Sheffield Live Update Megapost #1 2024
The New Year is here, and so is this very delayed type up of a couple of shows we saw in 2023. It is delayed but important to talk about them before going forward. Let us get into this spicy combination of live music and theatre without further delay. Ben McElroy plus Antique Doll – […]
Gravest Fears – Theatre Review- University of Sheffield (29 Oct 23)
We are off to see Nunkie Productions (https://www.nunkie.co.uk/) touring show of “Gravest Fears” as part of their M R James Project, spreading ghost stories through the land; those wonderous things that thankfully don’t ever die. The show is in association with the Enable Us Project at the University of Sheffield (https://performancevenues.group.shef.ac.uk/enable-us/) which has been showing […]
Celluloid Screams: Film Shorts (20 Oct)
For a change of pace from folk music reviews we decided to attend the Celluloid Screams horror festival in Sheffield. We needed to get some horror on while the spirit of Halloween was just around the corner, albeit sadly just for a day. There were many films, it was delightful blur of memorable pictures. We […]
Derby Folk Weekend – 29 September 2023
A summary of music from the first night of the Derby Folk Weekend 2023.
Haunted – “Influential horror stories dug up and made fresh” – The University of Sheffield Drama Studio (1st April 2023)
A review of “Haunted”, a theatre show brought by LittleMighty and Enable Us on 01/04/23 at the University of Sheffield’s Drama Studio. The show gives us a BSL friendly performance of the stories, “The Upper Berth” (F. Marion Crawford), and “The Monkey’s Paw” (W.W. Jacobs)