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Fading Flowers And A Waning Moon
Crones in art are rarer than you think. This one, by Japanese woodblock artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), is a haunting masterpiece.
Kilpin Hall Playwriting COMMISSION
Paid playwrighting opportunity at the historic Yorkshire family home of the man who founded Maryland in the USA
The Body IS The Score: The Deadly Cost Of Male Silence
How a dance show from England's most rural county (Herefordshire) stirred up painful but ultimately healing memories of my father's death. Honest review of 2Faced Dance's Tomorrow.
Stage It Or Stay Stuck
What the East Riding Theatre's PlayLab programme tells us about playwriting's hidden agendas -- and how aspiring playwrights can dodge the endless development trap
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Catherine Earnshaw
Emily Bronte's Heroine Has Roots Older Than England
Snag List
Bradford's new Arts Centre opens this week. It has a multi-cultural agenda. Is it going to work?
I Have Seen The Future And It's... Goole?
What a tiny show about a tiny girl reveals about Yorkshire's two-speed economy. Plus: Upcoming festival fun.
Does Talent Even Matter?
Liz Ryan takes a deep dive into the well-springs of theatrical creativity. Plus: What's On Jul 12-18 and beyond
"Don't You Gentlemen Have Homes To Go To?"
Matthew Bourne's Ballet 'The Midnight Bell' Calls "Time" On A Dying British Subculture