Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
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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No Horizon is a new musical by Andy Platt about Nicholas Saunderson. Who? I hear you ask. Well he was a scientist and mathematician born in 1682 in Thurlestone, Yorkshire, who worked as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge, a post also held by Isaac Newton, Charles Babbage and Stephen Hawking. Not at the…
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Imagine, if you will, a world in which women are expected to be immaculately groomed, well-mannered, subservient and open to even the most outrageous ‘come-ons’ from men. It is not difficult for someone of my advancing years as that is how things were until the end of the last century, and still are in some…
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I was struggling as to how to begin this review of Oliver Twist as I really didn’t understand its purpose. I then had another look at Leeds Playhouse’s website and saw that it was aimed at an audience aged 11+ I am now more confused than ever. The play is a co-production between Leeds Playhouse…
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Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome, Ey Up and How Do. Cabaret has returned to Leeds in a different production and a new (almost) cast. I have to admit to not having the vaguest idea as to who the two stars of this show are. John Partridge who plays Emcee has, according to the programme, been a…
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Tyke It To The Limit 