Friday 11 July 2014

Steven's Review for Arts Award

STEVEN
What did you experience?
The experience I had was a sense of feeling a very intense and dramatic, but also entertaining piece of Theatre and performance. You felt an warmth of emotion wash over you from when the play began until the ending curtain started falling, as it encaptured you and become part of your life and we became part of their lives, experiences and their sad but in no doubt eventful journey.
What did you like?
I liked the intensity of it, how the scenes transitioned and how good the designs of the sets were and also I loved the characters, in how they acted and performed so well, and so real, really making you feel like they were experiencing and going through that personal journey with them. But what I enjoyed the most was the story, the script, what happened within, and the journey we went on with the characters which really made it feel powerful, wonderful and quite beautiful to watch.
What could be better?
I don’t really think anything could have been done better, as I thought it was an excellent performance, from start to finish.
Would you recommend it and why?

I would definitely recommend it to others, but will say at times it can be quite hard to watch, and some scenes are emotional. But in terms of mental health I think it’s a good play to watch, as you can maybe grasp more understanding, and see where we have come from in terms of treatment and how we see mental illness, but generally all round it was a well performed piece which many others would enjoy and benefit from seeing I believe.

Wednesday 9 July 2014

Megan's Review of La Boheme for Arts Award

MEGAN
What did you experience as audience member?
La Boheme at the Grand Theatre Leeds
Wednesday 7 May 2014
What did you like best and why?
I really liked the interior of the building on the inside, it looked beautiful. I also did enjoy the opera but just didn’t really understand it properly.
What do you think could have been done better?
I didn’t really like the fact that I had to look at the subtitles on the side of the stage so kept missing bits of the opera.
Would you recommend it to others?
I would recommend it to older people 25+ or people that like that sort of stuff but wasn’t my cup of tea really.



Kirsty's: Planning an arts event review for Arts Award

KIRSTY
Planning my arts event
In January 2014 as part of my involvement on The Fresh project – which is a volunteer programme in Leeds, I was invited for free to see a opera at the grand theatre in Leeds.
I really enjoyed the performance, it was the first time I had seen opera, so I asked Space2 Leeds who run The Fresh project to let me know when or if any more free tickets for opera were on offer.
In February Emma from Space2 told me about La Bohem tickets, I asked if I could go again as I knew what expect and thought would enjoy it.
What did you experience as audience member?
La Bohem, Opera North, Wednesday 7 May 2014
What did you like best and why?
I liked the music because you always knew what was coming next, whether it was sad or happy.
I liked the fact that it wasn’t in English, because even though I didn’t understand the words I still understood the story.
The set design was interesting – the cafe scene was on wheels and rotated and it didn’t even look like anyone was moving it etc it was really clever. I thought all the characters were amazing I would definitely go again.
What do you think could have been done better?
I don’t think there could be anything better about the opera La Boheme it was really good.
Would you recommend it to others?

I would definitely recommend this opera to anyone who enjoys performance.

Amy's Arts Review for Arts Award

AMY
What did you experience as audience member?
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
19 March 2014
What did you like best and why?
I liked the moving horse sculpture because you could see it from everywhere. I liked the colourful sculptures too as they stood out from the others and the green grass. The sculptures with different parts/toilets and baths on were werid but fun as they brought out the fun side of sculpture.
What do you think could have been done better?
More toilets around the place and clean the animal poo off the grass areas.
Would you recommend it to others?
Yes as it was fun and interesting about the different arts.
What did you experience as audience member?
La Bohem, Opera North, Wednesday 7 May 2014
What did you like best and why?
I went to the opera to see La Boheme. I liked the atmosphere and hoe the actors could get everyone laughing and how the music changed with the story from how it got sad or happy or excited.
I liked how you could follow the story line even though it wasn’t in English.
I also liked how they changed the set before your eyes.
The actors were really good and made you laugh but you new when to stop laughing when a sad bit came on.
The building is amazing.
What do you think could have been done better?
The only thing I didn’t like is that if you looked at the screen to show you what they was saying for too long you missed what was going on, on the stage.
Would you recommend it to others?
Yes because it was an amazing experience.

Saturday 12 April 2014

Last session - films to watch on youTube

This is what we watched on YouTube for our last session - harking back to the very first meeting we had when Lucy showed a sprinkling of ideas.

Short film - Parents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6_583_o54U


Short film - Teenagers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP8psM4LWXk


Pes - Fireworks 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bmpFCwZbwM


Bob Dylan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM0Vs3MEOZc


Five Second films

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u4kwkWXrAU 

Saturday 1 March 2014

It's all about perception...

10 Facts About Benefits Britain

1)      A TUC survey showed that people think around 41% of benefits go to the unemployed, the real figure is 2.6%.   (1)
2)      42% of the Welfare Bill goes to pensioners, 21% goes to people in low paid work.   (2)
3)      Nearly 80% of JSA claimants stop claiming within 6 months.   (3)
4)      Of the 7.8 million families receiving child benefit, 1.2 million have more than two children.   (4)
5)      A TUC survey found that people think around 27% of welfare is lost to fraud – the real figure is only 0.7%, around £1.2 billion.   (5)
6)      Around £17 billion of benefits that people are entitled to goes unclaimed every year.   (6)
7)      Immigrants are 60% less likely to claim benefits than a British-born person.  (7)
8)      64% of families receive benefits – that’s 20.3 million families.   (8)
9)      The UK spends 12% less on benefits per head than France does, and 19% less compared to Germany.   (9)
10)  93% of new Housing Benefit claimants in 2010 and 2011 came from working people, as UK housing costs are the 3rd highest in Europe.   (10)  (10)
Welfare

Monday 24 February 2014

Graphics from the Centre of Welfare Reform

Check this out - it's fascinating

http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org/library/graphics-diagrams/