After Tears News Today

Sorrowful Mozart meets unstoppable Neo Muyanga in an inspired double bill from Opera North and Phoenix Dance Theatre. Plus, the sounds of Yiddish cabaret…

Stage: Requiem/After TearsLeeds Grand TheatreYvette Huddleston 4/5

If it was not for his naughtiness as a young boy, Phikolwethu Luke would have never discovered the beauty of ballet dance.

Choral-orchestral performance meets contemporary dance in cross-cultural fusion. Classical-dance review by Robert Beale

The idea for Opera North’s Requiem was propelled by a desire to create an offering for all those bereaved by the covid pandemic.

A double bill from Phoenix Dance Theatre and Opera North contrasts Mozart’s wretched souls with Neo Muyanga’s After Party – two very different ways of dealing with death<br>

It is an inescapable truth that Leeds has, in the past, punched below its cultural weight. The city hasn’t seemed to understand how best to capitalise on the cultural gems it has in its crown. This year, that’s all changing.

Opera North's season for Spring 2023 includes two new productions exploring loss, memory and renewal: Bizet's The Pearl Fishers and a contemporary dance staging of Mozart's Requiem paired with After Tears, a new commission by South African composer Neo Muyanga. 

In the latest episode of our Book & Beverages podcast, Fred Khumalo sits down with one of the most quoted and sought-after authors in the world – Niq Mhlongo.



Hot on the heels of the release of his debut amapiano single, Sizwe Alakine – who rose to fame as Reason – has shared a snippet of his second single under the new name.