitchcock screen thriller, is different. For starters it’s a rare example of a project that came to her. “I was offered the chance to work on it and jumped at the chance,” she recalls. “It’s such an honour to work on a Hitchcock movie.
1:00 AM 18th March 2025
Stevie Wonder Completes The Lytham Festival Line Up
Stevie Wonder is joining the line-up for TK Maxx presents Lytham Festival 2025. The 25-time GRAMMY award-winning singer, songwriter, musician and producer will headline the North West’s largest live music festival on Thursday July 3 with his LOVE, LIGHT & SONG show – one of only three outdoor dates for the legendary singer in the UK in 2025.
7:01 PM 17th March 2025
Review
Amazing Gracie
The loud screams of anticipation that filled the Leeds Arena were not for the latest boy band or the likes of Harry Styles; instead, they were reserved for one of pop music's biggest new stars—Gracie Abrams.
7:00 PM 17th March 2025
Dance
Jane Eyre A Bold Move
Claire Clarke
Dance Correspondent
Amber Lewis and Joseph Taylor in Jane Eyre. Photo Colleen Mair©
Taking on any classic novel for interpretation into a narrative ballet strikes me as a bold move. With well-loved texts comes an audience with strong opinions on characters and themes making them potentially hyper-critical of another person’s vision of the story.
1:25 PM 17th March 2025
Visual arts
Harland Miller Launches XXX Exhibition At York Art Gallery
Portion of photo by All Harland Miller. Photographs here are courtesy of Olivia Hemingway on behalf of York Museums Trust
Internationally acclaimed artist and writer Harland Miller returned to York Art Gallery today to launch ‘XXX’, a new exhibition showcasing paintings and works on paper from his renowned ‘Letter Paintings’ series which opens to the public on Friday 14 March.
1:31 AM 17th March 2025
Festivals
North Yorkshire’s Most Talented Choirs And Musicians Celebrated At Ryedale Festival’s First Ever Spring Season Friday 21 – Sunday 29 March 2025
Chanticleer Singers
Some of Ryedale’s most talented amateur choirs and musicians will be celebrated between Friday 21 and Sunday 29 March at Ryedale Festival’s inaugural spring season. Yorkshire’s celebrated classical music festival will also welcome one of the UK’s most famous orchestras as it extends the joy of music beyond its traditional summer dates with two Spring Weekends of music.
1:01 AM 17th March 2025
Theatre
In Conversation With Elizabeth Godber & Nick Lane
Steve Pratt
Theatre Correspondent
Love’s Labour’s Lost (more or less) Photo: Patch Dolan
Elizabeth Godber and Nick Lane have ‘rewritten’ Shakespeare, giving it a modern twist in Love’s Labour’s Lost (more or less) at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough. Here they talk about the process and writing together.
1:00 AM 17th March 2025
Lincolnshire Artists To Showcase Creative Talents At Contemporary Craft Exhibition
On April 5th, a brand-new exhibition called Made in the Middle will arrive at Hub, Sleaford showcasing the work of thirty-seven regional artists – two of whom are from Lincolnshire - and highlighting the innovative contemporary arts and crafts being made in the region today.
1:00 AM 17th March 2025
Review
Albums: Bonfire – Higher Ground
The title of the album appears to be a suitable one, as the group seems to have discovered a higher level, which is to be commended, seeing as Bonfire has been around for over thirty years.
1:00 AM 15th March 2025
Review
Classical Music: Noah Max: String Quartets
This compelling new release showcases the remarkable compositional talents of Noah Max, featuring four string quartets performed with exceptional skill by The Tippett Quartet. Max, described by The Sunday Times as "a fizzing creative fuse," delivers works that are inventive, intense, and vividly expressive.
1:00 AM 15th March 2025
Review
Classical Music: Jeneba Kanneh-Mason Fantasie
Throughout this remarkable debut, Kanneh-Mason demonstrates not only prodigious technical skill but also a rare ability to make her instrument sing with richness and sensitivity. Her deep emotional connection to this diverse repertoire proves utterly infectious, marking her as an artist of exceptional promise. The outcome is not merely an impressive debut—it's the arrival of a significant new voice in classical piano.
1:00 AM 15th March 2025
Interview
In Conversation With John Tothill
John Tothill Photo: Rebecca Need-Menear
Critically-acclaimed new comedian John Tothill, ahead of his debut UK Tour in April 2025, coming to - GRUB, Manchester on April 4 and Leeds’ Hyde Park Book Club on April 6.
1:00 AM 15th March 2025
Books
Poem Of The Week: Bird Prints By Genny Rahtz
Steve Whitaker
Literary Editor
Bird Prints For years we lived on the hard surface of a city beached on the Humber and of necessity, absorbed the slow mix of fresh and salt tides that draw the margins. We knew the weight of territorial bird prints on silver mud flats.
1:00 AM 15th March 2025
Film
Silver Screen Weekly- What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 14 March
Jack Bottomley
Media Correspondent
Last Breath (12a) Hold...your...breath! The stunning and intense true story Last Breath (12a) stars Woody Harrelson and is a survival thriller that makes you appreciate every last breath.
3:48 PM 14th March 2025
Theatre
Leach’s Animal Farm – Ferociously Fresh
The cast of Animal Farm. Photo Kirsten McTernan
Mesmerising, appalling and brilliant are three contradictory adjectives that best describe Leeds Playhouse Director, Amy Leach’s vision for George Orwell’s scathing satire, Animal Farm. Being something of an Orwell groupie, I was genuinely excited at the prospect of seeing this co-production with Stratford East, presented in association with Nottingham Playhouse.
9:30 AM 14th March 2025
Books
New Digital Library From Stories For Schools Set To Transform UK Assemblies And Classroom Learning
The storytelling charity Settle Stories is set to introduce Stories for Schools, a cutting-edge digital library designed to revolutionise the way schools approach assemblies, collective worship, and classroom learning. This innovative resource empowers teachers with high-quality, engaging stories that inspire children while saving valuable planning time.
1:00 AM 14th March 2025
Theatre
In Conversation With Michael Maloney As He Steps Into Poirot's Shoes
Michael Maloney says he has only one ‘claim to fame’ regarding York – the fact that he’s never appeared on stage in the city in a career spanning 40-plus years. He could have made his professional stage debut in the city but chose not to. His first job offer after drama school was a year’s contract with the rep company at York Theatre Royal.
1:00 AM 14th March 2025
Review
Teddy Swims—a Stroke Of Genius In Manchester
The heavily tattooed body of Teddy Swims might look like the singer should still be in a heavy metal band; that is, until his soulful voice filled the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester in the first of two sold-out concerts in the city.
1:18 PM 13th March 2025
Theatre@41 Appoints New Theatre Manager
York’s independent theatre has appointed top director Tom Bellerby as its first Theatre Manager to help take the venue to even greater heights. Tom will bring a wealth of experience to Theatre@41 where he will move our fundraising and programming forward as well as taking on the day to day running of the building, liaising with hirers and working with the community.
1:06 AM 13th March 2025
Visual arts
Expressions In Blue: Monumental Sculptural Works In Porcelain
Aylieff painting a monumental vase. Photograph ©UCN Documentary Studio. Blue vase. Photo ©RedHouse Ceramics Studio
Expressions in Blue is a solo exhibition of monumental sculptural works in porcelain, painted in tones of rich cobalt blue oxide using expressive brushstrokes full of movement. These hand-thrown ceramic vessels and stacked monoliths stand up to an impressive five-metres high and have a powerful sculptural presence.
1:00 AM 13th March 2025
Theatre
In Conversation With Matt Aston, Writer And Director Of The Storm Whale
2019 production The Storm Whale. Photo: Northedge Photography
This Easter holidays, York Theatre Royal have a treat for parents and young children alike as The Storm Whale splashes into the Studio with eight daytime performances. Ahead of the show opening in York we caught up with writer/director Matt Aston to talk all things The Storm Whale and how you bring a beloved story from page to stage… What can audiences expect from the show?
1:00 AM 13th March 2025
Visual arts
New Month-Long Arts Festival Highlights The North York Moors
The festival will feature a Kite making workshop and Susan Dugdale's painting White flowers for Spring
A new month-long festival begins in April to showcase the diverse and vibrant arts and cultural scene that exists across the North York Moors and highlight how the National Park is more than just a beautiful landscape, by being a destination for creativity all-year-round.
1:00 AM 13th March 2025
Theatre
Ghost The Musical
Sarah Crown
Theatre Correspondent
Jacqui Dubois and the cast of Ghost The Musical Photo Credit: Alastair Muir
Based on the 1990 famous Oscar winning film Ghost, Ghost The Musical written by Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard brings to theatre audiences once more, the romance and magic of this classic love story. The stage show follows the film, telling the story of Molly and Sam whose happiness and hopes for the future are brutally shattered when Sam is murdered.
12:11 PM 12th March 2025
Review
Jason Donovan—a Concert Of Many Colours
From the hit television show Neighbours to pop music stardom and theatre musicals, Jason Donovan has enjoyed a successful career, which he is currently celebrating on his "Doin Fine 25" tour. As the tour arrived at St George’s Hall in Bradford, those who might have thought that Donovan could not sustain a two-hour show of his work to date were sadly mistaken.
12:00 PM 12th March 2025
Dance
Verve A Journey Of Incredible Movement
Neither of us had any real experience of contemporary dance on arrival for Northern School of Contemporary Dance’s tour of Verve at Harrogate theatre. Little did we know what a treat we were in for! Sixteen dancers, three different shows with three different choreographers.
7:14 PM 11th March 2025
Artist Ian Gets To Max Out For New Exhibition At Wentworth Woodhouse
When your latest art exhibition is going on-show at one of the largest stately homes in the UK, it’s an opportunity to ‘think big’. Grade I listed Wentworth Woodhouse in Rotherham has a Palladian front bigger than Buckingham Palace, 365 rooms and ceilings up to 40 feet high.
1:03 AM 11th March 2025
The University Of Manchester Welcomes Manchester High School For Girls To Honour First Woman To Graduate With Music Degree
A new building at The University of Manchester has officially opened and named in honour of former graduate Marian Millar. Miss Millar was passionate for women and girls’ education, with Marian becoming the first woman to graduate with a music degree in the UK. She gained her qualification in 1894, whilst teaching at the Manchester High School for Girls.
1:00 AM 11th March 2025
Music
Paradox Orchestra Announce New Concert With Europe’s Biggest Hip-Hop DJ, Charlie Sloth
Influencer and DJ, Charlie Sloth
The ground-breaking Paradox Orchestra, which consists predominantly of graduates of Leeds Conservatoire, is set to go global with a major new partnership with influencer and DJ, Charlie Sloth. The radical and genre-defying orchestra, whose classically-trained musicians reimagine rock, pop, and dance classics, has announced its 2025 UK spring and summer season.
1:00 AM 11th March 2025
Review
Terrorvision—a Welcome Sight In Sheffield
Graham Clark
Music Features Writer
In a week when the grassroots music venue Dorothy Pax announced its closure in Sheffield and with the future of the legendary The Leadmill still hanging in the balance, the experience of seeing one of Yorkshire's finest rock acts, Terrorvision, in what remains of a shrinking live music scene in the city was welcome.
1:25 PM 10th March 2025
Books
Poem Of The Week: Menwith Hill By Ian Parks
Steve Whitaker
Literary Editor
Menwith Hill Up on the ridge and over by the gate you’ll see them as the sun begins to rise – women mostly, camped out overnight, rain dripping from their red cagoules. Where signs prohibit trespass a makeshift township improvised from tents and vans and sleeping bags has drawn itself together round stick fires.
9:41 AM 10th March 2025
Interview
The Fibonacci Quartet: Harmony In Four Parts
Andrew Palmer
Group Editor
Fibonacci Quartet Photo: Julia Bohle©
In the hallowed world of string quartets, where emotional depth and technical precision must balance in perfect harmony, the Fibonacci Quartet has emerged as one of classical music's most exciting new ensembles.
9:39 AM 10th March 2025
Interview
In Conversation With Fiona Amaka
Fiona Amaka is a singer/songwriter in London. She lives with her kids, her cats and her guitars. Having spent the majority of her adult life focusing on other elements of her existence, she has moved recently back into the realms of the music world. She has up a striking repertoire of songs on streaming platforms and a killer live reputation, we are excited to see what is next for her. With a new single just released, we caught up with her to learn more.
1:00 AM 10th March 2025
Review
Classical Music: Reynaldo Hahn
Hahn's music, nostalgically reflecting his heyday in the belle époque, lacks any trace of modernism. This recording stands as a testament to music that deserves wider recognition and hopefully will lead to a much-deserved resurgence of interest in Hahn's musical legacy.
1:01 AM 8th March 2025
Review
Classical Music: Benjamin Britten Canticles
Britten's gift for tenor writing and his operatic sensibilities shine throughout this superbly recorded album. Way demonstrates exceptional control of phrasing and dynamics, particularly in the softer passages where his nuanced delivery creates moments of profound beauty.
1:00 AM 8th March 2025
Music
Albums: Lady Gaga Mayhem
Mayhem is a clever release. It ticks all the boxes for the original Monsters but adds enough new into the mix that it does not feel like it is simply trying to recapture old ground. Lady Gaga's career has consistently explored a wide range of genres, often within a single release. Mayhem takes the best of her work to date and makes it even more potent and powerful.
1:00 AM 8th March 2025
Books
John Suchet's Intimate Portrait Of Beethoven Weaves Personal Experience With Historical Revelation
Andrew Palmer
Group Editor
There comes a point in the life of any biographer when the subject becomes more than a historical figure—they become a companion, a confidant, perhaps even a friend. For John Suchet, former ITN journalist and now Beethoven's most devoted chronicler, that relationship has spanned decades and yielded seven previous books.
1:00 AM 8th March 2025
Review
Classical Music: Messiaen Turangalîla-Symphonie
Andrew Palmer
Group Editor
The BSO creates a dazzling and shimmering phantasmagoria of sound, enveloping the listener in waves of sonic colour. Wang's performance is nothing short of spectacular, her legendary technical prowess perfectly suited to the monumental piano part. She navigates the work's staggering difficulties with both dexterity and profound musicality, illuminating Messiaen's seismic soundscape with fluorescent brilliance.
1:00 AM 8th March 2025
Music
The Third Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition Opens For Entries
Euan Shields at the last year's final Photo: Alex Burns The Halle
The third Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition is now accepting applicants from aspiring conductors across the world. This prestigious competition provides one talented conductor with a platform to develop their skills on an international level.
1:00 AM 8th March 2025
Theatre
In Conversation With Tachia Newall
Steve Pratt
Theatre Correspondent
Gabriel Paul, Tianah Hodding, Tachia Newall, Tom Simper, Joshua-Alexander Williams in Animal Farm. Photo Kirsten McTernan
Actor Tachia Newall admits that the new Leeds Playhouse production of George Orwell’s political fable Animal Farm is what he calls ‘a dark show’ but – and it’s quite a big but - it’s fun to do, he says. The harsh industrial landscape depicted in the production pictures hints that this staging is not going to be what you might expect from George Orwell’s political fable.
1:00 AM 8th March 2025
Review
Albums: Thundermother -Dirty And Divine
The question remains why the group is not as popular this side of the English Channel as they are in continental Europe; however, this new album looks likely to put that right with this accomplished new album.
1:00 AM 8th March 2025
Books
Under A Midnight Sun: Death In The Artic By Tom Hindle
When I imagine travelling to exotic, faraway locations, I think of heat, Caribbean azure blue water and cloudless skies, or a safari to see magnificent wild beasts in their natural habitat, or market places full of aromatic spices and silks and foreign languages and recalcitrant camels.
1:00 AM 8th March 2025
Review
The Girl on the Train
Adapted from the best-selling Paula Hawkins thriller of the same name published in 2015, the story centres on Rachel Watson, a 32 year old alcoholic who is still suffering after her marriage to Tom hit the buffers. Tom is now married to Anna and they have a daughter, Evie. Rachel’s daily train commute passes by her old house where Tom and Anna now live.
8:51 AM 6th March 2025
Interview
In Conversation With Honesty
HONESTY is not a band in the traditional sense. With four core members—George Mitchell, Matt Peel, Josh Lewis, and Imi Marston—and a rotating cast of collaborators that have included musicians and visual artists like Kosi Tydes, Softlizard, Rarelyalways, Florence Shaw, and Liam Bailey, the Leeds-based collective emerged as an exercise in doing things differently on a journey towards self-acceptance. We caught up with George to learn a little more.
1:00 AM 6th March 2025
Visual arts
Kirklees Council And Fcbstudios Launch ‘Connected By Pattern’ Competition For Young Artists
UGF Entrance
Kirklees Council, in collaboration with architectural practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, has announced an exciting opportunity for young artists and creatives as part of the ongoing Our Cultural Heart project.
3:43 PM 5th March 2025
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