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‘Black Sheep’ comes to Sheffield

by Javier Tucker | Mar 31, 2023 | Culture, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture

The genre-defying play ‘Black Sheep’, is a boundary-breaking story of a black queer woman finding love whilst the world works against her. Writer, poet and musician Livia Kojo Alour, who frequently performed on stages around the world as a sword swallower shares her...

Enchanting cherry blossoms in Sheffield give hopes of spring

by admin | Mar 31, 2023 | Culture, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture

Pink blossom trees are flourishing in Sheffield, just two weeks after chilling temperature and heavy snow. But the Springtime sight won’t be around for long. Visitors at Crookes Valley Park were seen taking pictures of the blooming trees in awe while a cyclist...

Launchpad: Sheffield theatre group for disabled people set to stage first show

by Lucy Wilcox | Mar 30, 2023 | Community, Culture, News

A Sheffield group which encourages adults with learning disabilities and/or autism to break into theatre is set to take to the stage. The production, which starts tomorrow, has been written, directed and performed solely by members of Launchpad who have been working...

Theatre Deli launches Open Stage performance in brand new Sheffield venue

by admin | Mar 30, 2023 | Charity, Culture

Anew open mic night which is aimed at providing a safe space for upcoming artists to share their work has launched. Theatre Deli hosted 12 performers for an open mic night yesterday evening. There were performances of extracts from plays, comedy, monologues and dance...

World Tuberculosis day: What is being done about the world’s deadliest disease?

by Vince Lumley Marshall | Mar 24, 2023 | Culture, Health

On the 24th of March 1882, the bacterium that causes TB was discovered by Dr Robert Koch. The discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis allowed for work towards a cure for the disease that killed one in seven people, in the US and Europe, at the time. However, despite...

Reverend and the Makers ask fans to ‘write letters to their 21 year old self’

by Ewan Jardine | Mar 24, 2023 | Culture, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture

Sheffield legends ‘Reverend and the Makers’ asked fans and industry friends to write letters to their twenty one year-old selves in anticipation of their latest single release.  Thursday night’s collaboration coincided with the launch of the band’s...
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