There’s a great school holiday project at Thackray Museum in Leeds for the school holidays and beyond. From Saturday 27th October until Christmas, mini-explorers are invited to seek out a whole host of historical ‘health heroes’ hidden throughout the Museum, to be in with the chance of winning a LEGO-themed prize. However, this treasure-hunt comes […]
If you are expecting to see yet another shallow, loosely constructed piece written around the hits of Cilla Black then you are in for a big surprise. Cilla the Musical is a well-constructed piece that rightly deserves the title “musical”. It’s not just another juke-box musical. It has substance, heart and soul and a […]
Phoenix Dance Theatre’s annual production Phoenix at Home opens this Thursday at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre in Leeds for three nights only. The Leeds-based company tour internationally, but for eight years have kept a date in the diary for a performance in their home city. This year’s production is a reworked version of […]
Prep yourself for bier and bratwurst, because Germany’s largest beer festival is back! This year’s Oktoberfest Leeds will be held 11-13th October, and tickets are already flying out. Less than 100 tickets remain for Friday, and Thursday is close behind. Only a select few Saturday tickets remain. Get ready to swing a stein or two […]
PRS for Music has partnered with social enterprise Come Play With Me and community venue Leeds Music Hub to create a special free-to-attend day of discussion and celebration Women in Music on Sunday 14 October. Panels on engineering, production, songwriting and the music industry, will see experts including Leeds singer-songwriter, Hannah Trigwell, PRS for Music […]
Sir Cliff Richard is without a doubt one of our greatest musical treasures. With a staggering 103 album releases, a record breaking 123 single hits and the equivalent of 20 years spent in the UK charts, voted Britain’s “Ultimate Pop Star”, 2018 sees Sir Cliff celebrate his 60th anniversary in the music business. Now for […]
Following phenomenal success up and down the country, Cilla the Musical is set to run at Leeds Grand Theatre from Tuesday 16 to Saturday 20 October 2018. Something Tells Me Leeds audiences are going to love it. Produced by Bill Kenwright, Laurie Mansfield and Robert Willis, the show stars Kara Lily Hayworth as Cilla. Kara […]
Bongo’s Bingo Leeds Oktoberfest at South Bank Depot 5ive perform on Wednesday 10th and Fatman Scoop on Monday 15th October Bongo’s Bingo is returning to Leeds with a huge confetti-filled bang, complete with box loads of glow sticks, a Henry Hoover and gallons of Buckfast to warm the cockles as the nights draw in. […]
Knot and weave your very own Woven Placement at this workshop with Craftiosity. Using raffia in a spectrum of autumnal colours, guests will create their own beautifully bohemian, frame-free piece of artwork to take home and admire. Tickets cost £25, which is redeemable against purchases of £35 or more.* Leeds Store Victoria Gate Shopping Centre, […]
Leeds Grand Theatre is reaching out to Motown fans of yesteryear who witnessed the debuts of Soul legends Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder in Leeds in the 1960s. More than 50 years ago, as the music icons were just embarking on their careers, they hit the stage at the Odeon on Briggate on 31 March […]