The Halifax Arts Podcast

Welcome to The Halifax Arts Podcast for December 2020. It has been an 'interesting' year to say the least but it's good to know that Halifax is looking forward to better times in 2021. An excellent example of this is the Festival of Halifax that will be taking place in May and the podcast has been talking to the man behind the idea, local bar owner and music impresario, Michael Ainsworth. Also this month, Janet Warham has been chatting to local playwright and actor Alan Stockdill about his...

Welcome to The Halifax Arts Podcast for November 2020. It may be Lockdown 2.0 but we have plenty to talk about in this episode of Calderdale's leading arts podcast! Janet Warham has been investigating Shebang, the Slaithwaite-based theatre company, Andrew Sykes has visited the world's smallest museum in Warley, Alex Abel reports on her trip to the Hebden Bridge Picture House to see the psychological horror film Saint Maud and our resident film reviewers, Steve Archer, Judy Green and Jeremy...

Welcome to The Halifax Arts Podcast for October 2020. In this month's podcast, we take time to talk to Laurie Sansom who, since the summer of 2019, has been the artistic director of Halifax-based Northern Broadsides theatre company. He discusses his career in the arts and what attracted him to come and work in our northern town. He also explains how Northern Broadsides have been continuing to function through the period of the lockdown, most recently in conjunction with The Piece Hall by...

Welcome to The Halifax Arts Podcast for September 2020, the first episode of season 3! In this episode of the podcast we talk to local screenwriter, producer and director Sally Wainwright about her work during the lockdown of 2020. She discusses both series 1 and series 2 of the hit TV drama Gentleman Jack and there's news of Calderdale-based Happy Valley 3. Our three resident film reviewers discuss the film of the moment, TENET, the Disney film of the stage musical Hamilton and the French...

Welcome to The Halifax Arts Podcast for June 2020, the final special 'lockdown' episode of the podcast. Janet Warham talks to local musician and painter (and her former pupil!) Roger Davies, our trio of film reviewers - Jeremy Walker, Judy Green and Steve Archer - look back over the past 12 months to pick out their favourite films, Ella - a 6th form student at Crossley Heath School - gathers pre-lockdown opinions of The Piece Hall's 'People Play' sculptures by Alice Urwin, Rosi Gemmell chats...

Welcome to The Halifax Arts Podcast for May 2020. It’s another special episode of the podcast that has been designed for anyone living in the Calder Valley, who loves the arts but who finds themself spending a bit more time at home than they normally would during this time of the Coronavirus. And it's a packed 83 minutes! Jeremy Walker, Judy Green and Steve Archer discuss three new films that can be streamed at home; Ema, The Assistant and Moffie. They also chew over the various options...

Welcome to The Halifax Arts Podcast for April 2020. It’s a special episode of the podcast that has been designed for anyone living in the Calder Valley, who loves the arts but who finds themself spending a bit more time at home than they normally would during this time of the Coronavirus. Jeremy Walker, Judy Green and Steve Archer will be talking about some new films that you can stream in the comfort of your living room as well as chat about some older films that were made right here in...

Welcome to The Halifax Arts Podcast for March 2020. This month we are talking Iranian film with the organisers of Halifax’s first Iranian Film Festival that will be kicking off at Square Chapel Arts Centre on March 28th with a screening of Raving Iran. We also discover how the town’s international community contribute to theContinue reading "The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 013"

It’s February and that can only mean one thing; awards season! The Halifax Arts Podcast will be looking back over the year in film and at the contenders for the upcoming Oscars. Our resident film buffs – Jeremy, Judy, Steve and Jake – will also be reviewing a bumper crop of films being shown inContinue reading "The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 012"

A Happy New Year from the team at The Halifax Arts Podcast and… welcome to the roaring 20s! We kick off the new decade with a film special. Our resident reviewers, Jeremy Walker, Judy Green and Steve Archer cast their eyes and thoughts towards the Yorkshire based film The Runaways, the Sam Mendes World WarContinue reading "The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 011"

Welcome to December! It’s the (slightly) seasonal edition of The Halifax Arts Podcast with a festive sprinkling of Christmas films under discussion – It’s A Wonderful Life, Frozen 2, Elf and The Grinch amongst them. Our resident film reviewers, Jeremy Walker, Judy Green and Steve Archer also take time to discuss Scorsese’s The Irishman, theContinue reading "The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 010"

It’s November 2019 and this month our resident film reviewers – Steve Archer, Judy Green and Jeremy Walker – discuss the new Ken Loach film Sorry We Missed You, the Colombian film Monos, the psychological thriller The Good Liar starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen, the environmental documentary 2040, A Private War that tells theContinue reading "The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 009"

It’s a film special for October 2019. Our resident reviewers, Steve Archer, Judy Green and Jeremy Walker discuss the Judy Garland biopic, Judy, the iconic comedy Blackadder (the final episode of which is being shown at Square Chapel Arts Centre as part of the Halifax Great War Weekend), Dawn, a film from the 1920s aboutContinue reading "The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 008"

Hot on the heels of part one, part two of the September 2019 episode of The Halifax Arts Podcast takes a look at three of the town’s choirs; the Orange Box Choir, The Halifax Choral Society and The Cube Choir.

To launch Series 2 of Seat B1: The Halifax Arts Podcast, we have a special two-part podcast to help keep you informed on the cultural comings and goings of Halifax in West Yorkshire. In the second part of episode 007 – available from mid September – we will be looking at some local choirs includingContinue reading "The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 007 – Part 1"

In this episode of the podcast we meet the stars of the new Sally Wainwright drama Gentleman Jack at its red carpet premier in Halifax, we interview the acclaimed children’s illustrator Nick Sharratt who was recently in town and we chat to Ellie Telford, the upcoming singer-songwriter who is making waves across Yorkshire. In addition,Continue reading "The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 006"

In this special episode of the podcast, we focus on film and TV to tie in with the Up North Film & TV Festival taking place at Square Chapel Arts Centre in Halifax throughout May. We chat to the festival’s curator, Dave Garratt and our film reviewers discuss some of the films being shown atContinue reading "The Halifax Arts Podcast: Episode 005"

Record Store Saturday at Revo Records and The Piece Hall’s Loafers, film (Wild Rose, White Crow, At Eternity’s Gate, Out of Blue and Happy as Lazzaro) and the upcoming ‘Up North’ festival of film and television.

The Halifax Writing Room, IOU’s Rear View 360 and film (Capernaum, The Aftermath, Fisherman’s Friends, Ray & Liz, Border)

Gig Buddies, The Lantern, Independent Venue Week, film (Mary Queen of Scots, Jellyfish, Vice, Green Book, If Beale Street Could Talk), Rosi Gemmell and The Night School Poets, and a tour of the Dean Clough galleries with Vic Allen.