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  • High School Musical 2 -- Leeds Grand

    The stage version of the original High School Musical movie was one of the best pop shows I've ever seen. The movie sequel wasn't as good as the original, however, and the same goes for the stage adaptation. The kids of East High spend the summer working

  • A Christmas Carol -- IMAX

    Disney's spectacular new adaptation of Charles Dickens' seasonal classic is a visual feast. So there's no better place to see it than in 3D on the five-story IMAX screen in Bradford. The three-dimensional portrayal works very well with only the occasional

  • Skeletal Family split after row

    Top Keighley band Skeletal Family have split for the second time. Three members left only weeks after the launch of the goth rockers' latest album. The split grew out of a row over a present Skeletals member playing a separate concert with former

  • Exoterik release CD

    Keighley-Leeds goth rock band Exoterik released their latest album Butterfly In Your Hand on Halloween. The CD can be bought at gigs or online at exoterik.co.uk for £8, or on download from iTunes and Napster. A five-track Exoterik sampler CD will

  • Garlic Lane play debuts in London

    A historical play set in Keighley is due to be performed in London for the first time. John Waddington-Feather based his play Garlic Lane on his childhood in the 1930s in Lawkholme. The play, which is written in verse, is based on a rugby league game

  • Keighley man writes conspiracy thrillerDa Vinci Code

    Former Keighley man Kenneth Joul has written a Da Vinci Code-style conspiracy thriller. Riddlesden-born Mr Joul wrote Legacy of the Ancients after retiring from his career as a council clerk. He found the time after moving to Bridlington in 2005 following

  • Gondoliers offer 60s harmony in Haworth

    Sharing a rare moment of harmony at a canal-side cafe are the Duke and Duchess of Plaza-Toro. Roly Robertshaw and Janine McAndrew play the characters in a new production of comic operetta The Gondoliers. The Gilbert and Sullivan classic, first presented

  • Yee ha! Stetsons on in Cullingworth

    Cullingworth theatre group CADS will this Saturday host a Country and Western Evening. Leading country act the Haley Sisters Band will perform in the village hall from 7.30pm. Entry by ticket only, costing £5 from 01535 275963 or 07815 708183. Age

  • South Pacific until Saturday

    Bingley Amateurs perform popular musical South Pacific until this Saturday at Bingley Arts Centre. Spokesman Jennifer Wood said: “We have a strong cast drawn from all around the region. “South Pacific is considered to be one of the greatest musicals

  • Fitness class to seek new funds

    A Keighley town centre exercise class for over 50s is gearing up to go it alone. The group — which participates in gentle exercise set to music at Keighley’s Temple Row Centre — has been running for three years. But group leader Jonathan Chapman said

  • ALBUM: The Veronicas -- Hook Me Up

    This Australian duo rocket into the arena dominated by Girls Aloud, Saturdays and Avril Lavigne with their second album. They hardly pause for breath over 15 pop and rock songs bubbling with both attitude and catchy hooks. The two sisters can sing