Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
Well, here we are then. The first full season of events at the extensively refurbished Leeds Playhouse, and what a season it promises to be. There are several co-productions in the Spring/Summer programme to enable the best talent in the country to be utilised. On pole position is Night of the Living Dead – Remix…
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Monday 9th December saw the Brass Section of the Orchestra of Opera North and the Chorus of Opera North give a pop-up performance of Christmas music in the Trinity Centre and it got the week off to a great start. Once again the shoppers of Leeds stumbled across a superb surprise event staged by the…
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Pantomime – check, Wizard of Oz – check, Cards written – check, now what is missing from the Yuletide List? Ah, yes! Eat North Christmas Special – check. This year’s festive celebrations are now well underway and what a beginning! After the theatre visits it is time for the calorie overload to begin, and what…
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For the past six months my fellow reviewers have been urging me to go to the Rock’n’Roll Pantomime at the City Varieties which they all said was a brilliant annual event. Guess what – it is. When I got there the stage looked magnificent and took me back to when my parents would take me…
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I must admit that when I see that a television programme has been transferred to the screen or stage my blood runs cold as they seldom adapt very well. Thankfully Band of Gold is in the minority and has stood the transformation from the telly to the stage extremely well. The story revolves around three…
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Tales of Whatever is not a list of excuses given by a stroppy teenager but a series of true stories told by invited guests. In some cases this amounts to the same thing as this evening’s performance illustrated. The setting for tonight’s event was the magnificent Leeds Library. Rather than just being the name of…
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How would you like to win a prize worth up to £400? – I thought that would get your attention, but as with all good announcements, you will have to wait a while to find out how you can have a chance of netting the spoils. First I need to get to the crux of…
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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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Tyke It To The Limit 