Bill Vince
@that-bill.bsky.social
Refugee from Twitter/X. All views my own. No one else's, my own. Posting about culture mainly, some sport, and less about politics than you might think. Not always in English.
🎄❄️🎁That concludes #bv2025bestof 🎁❄️🎄
Merry Christmas to all my followers - and thanks to the many artists and performers who made 2025 so memorable.
See you down the front in 2026.
Merry Christmas to all my followers - and thanks to the many artists and performers who made 2025 so memorable.
See you down the front in 2026.
December 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🎄❄️🎁That concludes #bv2025bestof 🎁❄️🎄
Merry Christmas to all my followers - and thanks to the many artists and performers who made 2025 so memorable.
See you down the front in 2026.
Merry Christmas to all my followers - and thanks to the many artists and performers who made 2025 so memorable.
See you down the front in 2026.
#bv2025bestof
My pick of recorded music this year is this gem by #DominikEulberg, a conservationist, ornithologist, biologist, ecologist and maker of lush electronica. Dive into #Lepidoptera, it's worth an hour of your time.
More on Dominik here: rb.gy/kntda7
My pick of recorded music this year is this gem by #DominikEulberg, a conservationist, ornithologist, biologist, ecologist and maker of lush electronica. Dive into #Lepidoptera, it's worth an hour of your time.
More on Dominik here: rb.gy/kntda7
December 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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My pick of recorded music this year is this gem by #DominikEulberg, a conservationist, ornithologist, biologist, ecologist and maker of lush electronica. Dive into #Lepidoptera, it's worth an hour of your time.
More on Dominik here: rb.gy/kntda7
My pick of recorded music this year is this gem by #DominikEulberg, a conservationist, ornithologist, biologist, ecologist and maker of lush electronica. Dive into #Lepidoptera, it's worth an hour of your time.
More on Dominik here: rb.gy/kntda7
#bv2025bestof
It was lovely to enter the festive season with #BalletCymru's #Giselle at #DanceCity in #Newcastle. Three sold-out nights tells the story...
It was lovely to enter the festive season with #BalletCymru's #Giselle at #DanceCity in #Newcastle. Three sold-out nights tells the story...
December 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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It was lovely to enter the festive season with #BalletCymru's #Giselle at #DanceCity in #Newcastle. Three sold-out nights tells the story...
It was lovely to enter the festive season with #BalletCymru's #Giselle at #DanceCity in #Newcastle. Three sold-out nights tells the story...
Indulge me on this one, but as a drummer it was a pleasure to hear #StewartCopeland regale #WhitleyBayPlayhouse with stories from the behind the kit with #ThePolice and more.
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#bv2025bestof
December 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Indulge me on this one, but as a drummer it was a pleasure to hear #StewartCopeland regale #WhitleyBayPlayhouse with stories from the behind the kit with #ThePolice and more.
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#bv2025bestof
So, 2 world-class viola performances in the same year. Something is stirring in #Hartlepool.
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December 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
So, 2 world-class viola performances in the same year. Something is stirring in #Hartlepool.
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October saw #IETM international performing arts network meeting in Bradford. Among the many workshops and discussions was a performance of this Gem by #JavaadAlipoor.
#Elmet featured live music by @theunthanks.bsky.social . Heavenly.
October saw #IETM international performing arts network meeting in Bradford. Among the many workshops and discussions was a performance of this Gem by #JavaadAlipoor.
#Elmet featured live music by @theunthanks.bsky.social . Heavenly.
December 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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October saw #IETM international performing arts network meeting in Bradford. Among the many workshops and discussions was a performance of this Gem by #JavaadAlipoor.
#Elmet featured live music by @theunthanks.bsky.social . Heavenly.
October saw #IETM international performing arts network meeting in Bradford. Among the many workshops and discussions was a performance of this Gem by #JavaadAlipoor.
#Elmet featured live music by @theunthanks.bsky.social . Heavenly.
A final set of #bv2025bestof? You betcha...
December 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A final set of #bv2025bestof? You betcha...
The final set of #bv2025bestof will be along shortly.
December 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The final set of #bv2025bestof will be along shortly.
The autumn saw the opening of the new building at #PrestonParkMuseum in #Stockton
Opening exhibition #Corridors is a commission by #S&DR200 by #RebeccaLouiseLaw on how natures corridors have been created beside railway tracks. The installation was like nothing I'd ever seen.
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Opening exhibition #Corridors is a commission by #S&DR200 by #RebeccaLouiseLaw on how natures corridors have been created beside railway tracks. The installation was like nothing I'd ever seen.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The autumn saw the opening of the new building at #PrestonParkMuseum in #Stockton
Opening exhibition #Corridors is a commission by #S&DR200 by #RebeccaLouiseLaw on how natures corridors have been created beside railway tracks. The installation was like nothing I'd ever seen.
#bv2025bestof
Opening exhibition #Corridors is a commission by #S&DR200 by #RebeccaLouiseLaw on how natures corridors have been created beside railway tracks. The installation was like nothing I'd ever seen.
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#bv2025bestof
And then #StocktonInternationalRiversideFestival took our breath away with the astonishing #LesCommandosPercu and a gridlocked Stockton at 10pm on a Sunday night, such was the size of the crowd which had gathered to see them
And then #StocktonInternationalRiversideFestival took our breath away with the astonishing #LesCommandosPercu and a gridlocked Stockton at 10pm on a Sunday night, such was the size of the crowd which had gathered to see them
December 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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And then #StocktonInternationalRiversideFestival took our breath away with the astonishing #LesCommandosPercu and a gridlocked Stockton at 10pm on a Sunday night, such was the size of the crowd which had gathered to see them
And then #StocktonInternationalRiversideFestival took our breath away with the astonishing #LesCommandosPercu and a gridlocked Stockton at 10pm on a Sunday night, such was the size of the crowd which had gathered to see them
#OrdinaryDecentCriminal by #EdEdwards featuring @markthomasinfo.bsky.social at @livetheatre.bsky.social was a high-octane journey through one man’s journey within the criminal justice system.
Here's a guardian review
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/a...
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Here's a guardian review
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/a...
#bv2025bestof
Ordinary Decent Criminal review – Mark Thomas powers through tense prison drama
Thomas jumps adeptly from terrorist to drug lord in writer Ed Edwards’s gripping and subtle one-man show
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#OrdinaryDecentCriminal by #EdEdwards featuring @markthomasinfo.bsky.social at @livetheatre.bsky.social was a high-octane journey through one man’s journey within the criminal justice system.
Here's a guardian review
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/a...
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Here's a guardian review
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/a...
#bv2025bestof
#bv2025bestof
A change of pace.
#ContestedDesires, #D6's exhibition at @northeastmuseums.bsky.social's GNM Hancock. was brilliant and moving set of installations at the special exhibition space at GNM.
www.northeastmuseums.org.uk/greatnorthmu...
A change of pace.
#ContestedDesires, #D6's exhibition at @northeastmuseums.bsky.social's GNM Hancock. was brilliant and moving set of installations at the special exhibition space at GNM.
www.northeastmuseums.org.uk/greatnorthmu...
CONTESTED DESIRES: Constructive Dialogues
An exhibition of work by international and local artists who reveal the untold stories of colonialism.
www.northeastmuseums.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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A change of pace.
#ContestedDesires, #D6's exhibition at @northeastmuseums.bsky.social's GNM Hancock. was brilliant and moving set of installations at the special exhibition space at GNM.
www.northeastmuseums.org.uk/greatnorthmu...
A change of pace.
#ContestedDesires, #D6's exhibition at @northeastmuseums.bsky.social's GNM Hancock. was brilliant and moving set of installations at the special exhibition space at GNM.
www.northeastmuseums.org.uk/greatnorthmu...
#bv2025bestof Back to #Boro, back to an @industrialcoast.bsky.social event. #CutHands' intense and, quite literally banging, gig in June was a hardcore treat. If you don't know this music, here's a taster from an older show.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyYd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyYd...
Cut Hands live at Bloc. - RA INSIDE | Resident Advisor
YouTube video by Resident Advisor
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#bv2025bestof Back to #Boro, back to an @industrialcoast.bsky.social event. #CutHands' intense and, quite literally banging, gig in June was a hardcore treat. If you don't know this music, here's a taster from an older show.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyYd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyYd...
#bv2025bestof. The wait is almost over. More on the way.
December 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#bv2025bestof. The wait is almost over. More on the way.
Short pause. More #bv2025bestof shortly...
December 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Short pause. More #bv2025bestof shortly...
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#ArcticExpressions at #KirkleathamMuseum in partnership with @britishmuseum.bsky.social . Exploring life for Indigenous Peoples in North America's Arctic regions, Alaska and Canada, this was an exciting exhibition with fascinating artefacts & illuminating perspectives.
rb.gy/rthzu6
#ArcticExpressions at #KirkleathamMuseum in partnership with @britishmuseum.bsky.social . Exploring life for Indigenous Peoples in North America's Arctic regions, Alaska and Canada, this was an exciting exhibition with fascinating artefacts & illuminating perspectives.
rb.gy/rthzu6
December 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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#ArcticExpressions at #KirkleathamMuseum in partnership with @britishmuseum.bsky.social . Exploring life for Indigenous Peoples in North America's Arctic regions, Alaska and Canada, this was an exciting exhibition with fascinating artefacts & illuminating perspectives.
rb.gy/rthzu6
#ArcticExpressions at #KirkleathamMuseum in partnership with @britishmuseum.bsky.social . Exploring life for Indigenous Peoples in North America's Arctic regions, Alaska and Canada, this was an exciting exhibition with fascinating artefacts & illuminating perspectives.
rb.gy/rthzu6
@middlechildhull.bsky.social's #BitingPoint was a gripping piece of immersive theatre, played out in a car park in #redcar/cleveland. The review is from a Hull performance
www.thereviewshub.com/biting-point...
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www.thereviewshub.com/biting-point...
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Biting Point - Fruit Market Multi-Storey Car Park, Hull - The Reviews Hub
Writer: Sid Sagar Director: Paul Smith Middle Child are pioneers in accessible and inclusive theatre. They present compelling and necessary work that is audience centred, relevant and engaging. Bitin...
www.thereviewshub.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
@middlechildhull.bsky.social's #BitingPoint was a gripping piece of immersive theatre, played out in a car park in #redcar/cleveland. The review is from a Hull performance
www.thereviewshub.com/biting-point...
#bv2025bestof
www.thereviewshub.com/biting-point...
#bv2025bestof
#bv2025bestof
@heloisewerner.bsky.social's #TheCuckoo’sHour at the Glasshouse was an extraordinary concert from an emerging star of new music, featuring 12 musicians in the round arranged as per a clock face and 12 challenging 5 minute pieces to last the hour.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe7Z...
@heloisewerner.bsky.social's #TheCuckoo’sHour at the Glasshouse was an extraordinary concert from an emerging star of new music, featuring 12 musicians in the round arranged as per a clock face and 12 challenging 5 minute pieces to last the hour.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe7Z...
Héloïse Werner - The Cuckoo's Hour
YouTube video by The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
www.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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@heloisewerner.bsky.social's #TheCuckoo’sHour at the Glasshouse was an extraordinary concert from an emerging star of new music, featuring 12 musicians in the round arranged as per a clock face and 12 challenging 5 minute pieces to last the hour.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe7Z...
@heloisewerner.bsky.social's #TheCuckoo’sHour at the Glasshouse was an extraordinary concert from an emerging star of new music, featuring 12 musicians in the round arranged as per a clock face and 12 challenging 5 minute pieces to last the hour.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe7Z...
More dance from #bv2025bestof
#BalletBC at #NewcastleTheatre#Royal
We don’t often get dance of this quality in the UK, never mind the North East. Crystal Pite’s status as one of the world’s most exciting choreographers is underlined by her #Frontier from 2008
#BalletBC at #NewcastleTheatre#Royal
We don’t often get dance of this quality in the UK, never mind the North East. Crystal Pite’s status as one of the world’s most exciting choreographers is underlined by her #Frontier from 2008
December 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
More dance from #bv2025bestof
#BalletBC at #NewcastleTheatre#Royal
We don’t often get dance of this quality in the UK, never mind the North East. Crystal Pite’s status as one of the world’s most exciting choreographers is underlined by her #Frontier from 2008
#BalletBC at #NewcastleTheatre#Royal
We don’t often get dance of this quality in the UK, never mind the North East. Crystal Pite’s status as one of the world’s most exciting choreographers is underlined by her #Frontier from 2008
Good Friday saw the premiere of #NationalYouthDanceCompany's #Gravity at #LeedsPlayhouse. Choreographed by this year’s artistic directors #BoyBlue, this was a powerful piece of hip-hop led dance. The standing ovation went on for a long time.
#bv2025bestof
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December 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Good Friday saw the premiere of #NationalYouthDanceCompany's #Gravity at #LeedsPlayhouse. Choreographed by this year’s artistic directors #BoyBlue, this was a powerful piece of hip-hop led dance. The standing ovation went on for a long time.
#bv2025bestof
#bv2025bestof
December 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
December 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
More #S&DR200 in #bv2025bestof - this time the #RailwayPioneersExhibition at the mighty #Hopetown in #Darlington. This tunning exhibition of 3 landmark locomotives drove train-heads wild. The scale of these beasts is truly impressive.
December 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
More #S&DR200 in #bv2025bestof - this time the #RailwayPioneersExhibition at the mighty #Hopetown in #Darlington. This tunning exhibition of 3 landmark locomotives drove train-heads wild. The scale of these beasts is truly impressive.
#bv2025bestof
March saw the launch of the #S&DR200 festival in Bishop Auckland. #AllChance Here some of the many thousands gathering for the spectacular show featuring #ImitatingTheDog, #SKYMAGIC and #InfantHercules
www.sdr200.co.uk/article/1669...
March saw the launch of the #S&DR200 festival in Bishop Auckland. #AllChance Here some of the many thousands gathering for the spectacular show featuring #ImitatingTheDog, #SKYMAGIC and #InfantHercules
www.sdr200.co.uk/article/1669...
December 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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March saw the launch of the #S&DR200 festival in Bishop Auckland. #AllChance Here some of the many thousands gathering for the spectacular show featuring #ImitatingTheDog, #SKYMAGIC and #InfantHercules
www.sdr200.co.uk/article/1669...
March saw the launch of the #S&DR200 festival in Bishop Auckland. #AllChance Here some of the many thousands gathering for the spectacular show featuring #ImitatingTheDog, #SKYMAGIC and #InfantHercules
www.sdr200.co.uk/article/1669...
The Secret Lives of Bottle of Notes: Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen at #mima in #middlesbrough.
This was an intriguing and illuminating dive into the decades long creative process that resulted in this iconic piece of #Teesside public art.
#bv2025bestof
This was an intriguing and illuminating dive into the decades long creative process that resulted in this iconic piece of #Teesside public art.
#bv2025bestof
December 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Secret Lives of Bottle of Notes: Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen at #mima in #middlesbrough.
This was an intriguing and illuminating dive into the decades long creative process that resulted in this iconic piece of #Teesside public art.
#bv2025bestof
This was an intriguing and illuminating dive into the decades long creative process that resulted in this iconic piece of #Teesside public art.
#bv2025bestof