Kara McKune

The Olivier-nominated Six the Musical has announced plans to restart touring across the UK, reopening at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury on 8 June this year. The musical transforms the six wives of Henry VIII into pop princesses who each take to the mic to tell their sides of the story in a concert style performance. Written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, Six the Musical will travel across the country on a nine-moth Royal Tour, taking it into 2022 and visiting theatres across the UK. Leeds, B

Following a year of uncertainty, the English indie-artpop band London Grammar have finally released their third, highly-anticipated album Californian Soil. The 12 tracks are a contrasting mix of euphonic vocals and orchestral melodies juxtaposed with electrical guitar riffs and synthetic beats, creating a spectral feel. Following the prevailing success of their 2017 album, Truth is a Beautiful Thing, the band continues to promote lead singer Hannah Reid’s soprano voice, showing her vocal abiliti

The streaming service tries its hardest to be your progressive Gen-Z pal, and yet their actions and content expose a capitalistic emptiness at its core. Netflix has long positioned itself as a platform tailored to Generation X, hot on the tails of social change and catering to all kinds of diverse content. Much of their content and marketing strategy display them as purveyors in diversity and up to date on current issues—however, their actions contrast this. Increasingly large numbers of users

The new stage production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast has seen its UK tour delayed, and will now open on 25 August in Bristol. The tour was set to open on 25 May at the Leicester Curve, before visiting Dublin, but will now open three months later due to the ongoing pandemic. The Olivier Award-winning musical, based on Disney’s Oscar-winning animation of the same name, follows a young village girl who finds herself falling in love with an arrogant prince stuck with a curse that has transfor

New York production company Level Forward has acquired the rights to turn Walter Tevis’ novel The Queen’s Gambit into a stage musical. The novel, released in 1983, centres on one young girl’s rise to chess stardom overcoming gender bias within the board game community. The Netflix adaptation starring Anya Taylor-Joy as the young chess prodigy became a surprise hit, becoming the most-watched limited series in the platform’s history. It has won praise from critics and viewers alike, with the sho

An unknown man was seen walking in Hyde Park with a camera on a pole, a video shared to Facebook shows Several students took to social media to make others aware of the odd technique the man used, with many speculating he was trying to look into bedrooms. In a post shared on Facebook, then uploaded to YouTube, the man is seen walking through the back streets of Manor Drive whilst holding a long pole with a digital camera attached to the top. “At first we didn’t really think much, but then we

More women are turning to social media to warn others of suspicious activity after various assaults in Woodhouse Moor Claims of men removing their clothing and grabbing women walking through the park have spread across Facebook, inspiring those with similar experiences to also share. It would seem the attacks are occurring frequently, with there being a new post about a man following someone or revealing himself without consent every other day. The events are preventing many from exercising a

The ‘Sponsor the Sparkle’ campaign aims to add some festive cheer to Leeds General Infirmary and it’s residents this Christmas NHS charity, Leeds Cares, have unveiled their latest Christmas scheme where businesses can donate up to £10,000 in order to show their support for hospital workers and patients. The stars vary in size, with the largest being 350cm, and will all be switched on during an event on November 30th. The event will feature the sponsors broadcast on the screen in Millenium Squa

The high street pharmacy is the first of its kind to offer a purchasable coronavirus test. Boots stores across the country will provide an in store nasal swab test that claims to turn results around in 12 minutes. However, the test is aimed at those who are asymptomatic and are looking to get a test to rest their peace of mind. The test will set you back £120, with the expensive price band covering the third-party laboratory testing, staff and service wages and additional VAT charges. This h

Three Leeds Superdrug stores now have beauty banks that allow customers to donate their unused hygiene products. The partnership between Superdrug and Beauty Banks was announced last week, with there now being 100 beauty bank bins in the health and beauty stores, with at least one in every major city. These spots are small bins located inside stores where customers can donate their unused hygiene products. The beauty bank scheme originated from a social media movement created by activists and