Monthly Archives: December 2008

A Rus­sian Gypsy band which appears to come from Glas­gow (and the gui­tar rhythm sec­tion is called Nigel Clarke so pos­sibly not born east of Lowest­oft). The pos­sibly Rus­si­ans do a vari­ety of jolly tunes on two viol­ins, some of … Con­tinue read­ing →

In spite of their name, they are from the UK and they did mostly lengthy Span­ish peas­ant his­toires. All jolly enough, pleas­ant to listen to: counter-tenor, tenor, bass and a woman tenor (not sure about that — but not a … Con­tinue read­ing →

A venue new to me in Leeds is Seven, up on the Har­rog­ate Road in Chapel Aller­ton — quite a nice space, set out this time in a mix­ture of raked seats and café style tables at the front. The … Con­tinue read­ing →

The Wales Theatre Com­pany did thisat the Lyceum in Shef­field.  The Wales bit means that some of the minor parts had Welsh accents — it wasn’t like North­ern Broad­sides where every­body has to talk York­shire.  This was Romeo and Juliet … Con­tinue read­ing →