Music

Exchange Arts Centre, Russell Street, Keighley

01535 661591

exchangearts.co.uk

Death metal festival Winter Is Coming with Valafar, Blasphemer, Annunciation and Scryre (Saturday); 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 (Friday); Christmas party with live band Jump Jive And Wail (Wednesday); 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)

Local

Sutton Village Hall

01535 632289

Sutton’s Green Hut Theatre Company presents pantomime Cinderella (tonight to Saturday 7.15pm, also Saturday 2.15pm)

Glusburn Institute

giac.org.uk

01535 630223

Family movie Arthur Christmas (Friday 6pm) with Santa’s grotto from 5pm. Ticket only

Pennington’s Octagon, Bradford Road, Keighley

01274 562252

theoctagonlive.com

Comedian Roy Chubby Brown (tonight); Peter Kay comedy tribute Lee Lard with comedy hypnotist Dave Rawson (December 28)

Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth

bronte.org.uk

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 (until Saturday)

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 (until 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 Saturday); 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); Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon (February 28 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

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 (Saturday)

King’s Hall, Ilkley

01274 432000

bradford-theatres.co.uk

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); comedian and musician John Shuttleworth (February 27); You 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

Musical The Commitments (until Saturday); singer Elaine Paige (Sunday); 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 (until 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

Leeds Philharmonic Chorus with the International Baroque Players perform Handel’s Messiah (Saturday); 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

Pantomime Peter Pan (Saturday to January 2)

Square Chapel, Halifax

01422 349422

squarechapel.co.uk

Cube Choir performs Christmas treats (tonight); comedian Mark Thomas speaks about The Red Shed (tomorrow); The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (Sunday); 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

Pantomime Cinderella (tomorrow to December 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

Topsy Turvy Theatre presents The Lost Present: A Christmas Adventure for ages three to seven (Saturday); 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 (Sunday); Jon Godber play The Empty Nester’s Club (January 25 to February 4); The Jungle Book for ages six-plus (February 17