Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
Just to get things straight from the start, these are two separate acts rather than one ensemble. They are, however, both folk artists and their music of Celtic influence. Hannah Rarity is a Glaswegean who has had the good taste to make her first visit to Leeds, and I certainly hope it will not be…
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I wish that the internet, Google and AI had been around in the Sixties. If you wanted to appear as someone with wide-ranging intellectual prowess, you really needed to have seen the film, artwork or play before you could discuss it. I have just made myself familiar with the drama, Miss Julie by Johan August…
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As you may have gathered from the title, this show is based on the brilliant comedy series of the same name. It does, however, merit a Trigger Warning. If you get that, you will love the evening, if you don’t, you will still enjoy it, but there are an awful lot of ‘in’ jokes, both…
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For once I went to a concert at the spectacular Howard Assembly Room knowing what I was going to get, rather than opening myself up to a form of music with which I was not familiar. I have always enjoyed the music of Django Reinhardt and his long-time musical partner, Stéphane Grappelli, co-founders of the…
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Well, that’s that then. I have completed the Grand Slam of The Magic Flute. I have seen the September 2024 production, the February 2025 one, which was the same but with a few cast changes, the free, 40-minute pop-up version performed in Holbeck Working Men’s Club in June, 2021, The 30-minute rendering in County Arcade,…
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I must admit to being at a disadvantage here, as I have never seen Shakespeare’s original version of this play, although, as I have often said, it is difficult to see the original version of any of his works. When I was at school doing my GCE ‘O’ Level English Literature we studied Hamlet, well,…
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After a somewhat tortuous journey into Leeds, arriving only just in time for the show, I was more than a little stressed out, in fact, it was only the lure of the company who produced this performance, imitating the dog, which prevented me from abandoning my battle with public transport and going back home. My…
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Now here’s something I have never done before – seen the same production twice. For those of you who are paying attention, you will notice that I have copied my original review and posted it next to this. I thought it would save you scrolling to last September, when The Magic Flute began its run.…
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It was great to be back at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House, to give it its Sunday name. The place looked better for its fettling, as we say in this part of the world, having had a nip and tuck rather than the full Cher. Just as well really, as this opera provides more…
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When I see the two names, Manchester Collective and Howard Assembly Room, I know that I am in for a night of music, played to an unbelievably high standard, in wonderful surroundings. It will also be a challenge – but in a good way. The great thing about Manchester Collective is that they take your…
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Tyke It To The Limit 