THEATRE AT AN UNCERTAIN STAGE:
THEATRE AT AN UNCERTAIN STAGE:
By Norman Warwick
Romina Thornton, a dance practitioner friend of ours, shared the following facebook post she had recently received
Boris Johnson
´If Boris told restaurants they could re-open, but…
SHAKESPEARE LIKED THE WINE AND DANCED THE CANARIO
SHAKESPEARE LIKED THE WINE
AND DANCED THE CANARIO
By Norman Warwick
We have written on these pages of the annual Fiesta De Los Dolores which commemorates the cessation of the lava flow in the most recent volcanic eruptions on Lanzarote…
DANCE WITH ME
DANCE WITH ME down Sidetracks & Detours
An invitation from Norman Warwick
It was one of Rochdale´s revenue funded arts organisations, part funded by the local council and also by any matched funding it could achieve from its own…
DANCE UNITED YORKSHIRE
A DANCE AROUND THE WORLD
By Norman Warwick
The footage we saw during lockdown showed uplifting and transformative clips of Revelations, a project by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (AAADT), and was posted to us on facebook by Romina…
STORIES IN DANCE
STORIES IN DANCE
By Norman Warwick
When I led a poetry night, for instance, to raise awareness of homelessness issues in our area, we collaborated with local artists. We collected the rhythmic skills of Pandemonium Percussion with the…
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…
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…
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…
DRAMA STUDENTS SHOWCASE SKILLS ON LINE
THEATRE SCHOOL SHOWCASED ON LINE
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 of Lanzarote and…