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November 2025
The rise and fall of Mary Bateman – aka ‘the Yorkshire Witch’ – with MUTTON writer and Brave Words’ artistic director Chris Singleton
MUTTON is a new dark comedy from Leeds-based theatre company Brave Words, exploring the life and times of Mary Bateman, aka the Yorkshire Witch, and how the desperation of ordinary folk in the early 1800s has parallels with our world today. MUTTON is written by Chris Singleton, artistic director of Brave Words. Here, Chris explains […]
“Art is a human right and we should all have the opportunity to be creative.” – Coralie Datta
“I have people who come to my sewing group each week and for some of them that’s the one time when they push themselves to get out of the house because their mental health is not good enough to sustain them going out all the time. But knowing they can come to this class and […]
“Despite the funding challenges that exist today in the creative world, there are still a heck of a lot of opportunities and resources in the North.” – Richard D Rhodes
I was five years old when I told my parents I was going to be a writer. They, being sensible Bradford parents, said ‘don’t be daft’ and suggested I got a ‘proper’ job. So I did. After leaving school, a stint in Leeds Polytechnic’s Law School and finishing my degree with the Open University after […]
“If we want to see young people thriving in the arts then we need to create more opportunities for them” – Tyler Pickles
I think I was always destined to have a career in the performing arts. As the son of a dance teacher who runs her own dance school I often ended up in her classes. So, for me, dancing and performing was ingrained in me from an early age and I’ve never really seen myself doing […]
