Music
Exchange Arts Centre, Russell Street, Keighley
01535 661591
exchangearts.co.uk
Keighley doom grunge noise band Loomer (January 27); blues rock band 69 (January 28); AC/DC tribute act Highway To Hull (February 4); 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
Pennington’s Octagon, Bradford Road, Keighley
01274 562252
theoctagonlive.com
Tribute band Complete Madness (January 27); blues performers Martin Barre Band (January 20); The Blues Band (February 10)
Baccapipes Folk Club
01535 605310
baccapipes.org.uk
Singers nights (January 13 and 27, February 10); guitar, flute and voice from Gordon Tyrall (tomorrow); singer-guitarist Dave Burland (January 20); “one-man folk industry” Pete Coe (February 3); Poetry Night (February 17); British folk hero Steve Turner (February 24)
Bingley Arts Centre
01274 567983
bingleyartscentre.co.uk
Bingley Blues Bash with King King, Rhythm Zoo and Wolftones (January 28); Peter Frank And The Dixieland All Stars perform in aid of Manorlands (March 24)
Local
Oakworth Methodist Church
01535 642625
oakworthmethodists.org
Pantomime adventure Sinbad The Sailor (February 18-25)
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
Bingley Little Theatre in Arthur Miller drama The Price (January 16-21) and Sutton Vane drama Outward Bound (February 27 to March 4); studio plays A Rewarding Affair and Cupboard Love (February 25/26); 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
Roald Dahl’s The Witches for over-fives (until January 21); UK premiere of hit musical Strictly Ballroom (until January 21); radical new version of George Bernard Shaw’s classic comedy Pygmalion (February 4-25); family show Babe The Sheep Pig (February 15-18); Northern Broadsides in romantic comedy Cyrano (February 28 to March 4); Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet set in the north (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
Billy Pearce in pantomime Peter Pan (until 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)
King’s Hall, Ilkley
01274 432000
bradford-theatres.co.uk
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
Northern Ballet in Beauty And The Beast (until Saturday); 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 Saturday) 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 Sunday); 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)
Victoria Theatre, Halifax
01422 351158
victoriatheatre.co.uk
Limelight Theatre School in Beauty And The Beast (January 29, 2pm); Cannon & Ball, Johnnie Casson and Stu Francis in comedy play The Dressing Room (February 5); Phil Tufnell promises An Evening With Aggers & Tuffers (February 7); 70s rock band Smokie (February 17); tribute show Bowie Experience (February 25); children’s show Jurassic Adventures (February 26); 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); tribute show Johnny Cash Roadshow (March 25); Champions Of Magic promise mind reading, close-up magic and large-scale illusions (April 5); children’s TV actress Dani Harmer in Easter panto Robin Hood (April 8); Strictly Come Dancing professionals Aljaz and Janette in Fred Astaire show (April 11); Solid Silver 60s Show with Merseybeats, Dave Berry, Wayne Fontana, Chris Montez and Vanity Fare (April 13); HAOS Productions in musical Anything Goes (April 19-22); raconteur Gervase Phinn (April 27); comedian Billy Pearce and Friends (April 29)
Square Chapel, Halifax
01422 349422
squarechapel.co.uk
Orchestra of Square Chapel in New Year’s Gala Concert (Sunday 3pm)
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
01484 430528
thelbt.org
Huddersfield Light Opera Company in pantomime Dick Whittington (Saturday to January 14); Dick & Lottie present Alan Ayckbourn’s one-act play presentation Roundelay (January 24-28); Icarus Theatre Collective in Shakespeare tragedy Hamlet (January 17)
Otley Courthouse
otleycourthouse.org.uk
01943 467466
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
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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