Music
Exchange Arts Centre, Russell Street, Keighley
01535 661591
exchangearts.co.uk
Led Into Zeppelin tribute (Saturday); death metal festival Winter Is Coming with Valafar, Blasphemer, Annunciation and Scryre (December 10); Ming City Rockers present fast tunes, huge riffs and lyrical bile (December 22); Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath tribute Ozzbest (December 23)
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 (Saturday)
Local
Keighley Playhouse, Devonshire Street
07599 890769
American family classic Little Women (until Saturday 7.30pm)
Glusburn Institute
giac.org.uk
01535 630223
Family movie Arthur Christmas (December 16, 6pm) with Santa’s grotto from 5pm. Ticket only
Pennington’s Octagon, Bradford Road, Keighley
01274 562252
theoctagonlive.com
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 (Tuesday 2pm); 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 (Monday to December 10)
Regional
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
0113 2137700
wyp.org.uk
Christmas play Rudolf for ages two to six (until December 31); Roald Dahl’s The Witches for over-fives (tomorrow to January 21); UK premiere of hit musical Strictly Ballroom (until 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); Opera and Ballet International presents Verdi’s Aida and Puccini’s La Boheme (February 5 and 6); Strictly Come Dancing professionals Anton and Erin in Swing Time (February 7 and 8); Buttershaw St Paul’s Amateurs in dramatic musical Fiddler On The Roof (February 2-4); comedian Omid Djalili (February 10); Bradford Dance Network brings young people and professionals together for Exchanges (February 11); Ben Portsmouth is Elvis Presley in tribute show The King Is Back (February 18); Alexander Burke in musical Sister Act (February 20-25)
Bradford Cathedral
01274 432000
bradford-theatres.co.uk
Recorder player Piers Adams and harpsichord player David Wright with Wild Men Of The Baroque (tomorrow); 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)
King’s Hall, Ilkley
01274 432000
bradford-theatres.co.uk
Johnny Cash Roadshow (December 8); children’s show The Santa Trap (December 18/19); children’s show We’re Going On A Bear Hunt (January 17-18); comedian Ruby Wax in Frazzled A Guide To Mindfulness (February 16); 60s band Gerry And The Pacemakers with Karen Lee Burnett (February 21)
Grand Theatre, Leeds
0844 8482700
leedsgrandtheatre.com
Comedy-drama The Full Monty (until Saturday): musical Commitments (Monday to December 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
Pantomime Cinderella (tomorrow 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 (until 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
Comedian Ross Noble (tonight); Manchester Camerata (Saturday); 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
Halifax Choral Society present Carols And Brass (tonight); Santa’s Polka Dot Pirate for children aged two to six (tonight to Sunday); pantomime Peter Pan (December 10 to January 2)
Square Chapel, Halifax
01422 349422
squarechapel.co.uk
Spanish Civil War drama Dare Devil Rides To Jarama (tonight); Notos Piano Quartet (December 2); Halifax Concert Band (Saturday); Halifax Symphony Orchestra perform Shostakovich (Sunday); 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 (tomorrow); pantomime Cinderella (December 9-31); Huddersfield Light Opera Company in pantomime Dick Whittington (January 7-14); Dick & Lottie present Alan Ayckbourn’s one-act play presentation Roundelay (January 24-28); a Chris Theatre Collective interest the’s drama that Hamlet (January 17)
Otley Courthouse
otleycourthouse.org.uk
01943 467466
Victorian Folk Extravaganza (Saturday); 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)
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)
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