Episodes

  • The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 033 – March 2022

    The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 033 – March 2022
    Feb 26 2022
    Welcome to the March 2022 episode of The Halifax Arts Podcast. In this episode of the podcast we meet the actor, writer and producer Rebecca Vaughan who is bringing her one-woman theatre production I, Elizabeth to Square Chapel Arts Centre on March 22nd. The show uses only Elizabeth's original words and explores her struggle with womanhood and sovereignty. Plus: film reviews of Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch, The Duke starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren, and French language films Petite Maman and Titane.
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  • The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 032 – February 2022

    The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 032 – February 2022
    Feb 14 2022
    Welcome to the February 2022 episode of The Halifax Arts Podcast. In this episode of the podcast we interview policeman-turned-comedian Alfie Moore who is bringing his Fair Cop Unleashed Tour to Halifax this month. We also chat to Rebekah Fozard and Kate Edwards about how The Hebden Bridge Festival and Healthy Minds Calderdale are working together on a new project called 'Time Out'. Plus: film reviews of Stephen Graham's Boiling Point, George Clooney's The Tender Bar, Spielberg's West Side Story and the Broadway-themed Tick Tick Boom.
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  • The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 031 – January 2022

    The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 031 – January 2022
    Dec 24 2021
    Welcome to the January 2022 episode of The Halifax Arts Podcast. In this episode of the podcast we get together in The Piece Hall to chew over our highlights of 2021, and look forward to what 2022 might bring in the the cultural capital of West Yorkshire that is Halifax and The Calder Valley… Plus: reviews of Silent Night, The Power of the Dog & Don't Look Up.
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  • The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 030 – December 2021

    The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 030 – December 2021
    Dec 6 2021
    Welcome to the December/January 2021/22 episode of The Halifax Arts Podcast. In this episode of the podcast we talk to Sarah Horsley of Halifax's Viaduct Theatre at Dean Clough and the women behind Bradford's new publishing company Fox & Windmill. In the meantime, our film and TV reviewers have been casting their eyes over Squid Game, the Stephen Fry narrated documentary M.C. Escher, The Voyeurs and Lady Gaga's new film, House of Gucci.
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  • The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 029 – November 2021

    The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 029 – November 2021
    Nov 2 2021
    Welcome to the November / December 2021 episode of The Halifax Arts Podcast. In this episode of the podcast we talk to the artist Kate Lycett, who is currently exhibiting her work at Bankfield Museum in Halifax. We also meet the writer and historian Jill Liddington, who is eagerly anticipating the second series of Gentleman Jack, inspired by her books about one of Halifax's most celebrated women. We also review four films that are available to see in cinemas or online; The Green Knight, Censor, Last Night in Soho and Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time.
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  • The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 028 – October 2021

    The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 028 – October 2021
    Oct 7 2021
    Welcome to the October / November 2021 episode of The Halifax Arts Podcast. In this episode of the podcast we talk to the poet Roger McGough who will be in Halifax later in October as part of the Halifax Festival of Words. We also review a diverse quartet of films; Everybody's Talking About Jamie, New Order, Herself and The Pebble and the Boy.
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  • The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 027 – September 2021

    The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 027 – September 2021
    Sep 6 2021
    Welcome to the September / October 2021 episode of The Halifax Arts Podcast. In this episode of the podcast we welcome Halifax band The Orielles (who have just played at The Piece Hall and who will be taking part in a Q&A after a showing of their film La Vita Olistica at Square Chapel Arts Centre on September 14th), we talk to Steven Lord about the upcoming Brighouse Arts Festival and our regular foursome of film reviewers cast their critical eyes over the Citizen Kane-themed Mank starring Gary Oldman, Timothy Spall in The Last Bus, Ryan Reynolds and Jodie Comer in Free Guy and First Cow directed by Kelly Reichardt.
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  • The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 026 – June 2021

    The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 026 – June 2021
    Jun 4 2021
    Welcome to the June / July 2021 episode of The Halifax Arts Podcast. In this final episode before we take our summer break, we are looking forward to the ending of lockdown. Janet Warham has been speaking to Charles Morris, owner of the Rex Cinema about his plans to reopen the Elland-based venue; Rosi Gemmell has been chatting to the Calderdale writer Anna Chilvers about her work, including her short stories, one of which she reads for the podcast; and our regular film reviewers - Jeremy Walker, Alex Abel and Steve Archer - discuss Promising Young Woman, Possessor, Nowhere Special and the Oscar-winning The Father with Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Coleman. This episode of the podcast was recorded in front of a live audience (of dogs and cows...) at The Piece Hall in Halifax and in rural Barkisland.
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