Bowling for Soup Gig Review

Categories: ENTERTAINMENT, FEATURES

American Pop-Punk band Bowling For Soup entertained the crowd at the Engine Shed in Lincoln on Wednesday. The band was fun, lively and generally very pleased to be in Lincoln, despite admitting that they had "no idea where it was!" Following English support acts Go Audio and Cooper, the American band strolled confidently onto the stage and immediately became a hit with the crowd singing favourites ‘Punk Rock 101' and ‘Almost', before interacting with the crowd. Jaret exuded confidence and even mentioned that they ... Read More

Bowling for Soup Interview

Categories: ENTERTAINMENT, FEATURES

American pop-punk band Bowling For Soup entertained the crowd on Wednesday evening at The Engine Shed in Lincoln. With an in-store signing at HMV in the afternoon and a performance in the evening, Hayley Cook caught up with bassist Erik Chandler and drummer Gary Wiseman to talk about the band, the beer and the cross-dressing.... How are you finding Lincoln? Erik: It's been great so far. We haven't been to the Cathedral yet, but we were driving around earlier in the car and it's amazing. You ... Read More

Sweeney Todd – An experimental play at LPAC

Categories: ENTERTAINMENT

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Darkness, wit and humour were above LPAC on the evening of May 31, as Lincoln School of Performing Arts brought on stage a rather new style production (for the fans of the genre) of Sweeney Todd's story. The Sweeney Todd played at LPAC is an earlier theatrical version that few people know about, adapted by George Dibdin Pitt from the prose serial "The String of Pearls", first staged in 1847. The experimental production is meant to test the performance possibilities of the original ... Read More

Lincoln Vuitton or Lincoln Fashion Show?

Categories: NEWS

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Top fashion designer Antonio Berardi was on hand to present the awards at the Lincoln Fashion Show at the Engine Shed on Friday, May 23rd. The show was a culmination of three years of hard work by the UL's Fashion students. This was their chance to showcase their efforts to industry executives, fellow students and members of the public. Dr. Berardi, who has an honorary doctorate from the University of Lincoln, presented the prestigious "Antonio Berardi" award to Joanna Mckenna, one of the ... Read More