Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
This year there is lots going on under the Opera North banner. The big operas staged in the Grand Theatre have mostly moved on to other venues but there is still one to come. Howard Assembly Room, however, is packed with great stuff. The final opera of the current season will be staged at Leeds…
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Lately I seem to be living in the past, last week it was a tour of long-gone pubs and today it is closed down cinemas. Unlike the boozers tour I was able to take some refreshment with the picture houses trip as I did it from home with a glass of single malt to accompany…
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Great news, Leeds City Varieties is the latest entertainment venue in Leeds to announce that it is reopening. Another baby step towards what we remember as ‘normality’ which is now anything but, sees the Music Hall open its doors on 9th October. Sadly there will be no live performances in the near future but you…
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What’s in a name? I don’t think that Shakespeare was thinking about Leeds theatres when he wrote that but it just shows what a forward-thinking chap he was. Leeds Grand Theatre & Opera House Ltd, the company behind Leeds Grand Theatre (obviously), City Varieties Music Hall and Hyde Park Picture House has changed its name…
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In the tradition of 1960s jokes I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that the Hyde Park Picture House is closing at the end of February. The good news is that it is being totally refurbished, and the even better news is that it will continue to show films…
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My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you not one Leeds legend, not two Leeds legends but three, yes three, of the City’s icons combined for your delectation. I will deal with them in order of seniority so as not to offend – not like me, I know. First is the City Centre landmark which…
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Tyke It To The Limit 