This bold new production of Hanif Kureishi’s iconic and Oscar-nominated screenplay, explores issues of sexuality, cultural conflict, gender equality, class and generational strife, presented against a funky backdrop of 80s music and culture. Set in London during the Thatcher years, My Beautiful Laundrette tells the story of young British Pakistani, Omar, who transforms his Uncle’s ... Read more
Join us for a 5 week session of Storytelling workshops with Saskia Solomons at Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood. Tuesday Afternoons 2 -4 p.m. Everyone has a tale to tell, but how do we turn a memory into story? This workshop will provide a warm and welcoming space to explore our personal histories and develop ... Read more
We always like to bring you the latest cutting-edge talks from Glastonbury Symposium, with covers Truth, Mysteries, and New Frontiers. The main aim of the Symposium is to bring in speakers from around the world and to give people information that isn’t so easy to get from else-where. They have conversations and presentations about the ... Read more
On a cold Christmas night in bohemian Paris, Mimì knocks on Rodolfo’s door in search of a candle and a love is sparked that changes their lives forever. But can this love survive the harsh winter? Set in the bustling clubs and cafés of early-60s Paris, don’t miss Opera North’s production of one of the ... Read more
Presented by Thunder Road & Harrogate Theatre, Something is rotten in the town of Inglenook. Sour milk, unread post, dogs howling day and night, the locals are vanishing...seemingly into thin air. As fear haunts the remaining few, a young scientist is disturbed by a noise underground. It’s the sound of terror, and it’s getting louder. ... Read more
Step into the world of Dracula – if you dare…. Seducing countless generations, Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire lives on in this extraordinary ballet. The dark tale of the immortal Count is played out through Northern Ballet’s blend of sensuous dancing and gripping theatre enhanced by gothic sets and costumes. If you think you know what ... Read more
Directed by Tony Award winner Bart Sher (South Pacific, My Fair Lady - Broadway), this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to witness this glorious production, direct from its record breaking season at The London Palladium. This 5-star, critically acclaimed, Lincoln Centre Theatre’s production stars the West End’s Annalene Beechey and Broadway’s Jose Llana. ... Read more
Inspired by Satinder Kaur Chohan’s play by the same name, ‘Half of Me’ explores the often unheard stories of young people born through Assisted Reproductive Technologies, such as IVF. The story draws parallels with the famous Indian epic the Mahabharata, in which the biological mother Kunti meets her abandoned son Karna after he is ... Read more
‘An American in Paris’ is a romantic musical inspired by the 1951 film of the same name incorporating songs from George and Ira Gershwin. The book is by Craig Lucas. The musical won several Tony Awards. The Broadway production closed in October 2016. A US national tour opened in the autumn of 2016 in ... Read more
Meet Carol at the Duke of Wellington Inn Main Street East Keswick LS17 9DB for a 5 mile walk around East Keswick with long distant views on Almscliffe Crag and the White Horse of Kilburn. As this is Remembrance Day any poems can be on ‘Memories’. Please bring a packed lunch and a drink. There ... Read more
