Author: Annabelle Asker


  • Review: 1984 at the Mayflower Theatre

    For around £30 a ticket, The Northern Ballet’s production of 1984 is not to be missed.

  • Preview: The Great Escape Festival 2016

    Brighton’s city based festival is back for its tenth year, boasting the newly iconic Stormzy as its main headliner, along with a whole heap of new artists wildly varying in genre (19/05/16-21/05/16).

  • Review: Foals at Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham

    Foals proved their stadium appeal to Annabelle Asker, Head of Events. Mirroring Muse back in 2002, the five piece have a long road of success ahead of them (19/02/16).

  • Music Video Review: Grimes – ‘Kill V. Maim’

    For 4:37, Grimes fully occupies your screen with a sci-fi vision of a time travelling female Al Pacino, cyberpunk vampires, and a blood-soaked rave.

  • Throwback: Roskilde Festival 2013, Denmark

    Leave the muddy fields and teenage angst of British festivals in favour of a musical adventure across Europe.

  • Review: Peace at Portsmouth Pyramids Centre

    Peace triumphantly returned to the Pyramids, bringing with them acoustic sets and Christmas tunes (7/10/2015).

  • Preview: Peace at Portsmouth Pyramids Centre

    The Brummie four piece return to Portsmouth armed with a new album and an ever growing fan base (07/10/15).

  • Review: Foals – What Went Down

    A more expensive, well produced album that is bound to sell well and fill concert venues, but doesn’t lose that edge that Foals bring and conquer the indie music scene with.

  • Review: Somersault Festival 2015

    Somersault Festival is a unique experience, quite unlike any mainstream event. Combining wellbeing and good times, this is not a festival for the raucous (24/07/15-26/07/15).

  • Review: His Dark Materials (Part 2) at The Nuffield Theatre

    Annabelle reviews Part two of the Nuffield Youth Theatre’s adaptation of His Dark Materials.

  • Review: His Dark Materials (Part 1) at The Nuffield Theatre

    Annabelle reviews Part One of the Nuffield Youth Theatre’s production of His Dark Materials.

  • Review: Sunday at Parklife Festival (07/06/2015)

    Day 2 brought new talent Badbadnotgood, the utterly underwhelming Jungle, and a man of legendary status, Nas.

  • Review: Saturday at Parklife Festival (06/06/2015)

    Welcome to Manchester, love.

  • Review: FIDLAR – 40oz. On Repeat

    FIDLAR are back, with more adolescent angst than ever before.