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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I have to say that lockdown has affected me more than I thought it would. I live alone so having a daily walk and going to the supermarket a couple of times a week is my normal routine anyway so no change there. The only difference has been my not able to use public transport…
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Never can the expression ‘out of something bad always comes something good’ been more appropriate. I was fortunate enough to be asked along to the inaugural Chow Down at the Piece Hall, Halifax in 2018 and to say I was impressed would be an enormous understatement. A new food and drink festival in a freshly…
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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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Super Saturday is almost upon us and 4th July will be Independence Day for Everybodys in Guiseley and The Ticket Office in Ilkley. The two venues, which are part of the Twisted Bars Group, have had extensive measures, pardon the pun, put in place to welcome their customers back and also to protect their staff. …
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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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Tyke It To The Limit 