With the New Year peeking its head around the corner, and as a I don't have easy access to the West End, I have compiled a Top 5 list of shows that I'd like to see tour up North. So, in the form of a countdown, here are the incredible productions that made Culturebean's touring wish list! 5. Half a Six Pence Coming in...

Last week Show Film First emailed me with a last minute juicy offer to see the matinee performance of Strictly Ballroom the Musical in Leeds, so of course I snapped them up quickly! I waltzed my way over to Leeds with very little knowledge of Strictly Ballroom but a lot of passion for the BBC hit Strictly Come Dancing and a huge appreciation...

This month Culturebean visited A Twisted Christmas, a Sneaky Cinema Experience in Leeds. The company do lots of pop up immersive events for all ages in unique environments, and this was no different. I am always looking for quirky and interesting shows. However much I love sitting in a dark, cosy Theatre where the fourth wall is rarely broken, I do also need...

Please note: I saw The Full Monty in Leeds about a year or so ago but somehow forgot to review it... I think that in itself says a lot about my feelings towards the production, but I am going to pull together a super short review of my thoughts from way back when.  Da da da daa, da da da daa... A cult classic...

Thanks to Slung Low which I first visited in October, I was lucky enough to grab last minute tickets to the sold out performance of, Police Cops, at the Underground Ballroom in Leeds. And wow am I glad I didn't miss this! The story is absolutely ludicrous. Picture the most stereotypical cop story. Ever. Ham that up to dangerous levels and there is born...

Ah Snapchat, how many of us love your ghostly little icon. The yellow just pops out and makes our egos glow. It entices us to 'snap' selfie after selfie. Your novelty filters are an addiction. We obsess over the newbies but stay true to our favourites. Who even texts anymore? Seriously? Well guess what, this social media platform, or Ghosty as I will...

Do you all know Dippy? You do, phew great! He's such a memorable part of a visit to the Natural History Museum dontcha think? You don't? Noooooo. Actually, that was an overreaction. No need to worry because he's more than likely coming to a town near you soon.  He's the star attraction at the Natural History Museum in London. Or at least he has been,...

I am a very clumsy person. I've lived in my house for five years and I still bump into walls, trip over furniture and regularly bash my elbow on the blummin' shower screen.  I also used to perform a lot on stage when I was younger, so I am very familiar with things that can and do go wrong in theatre and I've...

We love Rom. He is dead pan, sarcastic and seems completely genuine.  We didn't like it so much when he cancelled his Edinburgh Fringe Festival Tour two years ago... Probably to go off filming that very successful BBC stuff.  But we've not so kissed but definitely made up after finally seeing him Live in Halifax. Romesh is now a well known house hold...

The Book of Mormon. Right. OK. So where do I start. I can quite say it was unlike any musical I have ever seen before.  I had no clue about the story line, I had never heard any of the songs and had only seen the outrage on twitter. So I felt I was both under prepared and yet well prepared for the...

They describe themselves as the UKs leading open air gallery. I describe them as a ground bursting with giant structures where every corner holds a hidden delight. A few more adjectives does the trick. I entered the park on a crisp, unusually warm, autumnal afternoon, ready to wonder. We took a walk on the wild side, going ancestral as we didn't use a...

               The sun                        Beaming                            Faces of children                                              Thriving      ...

You must have heard of them? They've been around for a while, switching up the way we experience films. From a spectator to a partaker you are thrown into the middle of the action.    What action is that? Well it depends on the film they are recreating. From 28 Days Later to Back to the Future, they change the genre as often...

When Slung Low Shorts popped up on my twitter feed, I was super excited. Six TV writers with six original short plays within six miles of my current location (that's a slight untruth but it works with the whole 'six' thing) As you can imagine, I booked the free tickets immediately. To be completely transparent, I missed the first two plays because, well...

Michael McIntyre's Work in Progress tour at City Varieties in Leeds, was very much that. A work in progress. But what I enjoyed most was that it revealed another side to McIntyre. We didn't see the bouncy persona that he's perfected for BBC Prime TV, with the big hair, giant set, fancy lights and celebrity guests... ...No, instead picture this: *cue Stars in...