Music
Exchange Arts Centre, Russell Street, Keighley
01535 661591
exchangearts.co.uk
Blues rock band 69 (Saturday); Keighley doom grunge noise band Loomer (tomorrow); 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 (tomorrow); The Blues Band (February 10); 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, February 10); “one-man folk industry” Pete Coe (February 3); Poetry Night (February 17); British Folk herofolk hero Steve Turner (February 24)
Bingley Arts Centre
01274 567983
bingleyartscentre.co.uk
Bingley Blues Bash with King King, Rhythm Zoo and Wolftones (Saturday); 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
Museum reopens for the year (Wednesday) with 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
Regional
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); 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
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 Sunday); 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)
Bradford Cathedral
01274 432000
bradford-theatres.co.uk
Fidelio Trio play Beethoven, Smetana and Faure (tomorrow); 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)
Colne Municipal Hall
0844 8884406
themuni.co.uk
Wrestling (tomorrow); Soul Night (February 11); Cirque du Hilarious (February 12); 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)
0113 2430808
cityvarieties.co.uk
LipService comedy duo in Jane Austen spoof Mr Darcy Loses The Plot (Saturday); The Blues Band (February 3)
Leeds Town Hall
0113 3760318
leedsfestivalchorus.co.uk
Leeds Festival Chorus performs Haydn’s Creation (March 4) and Verdict’s Requiem (May 20)
St John’s Church Hall, Ben Rhydding
01943 609045
Wharfedale Recorded Music including Composers At Play with Mozart and Beethoven (Wednesday); Wagner, Chopin and Beethoven (February 8); 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
Limelight Theatre School in Beauty And The Beast (Sunday, 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)
squarechapel.co.uk
Film screenings Life, Animated (tomorrow), Anthropoid (February 3), A United Kingdom (February 10) and La La Land (February 17); mesmerising, atmospheric and haunting The Book Of Darkness And Light (tomorrow and Saturday); Simon Weston tells his story (February 11); multi-instrumental acoustic trio Three Cane Whale (February 12); The Edelweiss Pirates, drama set in Germany in 1943 (March 9)
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
01484 430528
thelbt.org
Dick & Lottie present Alan Ayckbourn’s one-act play presentation Roundelay (until Saturday)
Otley Courthouse
otleycourthouse.org.uk
01943 467466
Stand-up comedian Justin Moorhouse (February 4)
Harrogate Theatres
01423 502116
harrogatetheatre.co.uk
Tribute show Rumours Fleetwood Mark (Saturday); Bee Gees tribute You Win Again (February 3); Chinese New Year Extravaganza (February 4); Whitney Houston tribute Queen Of The Night (February 10); comedian Jimmy Carr (March 5); comedian Al Murray The Pub Landlord (March 19); singer Billy Ocean (March 31)
01924 211311
theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk
Jon Godber play The Empty Nester’s Club (until February 4); The Jungle Book for ages six-plus (February 17)
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