Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
Saturday 7th December sees what is becoming the Annual Eat North Christmas Special. This year’s bash promises to be bigger and better than ever! OK, there has only ever been one before but this will definitely be bigger and better. Because it is December there will be concessions made for the weather with a larger…
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There are times when I wish that I didn’t review theatre productions and last night at The Leeds Playhouse watching The Wizard of Oz was one of them. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t because I didn’t like it, quite the reverse, it was so good I would have loved to have put my notebook…
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December is the time to pile on the pounds and those wonderful people at Bundobust will pile on a pound to the Leeds homeless charity Canopy Housing for every £5.50 Sprout Bhaji Butty sold between now and 23rd December. This is only one of their range of Christmas offerings which include straight Sprout Bhajis at…
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There are various types of beer festivals; those which are hosted by pubs, the monoliths with hundreds of ales on tap and then there is Festival of Brewers. The first category is a great way of introducing your customers to different beers, usually with a theme, and giving them an opportunity to drink out of…
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I saw Barber Shop Chronicles a couple of years ago and thought it was one of the best things I have ever seen on stage so when I got the chance to see it again I couldn’t wait. As it has been on a world tour since then I was also intrigued as to see…
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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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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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I recently published a piece on Chelping, a poetry event which occurs at the magnificent Leeds Library every other month, and whilst on their website I noticed a talk being given by His Honour Judge Paul Worsley QC. Admission was free so I got myself a ticket. At the end of the Swinging Sixties I…
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My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you not one Leeds legend, not two Leeds legends but three, yes three, of the City’s icons combined for your delectation. I will deal with them in order of seniority so as not to offend – not like me, I know. First is the City Centre landmark which…
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Tyke It To The Limit 