Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
I never knew that I had something in common with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but you live and learn. We are/were both seemingly enthusiastic exponents of the sport of bowling – as you can see from the feature image. By the way, that is me, not Mozart! How do I know this, well, the first piece…
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Had someone told me, even three years ago, that I would get hooked on ballet I would have been a bit sceptical as, although the music is usually really good, I don’t speak the language of dance. If they had laboured their point and included modern ballet I would have been even more doubtful. Now,…
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Here we have a preview covering the end of the year with not a mention of Christmas, so, should you want to escape the tinsel and fairy lights and experience something completely different, check out these events. Saturday, 28th September sees Memories As Harmonies at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, a double bill of music…
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After a quiet summer, it is all systems go for the end of the year. Again, there is the mixture of classics, innovative new productions, one-nighters and, of course, the Christmas Spectacular. So why don’t I just get on with it then. We begin, from 3rd-7th September in the Quarry, with Cluedo 2 which, I…
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Continuing my previews for the rest of the year it is the turn of probably the most famous venue in Leeds, The City Varieties Music Hall. As usual, it is hosting some of the best live performers currently on tour. Everything from music, comedy, personal appearances by well known personalities and miscellaneous to events such…
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This is the shortest preview I will be doing as the productions have fairly long runs rather than being one night stands – on points obviously – and then go on tour. The prime example is Romeo and Juliet, which I had the pleasure of attending in March but is still going strong now, and…
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It is not as if we needed an excuse to go to the magnificent Leeds Grand Theatre, apart from the programme of events, but this September sees its reopening following a makeover, and I can’t wait to see how the place has changed. The re-opening date is 5th September with a series of one night…
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Now that the weather has at last turned warmer and the sun has come out, our attention obviously turns to the autumn and winter. As the next few weeks are a bit of a fallow period for a few of the established venues, I thought that I would give you the heads up on what…
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There are two consolations to make up for the end of the lunchtime concert series at Dewsbury Town Hall; the first is that the next one begins on 11th September, so only a month’s off-season, a bit like the football and the second, that the big finale was the incredible sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun. Since…
Read MoreNow here’s a global event you have probably never heard of. Forget the T20 World Cup – if only we could – this is a competition between creatives in various categories to see who walks off with the plaudits of their own communities. The USP is that the performances can only last a maximum of…
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Tyke It To The Limit 