Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
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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After The Orchestra of Opera North’s socially distanced concert at the end of August I was wondering when – or if – the next live theatrical events would take place. Thanks to a collaboration between Opera North and Leeds Playhouse, the answer is October! This time, however, it is not just a one-off event but…
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I can hardly believe that I am writing this, but last Friday I was at Leeds Town Hall to hear a concert performed by members of Opera North in a socially distanced performance to take the first baby-steps out of lockdown. Anyone who reads my reviews will know two things; I love Opera North, and…
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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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https://www.operanorth.co.uk/whats-on/orchestra-of-opera-north-mendelssohn-schubert-mozart/ This is something I have been dreaming about writing for the last five months. The Orchestra of Opera North will be performing at Leeds Town Hall on Friday, 28th August, 2020. This is Leeds Arts Events and Venues’ pilot indoor concert to pave the way back to normal after the lockdown. There will be…
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What have you been getting up to during lockdown? Baking – thanks for buying all the flour so I can’t make a roux for my white sauce – sewing your own face mask, having a good clean-up or perhaps redecorating. If you have owned up to the last two then spare a thought for the volunteers and…
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Tragedy – no, not a documentary about the BeeGees in their disco phase, but one about the less glamorous aspects of an Opera North production. I have to say that I have been a little disappointed by some of the streamed theatre and opera productions during lockdown. A couple of them which I have loved…
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Isn’t it typical, one of your friends gets to be 155 years old and you can’t celebrate because of lockdown. I have a bit of history with this place and so will obviously bore you with it. In the early years of the twentieth century my great-grandmother used to rent out rooms in her large house…
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I am writing this on a Friday teatime when I should be debating whether or not to get ready for a stroll to a local boozer. This is not the kind of decision to be rushed into so I would take my time before having a spruce up for my trip out. Although I miss…
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Will you stop making that racket!!!!!!!!!! Are you – and your neighbours – sick of hearing your little darling turning their amp up to 11 and doing some serious string bending on guitar during lockdown? Perhaps they have been making the most of that drum kit you thought would be a good idea the other…
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