Music

Exchange Arts Centre, Russell Street, Keighley

01535 661591

exchangearts.co.uk

Ska rave rock rap juggernaut China Shop Bull (March 4); all-day folk rock festival with Leatherat, Blackballed, Ed Stones & The BD3, Black Horse Fairy, Howlin’ Johnny and Foxes Faux (March 18)

Pennington’s Octagon, Bradford Road, Keighley

01274 562252

theoctagonlive.com

Showaddywaddy tribute band Shomaddymaddy (tomorrow); Keighley Blues Live presents Willie And The Bandits (March 3) and Mike Sanchez (March 24); Bay City Rollers tribute Shang-A-Lang (March 31)

Baccapipes Folk Club

01535 605310

baccapipes.org.uk

British folk hero Steve Turner (tomorrow)

Bingley Arts Centre

01274 567983

bingleyartscentre.co.uk

Peter Frank And The Dixieland All Stars perform in aid of Manorlands (March 24)

Local

Glusburn Institute

01535 630223

Glusburn Youth Theatre in pantomime Beauty And The Beast (tonight, tomorrow and Saturday 7pm, and Saturday 2pm)

Cullingworth Village Hall

camdrama.com

CADS pantomime Puss In Boots (tonight and tomorrow 7pm, Saturday 6.30pm)

Oakworth Methodist Church

01535 642625

oakworthmethodists.org

Pantomime adventure Sinbad The Sailor (until Saturday); KYDZ Keighley Youth Theatre in comedy musical Break A Leg (March 10 and 11)

Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth

bronte.org.uk

01535 642323

Parsonage Unwrapped presents Filming The Brontës talk (tomorrow); Mary Taylor – An Exceptional Life talk (Sunday 2pm); Bad Beyond Expression, talk about Branwell Brontë’s affair (March 7, 2pm); year of events to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Branwell Brontë, and year-long exhibitions Mansions In The Sky curated by poet Simon Armitage, and To Walk Invisible photos, costumes and props (daily)

Bingley Arts Centre

01274 567983

bingleyartscentre.co.uk

Bingley Little Theatre in Sutton Vane drama Outward Bound (Monday to March 4); studio plays A Rewarding Affair and Cupboard Love (Saturday and Sunday); Spotlight Stage School (March 9-11); Bingley Amateurs in pantomime Aladdin (March 17/18); Bradford Magic Circle presents annual Hey Presto family magic show (March 25); Kaleidoscope youth theatre present drama Salem (March 30 to April 1)

Regional

West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds

0113 2137700

wyp.org.uk

Radical new version of George Bernard Shaw’s classic comedy Pygmalion (until Saturday); Broadsides in romantic comedy Cyrano (Tuesday to March 4); Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet set in northern housing estate (March 3-25); Mind The Gap in Contained: True Stories From The Heart (March 10/11); three men deployed to Afghanistan in drama Pink Mist (March 28 to April 1); Kay Mellor’s comedy A Passionate Woman (April 4-8); David Walliams children’s play The First Hippo On The Moon (April 5-8); Michael Morpurgo’s Running Wild (April 11-15)

Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

01274 432000

bradford-theatres.co.uk

Alexandra Burke in musical Sister Act (until Saturday); Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon (Tuesday to March 4); Lord Of The Dance Dangerous Games (March 7-11); comedy-drama The Full Monty (March 13-18)

Bradford Cathedral

01274 432000

bradford-theatres.co.uk

Pianist Jennifer Hughes and violinist Emily Sun (March 10); European Union Chamber Orchestra with Bradford Cathedral Choir (April 7)

King’s Hall, Ilkley

01274 432000

bradford-theatres.co.uk

Comedian and musician John Shuttleworth (Monday); You’ve Got A Friend, The Music Of James Taylor and Carole King (March 3); comedian Count Arthur Strong (March 4); The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show for children (March 16)

Grand Theatre, Leeds

0844 8482700

leedsgrandtheatre.com

Opera North in dark fairytales The Snow Maiden, Hansel And Gretel and Cinderella (until Saturday); acclaimed drama The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (Tuesday to March 4); Northern Ballet in Casanova (March 11-18); musical La Cage Aux Folles (March 20-25); Michael Flatley presents Lord Of The Dance Dangerous Games (March 28 to April 2); Willy Russell comedy Shirley Valentine (April 3-8); Michael Jackson tribute show Thriller Live (April 11-15); musical Thriller Modern Millie (April 17-22)

Colne Municipal Hall

0844 8884406

themuni.co.uk

Famous drama The Accidental Death Of An Anarchist (until Saturday); Manchester Camerata play Classics With A Twist (March 5) and with Lithuanian accordionist Martyn Levickis (May 26); Circus Of Horrors (March 10); tribute show The Magic Of Motown (March 11); Stage Door in Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats (March 16-18); Irish singer Tommy Fleming (March 23); John Godber comedy double bill Bouncers and Shakers (March 29-April 1)

Leeds Town Hall

0113 3760318

leedsfestivalchorus.co.uk

Leeds Festival Chorus performs Haydn’s Creation (March 4) and Verdi’s Requiem (May 20)

St John’s Church Hall, Ben Rhydding

01943 609045

Desert Island Discs (Wednesday); Beethoven and Schumann Quintets (March 8); Vienna A Musical Crossroads (March 22); Aspects of Haydn and Sir William Walton (March 29); Donizetti in Paris (April 5); and Beethoven Finale (May 10)

Victoria Theatre, Halifax

01422 351158

victoriatheatre.co.uk

Tribute show Bowie Experience (Saturday); children’s show Jurassic Adventures (Sunday); singer-writer and multi-instrumentalist Paul Carrack (March 5); Ben Portsmouth in Elvis tribute show The King Is Back (March 9); folk singer Roger Davies And His Band (March 10); 80s pop legend Rick Astley (March 17); Halifax Choral Society sing Mendelssohn’s Elijah (March 19)

Theatre Royal, Wakefield

01924 211311

theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk

Johnny Cash Roadshow (Sunday); comedian Chris Ramsey (Tuesday)

Square Chapel Centre for the Arts, Halifax

01422 349422

squarechapel.co.uk

The Edelweiss Pirates, drama set in Germany in 1943 (March 9); Garlic Theatre in children’s show for three-plus, The Three Billy Goats Gruff (March 26, 2.30pm); Halifax Symphony Orchestra presents Masters Of Melody (March 11); English folk singer Jim Moray (March 12); stigma, history, misunderstandings in funny and dark play Butterfly (March 16); John Godber’s comedy April In Paris (March 17/18); Calderdale Youth Theatre in new adaptation The Heart Of Robin Hood (March 30 to April 1); Branwell Brontë And His Halifax Friends (March 15)

Harrogate Theatres

01423 502116

harrogatetheatre.co.uk

Comedian Jimmy Carr (March 5); comedian Al Murray The Pub Landlord (March 19); singer Billy Ocean (March 31); family show The Emperor’s New Clothes (April 6-15); comedian Richard Herring (April 20); singer Caro Emerald (April 21)