Music

Exchange Arts Centre, Russell Street, Keighley

01535 661591

exchangearts.co.uk

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

New Variety Club, Russell Street, Keighley

01535 210507

soulshack@blueyonder.co.uk

Northern soul night with the Lancashire’s Soul Survivors guest DJs (February 11, April 8, May 29, 8pm)

Pennington’s Octagon, Bradford Road, Keighley

01274 562252

theoctagonlive.com

The Blues Band (tomorrow); Showaddywaddy tribute band Shomaddymaddy (February 24); 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

Singers nights (tomorrow); Poetry Night (February 17); British folk hero Steve Turner (February 24)

Bingley Arts Centre

01274 567983

bingleyartscentre.co.uk

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

01535 642323

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 (February 27 to March 4); studio plays A Rewarding Affair and Cupboard Love (February 25/26); Spotlight Stage School (March 9-11

Regional

West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds

0113 2137700

wyp.org.uk

Radical new version of George Bernard Shaw’s classic comedy Pygmalion (until February 25); family show Babe The Sheep Pig (Wednesday to February 18);

Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

01274 432000

bradford-theatres.co.uk

Comedian Omid Djalili (tomorrow); Bradford Dance Network brings young people and professionals together for Exchanges (Saturday); 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

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

Sixties 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

Opera North in dark fairytales The Snow Maiden, Hansel And Gretel and Cinderella (until February 25); acclaimed drama The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (February 28 to March 4); Northern Ballet in Casanova (March 11-18); musical La Cage Aux Folles (March 20-25)

Colne Municipal Hall

0844 8884406

themuni.co.uk

Soul Night (Saturday); Cirque du Hilarious (Sunday); drama The Accidental Death Of An Anarchist (February 22-25); 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)

Theatre Royal, Wakefield

01924 211311

theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk

Tribute show Magic – A Kind of Queen (tomorrow); Jimmy Raven Live (Saturday); show Don’t Dribble on the Dragon (Sunday); Opera Boys (Tuesday); Rock Icons (Wednesday); The Jungle Book for ages six-plus (February 17); comedy musician John Shuttleworth in My Last Will and Tasty Mint (February 18); Roy Orbison & The Traveling Wilburys Tribute Show (February 19); Johnny Cash Roadshow (February 26); comedian Chris Ramsey in Is That Chris Ramsey? (February 28); An Evening of Burlesque (March 3)

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

Wharfedale Recorded Music including Stormy Music in the 18th Century (February 22); Desert Island Discs (March 1); 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

Bradford 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 (April 19-22); raconteur Gervase Phinn (April 27); comedian Billy Pearce and Friends (April 29)

Square Chapel Centre for the Arts, Halifax

01422 349422

squarechapel.co.uk

Film screenings A United Kingdom (tomorrow) and La La Land (February 17); Falklands War veteran Simon Weston tells his story (Saturday); multi-instrumental acoustic trio Three Cane Whale (Sunday); 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 talk (March 15)

Harrogate Theatres

01423 502116

harrogatetheatre.co.uk

Whitney Houston tribute Queen Of The Night (tomorrow); 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)