City Varieties – The Good Old Days

Bernie Clifton and Bobby Crush top the bill as The Good Old Days returns to City Varieties Music Hall from 17 September. The New Variety Dancers and a variety of acts will join the. Mr Paul Smith will direct the Varieties Orchestra. Bernie Clifton is a household name – a versatile entertainer on tv and on stage through […]

Northern Ballet’s Dangerous Liaisons Returns to Leeds Playhouse

The bodice-ripping, scandal-dripping tale of love and betrayal is back at the Playhouse from 2 – 11 September, adapted by Northern Ballet, choreographed by David Nixon OBE and performed to music by Antonio Vivaldi. Two bored aristocrats spin a web of heartbreak and ruin as Northern Ballet’s Sinfonia performs Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, a rousing […]

Waitress – Coming to Leeds Grand Theatre

The smash-hit musical comedy Waitress is at Leeds Grand Theatre from Tuesday 14 – Saturday 18 September, brought to the stage by a ground-breaking female-led creative team. Jenna dreams of being happy some day as she expertly makes her pies and waits on tables – but life easily becomes complicated when a new doctor comes […]

CORA is Launching an Evening Tasting Menu

Elizabeth Cottam’s latest venture is CORA, a contemporary bake house, dining room and wine cellar based in Boston Spa. It hasn’t taken long for her to expand to an evening tasting menu. CORA only opened in spring 2021 as an innovative bakery with a patisserie-based brunch and daytime tasting menu. CORA’s new and diverse offering […]

Leeds Grand Youth Theatre – Sharing Lockdown Work

Leeds Grand Youth Theatre (LGYT) presented an evening of original writing, songs and choreography in a special, one-off Summer Sharing for friends and family on Saturday 31 July. This took the place of their usual summer musical. It was accompanied by three short behind-the-scenes films by film-maker Kerry Maule to document and celebrate everything LGYT […]