Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
This year the Grand Theatre is presenting Cinderella. No, not the pantomime but the Leeds-based Northern Ballet production choreographed by David Nixon OBE, it should be magic! (There’s a joke for the more mature reader.) I think that we all know that the story of Cinderella is one of rags to riches in which a…
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This December Opera North has come together, from the youngest performers in the Children’s Chorus to the more ‘mature’ artists in the company, to present a richly varied Christmas programme with events being held all over the region. The highlights of the Christmas presentations are: The Nutcracker and The Snowman with the Orchestra of Opera…
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Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a Pantomime – Oh yes it would! Oh no it wouldn’t! Let’s not start, eh? The historic Leeds City Varieties Music Hall is this year staging Little Red Riding Hood but not as you have come to know it, as this production is the latest in their legendary Rock’n’Roll Pantomimes.…
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If it is Christmas then it must be time for The Wizard of Oz. This year you don’t just get to see Judy Garland – yet again – on TV in the feature film but Leeds Playhouse are putting on the stage version. As you will probably know, unless this is your very first Christmas,…
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What great performances by Bibi Heal and Miloš Milivojević in the County Arcade on Purple Tuesday. There was a mix of operatic arias from works such as La Boheme and also some Parisian Café songs which sounded superb with the voice and accordion combination. The acoustics were incredible but Ms Heal’s voice is so strong…
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As the Rolling Stones said ‘Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday.’ They could have added it is now ‘Hello, Purple Tuesday’ and instead of some geriatric old boy who should know better strutting his stuff – no, not me – on 12th November we have the very great pleasure of an informal performance by Bibi Heal, a star…
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https://www.nationalalbumday.co.uk/ It seems as though we are having ‘days’ or ‘weeks’ for everything lately and this Saturday, 12th October is National Album Day. As this is a subject close to my heart I thought that I would see what is happening locally to celebrate the occasion. I must confess that I still can’t come to…
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The weather could not have been more Caribbean, with the thermometer hovering around 30c and the sunshine unbroken. I have to admit that this is my first visit to what has become a National Institution. In fact, I was speaking to a lovely family who had come from Nottingham especially. The start of the parade,…
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Tyke It To The Limit 