Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
When I read that Small Acts (Katie Etheridge and Simon Persighetti) were opening a pub in Leeds Kirkgate Market as part of Compass Arts Festival I was elated. When I read the small print and found out that it would be the size of a Yorkshire Square i.e. 12ft x 12ft I wondered how on…
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Well, now that we are past Midsummer’s Day, the nights have started drawing in so it is time to look forward to the offerings from Leeds Playhouse to cheer us up and divert us from watching the digits on our smart meters increase quicker than the altimeter on Sir Richard Branson’s spaceship. Fear not, there…
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I have been sitting on this information for a while now because I was getting pretty depressed having to pass on the news of scheduled performances by various organisations being cancelled or postponed over the past eighteen months. Some have been postponed and then cancelled. With the proposed lifting of restrictions and the vaccine roll-out…
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Opera North are at it again, bringing opera to people who would not normally experience it and what a great choice. There can have been no more appropriate work to air on the weekend of the G7 Summit on Climate Change. As the name suggests, there is a green message in this work, not only…
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It is not often that I come home after spending part of the morning being spoken to by a bridge. If you are going to have a river crossing talk to you then you could do worse than make it Crown Point Bridge. This area is the hub of the Leeds waterway. The River Aire,…
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How about a trip to The Tetley this Easter. OK, we can’t go in person just yet, but thanks to modern technology, we can have a private viewing of this new exhibition by Mel Brimfield. I’m not talking about a series of photographs of the items on display but a 3D interactive tour complete with…
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It might not be opera as we would like to experience it, but nevertheless it was a great way to spend 40 minutes on an otherwise dull Saturday evening in lockdown. Regular readers will know that I have been less than impressed by the on-line versions of operas which have been filmed from the stage…
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One of the benefits of the various lockdowns and restrictions is that we can still look forward to some of the events which would normally have been over and done with by now. One such treat which will take place between 19th and 28th March, 2021 is Compass Festival. The event was originally scheduled to…
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Wednesday, 30th September sees the launch of Opera North’s Switch ON Season (ON – Opera North – geddit?) and what better way to kick it off than with a concert from Leeds Town Hall featuring the highlights of recent productions and exclusive previews of forthcoming events which will be broadcast live on-line. Switch ON: Live…
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If there is one thing we need to alleviate the mood during a global pandemic which has threatened to wipe out the world’s population it is a good horror show! Leeds Playhouse and imitating the dog have got together to stage a ‘raucous and deliciously dark new tale’, Dr Blood’s Old Travelling Show. It has…
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Tyke It To The Limit 