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Gatsby’s Back – And YOU Are Part Of The Show!
It may not be Long Island New York, but London’s Davies Street in Mayfair harbours a secret of which Jazz Age novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald would be immensely proud.
Please check all dates with the venue before travelling as many theatres are currently closed.
Next Seven Days In The Arts (Tue 19th Oct - Tue 26th Oct)
Bingley Little Theatre
Arthur Miller's “The Crucible”
Bradford Alhambra
The Osmonds - A New Musical
Blood Brothers
School of Rock
Bradford Cathedral
Exhibition of pieces by collective ‘Aire Valley Arts’ - 'Unfolding'
Dewsbury Town Hall
WedDavid Cowan & Katherine Broderick
WedDavid Cowan & Katherine Broderick
FlyDSA Arena
WedProfessor Brian Cox
Grand Opera House, York
The Play That Goes Wrong
Lost In Music - One Night at the Disco
Horrible Histories - Barmy Britain
Halifax Victoria Theatre
An Evening with Snooker Greats
Harrogate Royal Hall
FriSteve Hackett Genesis Revisited 2021 Tour
Hull New Theatre
Dirty Dancing
Leeds City Varieties
Will Young
Beatlemania: Shake It Up Baby Tour
WedCaroline Criado Perez in Conversation: Invisible Women
ThuBimini Bon Boulash: Release the Beast
SatLee Mead: My Band And Me
SunLuisa Omielan: God Is A Woman
Leeds Grand
TueOpera North's Carmen
WedOpera North's Bernstein Double Bill
ThuOpera North's Carmen
FriOpera North's Bernstein Double Bill
SatOpera North's Carmen
Leeds Playhouse
JITNEY
Masham Town Hall
AC/DC/GB
ThuJENNY ECLAIR "Sixty! (FFS)!!"
National Science & Media Museum, Bradford
Belle Vue Studio Exhibition
Sound Season
Festival Returns this October Half Term
O2 Academy Sheffield
ThuKasabian Tour 2021
Scarborough Art Gallery
The Ant-ic Museum – a new exhibition by Feral Practice
Selby Abbey
SatBlack Dyke Band
Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre
Pinocchio - Northern Ballet
Stephen Joseph Theatre
The Offing
The Offing
Theatre Deli
Black History Month Exhibition
WedVessel presented by Laura Wyatt O'Keeffe
FriTest, Track, Trace presented by Next Left
York Barbican
ThuDaniel O'Donnell -UK tour 2021
York Theatre Royal
Crafty Tales
The Hound of the Baskervilles
ThuThe Princess and the Pea
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none”: Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
James Goodall
Features Writer
Leave the World Behind is the third novel by US author Rumaan Alam. An urban family – mother, Amanda; father, Clay; and their two children, Archie and Rose – go to stay at an idyllic holiday home in the country.
5:47 PM 19th October 2021
Contemporary Art, With An Ancient Past: Interview With Matt Leak – Mosaics Artist
Paul Spalding-Mulcock
Features Writer
Mosaic art is one of the oldest and most impressively dextrous manifestations of mankind’s aesthetic creativity and our ideological paradigms. Its ancient roots can be traced to eighth century floor mosaics found in the city of Gordion in Asia Minor.
9:37 PM 18th October 2021
Tahiti In Leeds
Richard Trinder
Editor
Sandra Piques Eddy as Dinah
Under the baton of Antony Hermus the Orchestra of Opera North has delivered an electrifying evening of Bernstein music at The Grand in Leeds. From the gloriously sad domestic drama of Trouble in Tahiti to the passion and relentless energy of the Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, the orchestra is, frankly, superb.
4:13 PM 17th October 2021
Gateways Festival Reveals Event Format For 2022
Ahead of the early bird ticket launch on 22nd October. Gateways Festival has revealed next year’s format when it returns to Aireville Park, Skipton on the 22nd – 24th July 2022. Friday 22nd July will see an open air classical music event as Gateways present The Great Yorkshire Dales Proms.
3:09 PM 17th October 2021
YUNGBLUD - Blood, Sweat And Tears In Leeds
Dominic Richard Harrison has come a long way from his acting days in TV shows like Emmerdale and The Lodge. The Doncaster born artist now has a fledgling pop career as YUNGBLUD. He has a devoted following - his fans were queuing outside the Leeds University Refectory from the early hours to get inside the venue.
2:59 PM 17th October 2021
Experiments In Creative Collaboration: Dovetailing Responses In Ilkley In November
Dovetailing Responses, an exhibition combining film, music and mobile sculpture with visual arts, poetry, dance, live music and an interactive soundscape, will take place at the Manor House in Ilkley from 4th to 7th November. The exhibition will seek to evolve into several resonating layers of interaction.
12:37 PM 17th October 2021
The Return Of Adele - Was It Worth The Wait?
If you didn’t already know after the hive of publicity this week - Adele has returned with a new single - Easy On Me. Is the hype bigger than the song? The track is a typical Adele ballad led by a piano that will fit easily into her existing back catalogue.
12:00 PM 17th October 2021
Classical CD Review: The Classical Piano Concerto Georg Benda
The Classical Piano Concerto Georg Benda (1722 1795) Howard Shelley (piano) London Mozart Players.
8:52 AM 17th October 2021
Jason Donovan Gives Leeds 10 Good Reasons
Graham Clark
Features Writer
When the merchandise stall only sells T Shirts in a ladies size it gives you some indication of who Jason Donovan predominately appeals to. The actor come singer has had a varied career to date. He is currently on a huge UK tour that celebrates his Ten Good Reasons which was the best selling album of the year when it was released in 1989.
11:47 AM 16th October 2021
Album Review: Barbara Pravi - On n'enferme pas les oiseaux
Jeremy Williams-Chalmers
Arts Correspondent
Barbara Pravi's true introduction to the international stage arrived earlier this year when she proved a Bookies' favourite in the r…
4:32 AM 16th October 2021
Paloma Faith Is Touring
Double platinum and BRIT award-winning artist Paloma Faith will embark on a huge UK summer tour in 2022 – including a show at Halifax’s The Piece Hall.
4:01 AM 16th October 2021
007 Crowned UK’s Favourite Film Franchise
Photo by Samuel Regan-Asante on Unsplash
The James Bond movie series has proved it truly has a ‘license to thrill’ after being named the UK’s favourite big screen franchise, according to new national research revealed today*.
4:00 AM 16th October 2021
Bad Boy Chiller Crew – Make Bradford Bounce Back
For an act that started off doing prank videos on Facebook, Bad Boy Chiller Crew have come a long way in a short space of time – the Bradford MC’s are now able to sell out St George’s Hall in the city. If you speak to anyone aged over 25 in Bradford, Bad Boy Chiller Crew appear to be considered a novelty group but ask anyone younger and you will receive a more favourable response.
3:15 AM 16th October 2021
The Underdogs – Artwork From Beyond The Settle Graveyard Project
Perhaps appropriately for a period that covers Halloween, the new exhibition at Gallery on the Green in Settle, which runs from October 17 to December 11, features works created by local illustrator Teresa Gorman as her contribution to the fascinating Settle Graveyard Project.
9:23 AM 15th October 2021
Now Disco Classics - Boogie Nights (Now Music)
It’s time to get your groove on with this huge selection of disco classics. With 87 floor fillers spread over 4 CD’s there is something here to suit every party playlist. ABBA start the party off with Dancing Queen, the track that somehow brings tears to many a disco lovers eyes.
10:44 AM 14th October 2021
Exhibition: Henry Moore: Configuration
It’s always a pleasure to return to the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds. The building, located on the Headrow with its polished granite fascia, is both minimal and strikingly cool.
2:26 PM 13th October 2021
Award-Winning Author to Judge National Children's Writing Competition
Michael Morpurgo
Award-winning War Horse author Michael Morpurgo is to judge a children’s creative writing competition as part of Yorkshire Festival of Story (YFOS 21), an online event running from 12th to 28th November. Children from across the UK are challenged to write a 750-word fairy tale that features a tree or trees.
12:03 PM 13th October 2021
Celebratory Art Installation To Throw Light - And Sound – On Harrogate’s 450-year Spa History
Sharon Canavar, Harrogate International Festivals; Marcus Black, Slingsby Gin; Deborah Boylan, Raworths; Matthew Chapman, Harrogate BID; Dan Siddle, Crown Hotel; and Clare Gibson, Slingsby Gin
A celebratory art installation will throw light – and sound – on Harrogate’s fascinating spa history. 1571 The Water That Made Us is being created in one of the spa town’s most historic locations by renowned sound and light artists, Dan Fox, and James Bawn and produced by Harrogate International Festivals.
11:23 AM 13th October 2021
Review: Test Signal Edited By Nathan Connolly
Caroline Spalding
Features Correspondent
Test Signal, co-published by Dead Ink Books and Bloomsbury, is an anthology of contemporary short stories produced by writers based in the north.
10:55 AM 13th October 2021
'The World Of Reality Has Its Limits; The World Of Imagination Is Boundless' : Interview With Kate Lycett
Paul Spalding-Mulcock
Features Writer
Kate Lycett
As an inveterate maverick, I gravitate towards that which eschews normative convention, a trait which is especially true in respect of my aesthetic predispositions.
9:19 AM 13th October 2021
Poem Of The Week: 'That I Could' By Jane Clarke
That I could That I could take away from him these long days in the hospital, the digging for a vein in his arm, the drip that stops him sleeping, the pain that makes him whisper, Jesus Christ, oh, Jesus Christ. That I could take him back to his cobblestones and barn, his rooks in the birch trees, his nettles and ditches, limestone and bog.
6:20 PM 12th October 2021
Cliff Richard – Still Wired For Sound In Manchester
Sir Cliff might be the only artist to have set a UK chart record by being the first to have had a top 5 album in eight consecutive decades, but whether you like him or not, it would have been hard not to be impressed with Cliff Richard at his sold out show in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.
4:00 PM 12th October 2021
New Art Exhibition Highlights The World As Seen Through Visual Impairment
Sight loss charity Outlookers has partnered with Wakefield-based artist Ruth Fones to launch a new exhibition to showcase her latest collection, which looks at how those with visual impairments view the world. The 'Do you see what I see?' collection, will be exhibited at Valli Opticians in Hebden Bridge, and will be open to the public until Christmas.
3:25 PM 12th October 2021
Preview: Skipton Music, Lotte Betts-Dean & Dimitris Soukaras - ‘Travels with a Guitar’- Skipton Town Hall
The second concert in Skipton Music’s new season is a highly entertaining programme of music from around the world. It will feature Lotte Betts-Dean and guitarist Dimitris Soukaras who will perform music from Elizabethan ballads to Brazilian Bossa Nova. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, Lotte Betts-Dean is an exciting, young, up-and-coming, Australian singer.
1:03 PM 12th October 2021
Handel Amadigi English Touring Opera
Andrew Palmer
Group Editor
English Touring Opera decamped to York Theatre Royal last night for a performance of Handel's rarely performed magical opera Amadigi. With all the ingredients for a fine performance: excellent cast, great music, love tangled plot and a wonderful set, Amadigi delighted the audience.
8:21 AM 12th October 2021
Chicago’s Delightful Sleaze Leaves Its Mark
Phil Hopkins
Arts & Travel Editor
That sleazy, no-holds barred homage to Bob Fosse and Kander and Ebb – Chicago The Musical- will have Al Capone turning in his grave if only to give the Windy City’s chief mobster enough elbow room to applaud and scream encore!
4:00 AM 12th October 2021
Ferens Art Gallery To Be Turned Into Giant Canvas This October Half Term
The Lion at Home, Rosa Bonheur
The Ferens Art Gallery will turn one of its walls into a huge canvas this half term so that families can create a giant jungle gallery, inspired by one of Ferens’ most-loved paintings. As part of this year’s Big Draw, Hull-based street art collective Spray Creative will create a 2-metre-high spray paint version of one of Ferens’ most popular paintings, Rosa Bonheur's The Lion at Home.
8:32 PM 11th October 2021
Erasure - Making A Mark In Manchester
Graham Clark
Features Writer
Erasure could have easily filled a bigger venue in Manchester such is their popularity, instead Andy Clarke and Vince Bell decided upon playing two consecutive nights at the more intimate 02 Manchester Apollo. Whilst many acts from the mid 80’s are happy to play tours with other acts from that era, Erasure is still recording and releasing music.
3:05 PM 11th October 2021
Flattening The Curve: By Degrees - David Tait
The total number of Covid deaths recorded in China as at 3rd October – 4636 - might look unrealistic at first glance.
7:35 PM 9th October 2021
Classical CD Review: Regnart - Missa Christ ist erstanden & Other Works
Regnart: Missa Christ is erstanden & Other Works Cinquecento Ranaissance Vokal. Missa Christ ist erstanden; Missa Freu dich, du werthe Christheneit; Maria fein, du klarer schein; Rühmbt alle Werck deß Herren; Wann ich nur dich hab.
12:48 PM 9th October 2021
Digital Dracula: Lots Of Blood Without The Mess!
I loved Dracula: The Untold Story and, if I am guilty of anything, it is viewing this quirky, inspiring production just hours before curtain up on the final performance at Leeds Playhouse.
9:00 AM 9th October 2021
B Is For Boat: Orphans Of The Storm By Celia Imrie
A trip to Waterstones the other weekend and a browse around the ‘new fiction’ table was just the tonic, with Autumn days looming. There was plenty of choice and one of the books I selected was Orphans of the Storm, partly because it was written by Celia Imrie whom I love on screen, and partly because it was based on one of the many true stories from the Titanic.
7:33 AM 9th October 2021
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18, Voted The Greatest Poem Ever Penned
Photo by Taylor Wright on Unsplash
Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, better known as ‘shall i compare thee to a summer’s day’ is voted the greatest poem ever penned
4:33 AM 9th October 2021
Today Is Bookshop Day
Celebrating bookshops big and small, Bookshop Day is the annual reminder that bookshops are so much more than just places selling books. With Christmas fast approaching, the Booksellers Association is encouraging customers to “Shop Early, Shop Local” this autumn, and to start thinking about their Christmas shopping earlier.
3:58 AM 9th October 2021
Manic Street Preachers - Grand Designs In Leeds
Graham Clark
Features Writer
Nicky Wire, bass player in Manic Street Preachers recalls when the band played the Duchess of York in Leeds in 1991; some of the fans shouted out they were there, for a band to still have the same fans on board 30 years later it has to be a bit special. Returning to the Leeds 02 Academy in what seems an eternity, Manic Street Preachers played another storming set.
8:29 AM 8th October 2021
Grease The Musical – The One That I Want!
Sarah Crown
Theatre Correspondent
photo credit Sean Ebsworth Barnes
One of the world’s best-loved musicals has made its return to the stage and tonight’s audience was effortlessly transported back to the 50’s. In a story line that is familiar to most, following a whirlwind summer romance, leather-clad greaser Danny and the pretty girl-next-door Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High School for her senior year.
10:36 AM 7th October 2021
Opera North And A Warm Welcome For New Music Director, Garry Walker
The new Opera North production of Carmen is stark and has divided opinion amongst the public and reviewers alike. To reflect that divide we publish here a second opinion, this time by seasoned opera veteran, Mike Tilling, with a contrasting view to our first piece (Opera-North-Carmen-And-The-Cowboys).
3:58 PM 6th October 2021
Spellbinding Derren Baffles Bradford Once More
The Prince of Darkness might be a little strong but whether he’s a mystic, mystery man or snake oil charmer, Derren Brown is nothing if not a little baffling! And last night, his army of fans were queuing up – and standing up – to be picked for momentary stardom and the chance to fall under Brown’s spellbinding touch if only for a few minutes.
10:29 AM 6th October 2021
Roger Taylor Reigns Supreme In York
As the songwriter for many of Queen’s biggest hits such as A Kind of Magic, Radio Ga Ga and These Are The Days of our Lives, Roger Taylor is not just the drummer in Queen but also a distinctive vocalist besides being an accomplished songwriter.
10:28 AM 6th October 2021
Imagine If’s My Old Man To Premiere In Leeds Before A UK Tour
Part theatre, part film, imagine if’s My Old Man will have its world premiere at Prime Studios, Leeds on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 November, before embarking on a UK tour to theatres and community venues. The production will preview at Polish Klub, Bury, before it premieres at Prime Studios.
9:59 AM 6th October 2021
Interview With Chris M. L. Burleigh
Paul Spalding-Mulcock
Features Writer
Chris M. L. Burleigh
Poetry, like any form of literature speaks to us through many voices, its polyphonic diversity made all the more potent by dint of its refusal to be corralled, or reductively diminished by banal literary conventions. As such, poets are seldom psychocentric, often seeking to express their idiosyncratic responses to life unfettered by prescriptivism.
6:38 PM 5th October 2021
Interview: Bootleg Beatles
Graham Clark
Features Writer
The Bootleg Beatles are going out on tour again this autumn. The shows in this run will feature all the hits and more. There will also be a special set dedicated to songs that the Beatles played in their famous 1969 rooftop concert, to celebrate long awaited release of the new Peter Jackson Beatles documentary The Beatles: Get Back.
8:39 AM 5th October 2021
National Tour Of A Magical Handel Rarity Marks English Touring Opera’s Return To Live Performance
English Touring Opera returns to the stage with a new production of Handel’s “magic opera” Amadigi, with performances at York Theatre Royal on 11 and 12 October, as part of a UK tour.
7:13 PM 4th October 2021
Q&A With Adrian Lukis -
Adrian Lukis, who starred in the renowned BBC TV adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, returns to the role of Mr Wickham to set the record straight in his one-man show Being Mr Wickham. Discover his version of some very famous literary events. What really happened with Darcy? What did he feel about Lizzie? What happened at Waterloo?
6:43 PM 4th October 2021
Jane Austen’s Mr Wickham Sets The Record Straight
Adrian Lukis returns as Mr Wickham, the character he played in BBC-TV’s production of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, for the one-man play Being Mr Wickham at York Theatre Royal from 14-16 October.
6:32 PM 4th October 2021
Art And Music In Harmony At Lancaster Exhibition
Artists inspired by music and musicians who are also skilled artists will show their work in Lancaster this October. The Art of Music is the second time that King Street Arts (formerly known as King St Studios) have presented an exhibition coinciding with Lancaster Music Festival. The exhibition opens on October 13, the day before the Festival, and runs until October 25.
10:28 AM 4th October 2021
Becky Hill Finds Her Voice In Leeds
Think of any of the big dance tracks from the last few years and chances are that Becky Hill will be singing lead vocals on the song. The former winner of TV’s The Voice has carved herself a name as being one of the dance music’s hottest properties.
8:24 PM 3rd October 2021
Opera North. Carmen And The Cowboys
It's been 581 days since Opera North's last performance. The world has changed since then. We've had - and still have - a global pandemic. Back in the UK we have our own home grown and virulent infection of violence against women. Rarely do the headlines deviate from tales of such matters and how men are seemingly incapable of behaving properly.
1:19 PM 3rd October 2021
Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited In Bradford
Graham Clark
Features Writer
If you happen to be a Genesis fan there is a lot to be happy about at the moment, the Last Domino? Tour featuring the three original members of the band is criss-crossing the country at the same time as Steve Hackett’s Genesis Revisited tour. Hackett was the guitarist in Genesis from 1971 to 1977 before going on to have a successful solo career.
9:39 AM 2nd October 2021
Film Review: No Time To Die
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We asked father and daughter duo Paul and Emma Samuelson to review No Time To Die. Read what they thought - although spoiler alert! Paul says: No Time To Die? It's standard Bond in so much as the world needs saving from a dastardly plot, the body count rises throughout and of course there are gadgets, fast cars, beautiful women and dodgy one liners.
5:00 AM 2nd October 2021
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