Music

Exchange Arts Centre, Russell Street, Keighley

01535 661591

exchangearts.co.uk

Jake And The Jelly Fish (tomorrow); Iron Maiden tribute Blood Brothers (Saturday); Led Into Zeppelin tribute (December 3); death metal festival Winter Is Coming with Valafar, Blasphemer, Annunciation and Scryre

Pennington’s Octagon, Bradford Road, Keighley

01274 562252

theoctagonlive.com

King Pleasure And The Biscuit Boys (December 9); Christmas party with live band Jump Jive And Wail (December 14); Colin Paul tribute to Billy Fury plus Little Miss 60s covers singer (December 29); Fleetwood Mac greatest hits band Dreams (December 30); New Year’s Eve buffet-boogie with The Takers (December 31); tribute band Complete Madness (January 27); blues performers Martin Barre Band (January 20); The Blues Band (February 10)

Topic Folk Club, Glyde House, Glydegate, Bradford

topic-folk-club.org.uk

Beggars Bridge (tonight)

1875, Bradford

Afrobeats dance music (December 3); Blues of the North gig (tomorrow)

Local

Pennington’s Octagon, Bradford Road, Keighley

01274 562252

theoctagonlive.com

Steeton Male Voice Choir (Sunday); rude comedian Roy Chubby Brown (December 8); Peter Kay comedy tribute Lee Lard with comedy hypnotist Dave Rawson (December 28)

Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth

bronte.org.uk

Charlotte’s After Life talk (December 6); Charlotte Brontë 200th anniversary exhibition Charlotte Great And Small (until January 2017)

Bingley Arts Centre

012 74 567983

bingleyartscentre.co.uk

Comedy The Flint Street Nativity (December 5-10)

Regional

West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds

0113 2137700

wyp.org.uk

Christmas play Rudolf for ages two to six (tomorrow to December 31); Roald Dahl’s The Witches for over-fives (December 2 to January 21); UK premiere of hit musical Strictly Ballroom (November 30 to January 21)

Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

01274 432000

bradford-theatres.co.uk

Family musical Mary Poppins (until December 10); Billy Pearce in pantomime Peter Pan (December 17 to January 29); Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon (February 28 to March 4)

Bradford Cathedral

01274 432000

bradford-theatres.co.uk

Recorder player Piers Adams and harpsichord player David Wright with Wild Men Of The Baroque (December 2); Fidelio Trio play Beethoven, Smetana and Faure (January 27); pianist Jennifer Hughes and violinist Emily Sun (March 10); European Union Chamber Orchestra with Bradford Cathedral Choir (April 7)

Theatre In The Mill, University Of Bradford

bradford.ac.uk/theatre

01274 233200

Interchangeable Bodies looks at what gender means to people (December 10)

King’s Hall, Ilkley

01274 432000

bradford-theatres.co.uk

Johnny Cash Roadshow (December 8); children’s show The Santa Trap (December 18/19)

Grand Theatre, Leeds

0844 8482700

leedsgrandtheatre.com

Musical Chicago (until Saturday); drama The Full Monty (November 28 to December 3); Commitments (December 5-10); singer Elaine Paige (December 11); Northern Ballet in Beauty And The Beast (December 15 to January 7); Opera North in dark fairytales The Snow Maiden, Hansel And Gretel and Cinderella (January 21 to February 25)

Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds

0113 3760318

carriageworks@leeds.gov.uk

St Mary’s Youth Theatre in musical Annie (tonight to Saturday); pantomime Cinderella (December 2 to January 7) with Leeds favourite Jez Edwards and Britain’s Got Talent winner Jai McDowall

City Varieties, Leeds

0113 2430808

cityvarieties.co.uk

Rock ‘n’ roll pantomime Sleeping Beauty (Saturday to January 8); American folk singer-songwriter Tom Paxton (January 17); comedian John Shuttleworth (January 18 and 19); Pitmen Poets with music from the North-East (January 21); LipService comedy duo in Jane Austen spoof Mr Darcy Loses The Plot (January 28); The Blues Band (February 3)

Leeds Town Hall

leedstownhall.co.uk

0113 37640318

BBC Philharmonic with Leeds Festival Chorus (Saturday); John Wilson Orchestra with Kim Criswell and Matt Ford perform soundtracks from movies (Tuesday); comedian Ross Noble (Wednesday and December 1); Manchester Camerata (December 3); Leeds Philharmonic Chorus with the International Baroque Players perform Handel’s Messiah (December 10); Lord Mayor’s Carol Concerts with Leeds Philharmonic Chorus and Rothwell Temperance Band (December 15); massed voices of Inspiration with the Orchestra of Opera North present Christmas extravaganza God Bless Us, Everyone! (December 17); Orchestra of Opera North presents children’s show The Snowman & Other Tales (December 18); The Rat Pack At Christmas (December 22); Orchestra of Opera North present Viennese Whirl (December 31, 3pm)

Victoria Theatre, Halifax

01422 351158

victoriatheatre.co.uk

Vampires Rock presents Ghost Train (tonight); Halifax Choral Society present Handel’s Messiah (Sunday) and Carols And Brass (December 1); Santa’s Polka Dot Pirate for children aged two to six (December 1-4); pantomime Peter Pan (December 10 to January 2)

Square Chapel, Halifax

01422 349422

squarechapel.co.uk

Comedian Paul Foot (Saturday); folk band Lady Maisery (Sunday); Spanish Civil War drama Dare Devil Rides To Jarama (December 1); Notos Piano Quartet (December 2); Halifax Concert Band (December 3); Halifax Symphony Orchestra perform Shostakovich (December 4); Cube Choir performs Christmas treats (December 8); comedian Mark Thomas speaks about The Red Shed (December 9); The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (December 11); depression drama Get Yourself Together (December 15); Yorkshire Saxophone Choir (December 16); York Waits Christmas concert (December 17); fiddler Tom McConville (December 17); Yuletide evening with Gervase Phinn (December 22); Orchestra of Square Chapel in New Year’s Gala Concert (January 8, 3pm)

Colne Municipal Hall

01282 661234

themuni.co.uk

Grumbleweeds Laughter Show (December 25)

Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield

01484 430528

thelbt.org

Demon Barbers in hip-hop and Morris dancing show The Lock-In Christmas Carol (December 2); pantomime Cinderella (December 9-31)

Otley Courthouse

otleycourthouse.org.uk

01943 467466

Peter Pan reimagining Underneath A Magical Moon (tonight); folk icon Martin Simpson (tomorrow); raconteur Gervase Phinn (Saturday); Victorian Folk Extravaganza (December 3); Topsy Turvy Theatre presents The Lost Present: A Christmas Adventure for ages three to seven (December 10); Russian gypsy music from Koshka (December 17); walks writer John Burland presents talk Yorkshire Dales, 6 Dales, 30 Walks (January 13); Paul Lamb And The King Snakes (January 14); stand-up comedians Alfie Moore (January 21) and Justin Moorhouse (February 4)

Theatre Royal, Wakefield

01924 211311

theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk

Christmas Brass with Wakefield Metropolitan Brass Band (December 11); Jon Godber play The Empty Nester’s Club (January 25 to February 4); The Jungle Book for ages six-plus (February 17