COLISEUM CONFRONTATION FOR COVID 19
COLISEUM CONFRONTATION FOR COVID 19
By Norman Warwick
Oldham Coliseum
Oldham Coliseum Theatre and commissioning partner HOME Manchester have commissioned Associate Artist Hafsah Aneela Bashir to create a project as part of the Homemakers…
CORONAVIRUS SIDE EFFECTS AT SxSW
CORONAVIRUS SIDE EFFECTS AT SxSW
By Norman Warwick
On Wednesday, June 10, a number of famous faces will join together for ‘A Night For Austin,’ a two-hour live-stream raising money for those in the Texas capital struggling in the…
WRITING OUR TIMES?
WRITING OUR TIMES?
By Norman Warwick
Steve Cooke, all across the arts
I was further reminded of the notion that so many authors seem to somehow ´write their times´ when reading Steve Cooke´s recent post on a similar subject. On…
INALA: A ZULU BALLET
INALA: A ZULU BALLET
By Norman Warwick
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The a capella group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, were first put together by Joseph Shabalala in the early nineteen sixties and won the love of their national audience, before…
THE SONGSMITHS: a crowd-funded success
THE SONGSMITHS: a crowd-funded success
By Norman Warwick
Pablo & Humberto
We have reported on these pages, in the past, one or two spectacularly successful crowd-funding initiatives. Some of these appeals really do deliver vibrant…
STORIES WRITTEN FROM THE ART
STORIES WRITTEN FROM THE ART
a compare and contrast by Norman Warwick
Eileen Earnshaw, poet,all across the arts, The Rochdale Observer
When we recently published Eileen´Earnshaw´s article about her ´virtual´ creative writing workshop…
A THOUSAND TIDES TO ANOTHER PLACE by Andrew Moorhouse
A THOUSAND TIDES TO ANOTHER PLACE
A Personal View of Laurence Edwards’ ‘A Thousand Tides’ and Antony Gormley’s ‘Another Place’:
By Andrew Moorhouse
The human body. From swaddled birth to shrouded death. Flesh and blood.…
A BROADCAST FROM FRIENDS IN BERLIN
A BROADCAST FROM FRIENDS IN BERLIN
Natalija Nikolayeva (left) has been a good friend of this Sidetracks and Detours blog since we reviewed a concert of Romantic Souvenirs she played in Tias earlier this year with her musical partner,…
ARTS RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGE
ARTS RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGE
By Norman Warwick
Live performances would have been the natural culmination of the second edition of the Festival de Teatro Escolar de Lanzarote, an initiative promoted by the area of Culture of the Cabildo…
HER NAME, BEVERLEY BEIRNE, FELL OUT IN CONVERSATION
RIDICULE IS NOTHING TO BE SCARED OF
By Norman Warwick and Steve Bewick
He was simply a dandy, showing us he was handsome, but with his painted face and a ribbon in his perma-waved hair he was inviting merciless teasing. Nevertheless,…