A new exhibition at the Treasure House in Beverley, Our Histories Revealed, opens on Saturday , 5 May.
This fascinating social history exhibition, a partnership project with the William Wilberforce Monument Fund, aims to uncover the often hidden stories of people of African descent in the East Riding.
A new exhibition,Beverley’s Satellite Villages, opens at the Beverley Guildhall on Friday, 23 March, with a preview on 21 March.
Beverley’s Satellite Villages, looks beyond Beverley itself to the six villages that lie in a neat circle surrounding the town, and includes Walkington, Bishop Burton, Cherry Burton, Leconfield, Tickton and Woodmansey.
Beverley Theatre Company (BTC) are pleased to announce that Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple will be appearing at the Memorial Hall in their production of ‘A Murder is Announced’, an adaption of the Christie story by Leslie Darbon.
The family and friends of Mrs. Blacklock are all bemused when the weekly copy of the Chipping Cleghorn Gazette arrives with a startling announcement in the personal column – that a murder is to take place at their home, that very day at 6.30pm.
The second Stage4Beverley festival came to an end in stunning style with the ‘Gypsy Folk Rock’ band Holy Moly and The Crackers.
The bunch of wild gypsy troubadours finished off the festival on Sunday with an exciting and visceral blend of rock, pop, folk, blues, balkan, klezmer, ska and reggae.
This weeks best selling albums at Bug Vinyl Records have been released and Greg Porter is the top seller of the week, climbing 6 places in the charts to make it to number one.
Compiled by the independent record store on Ladygate, Beverley, this week sees a few new entries including White Stripes, Boosty Collins and Morrissey who come in at number 2.
This Christmas, East Riding Theatre (ERT) in Beverley will transport audiences to 1940s America as it brings to life a magical stage adaptation of Frank Capra’s classic film It’s a Wonderful Life.
Frequently voted as the best-ever Christmas movie, this heart-warming story follows the fortunes of George Bailey, a small-town clerk facing financial ruin who wonders if his town would be better off without him.
This weeks best selling albums at Bug Vinyl Records have been released and it is REM who top the sales for the week their 25th Anniversary Edition of Automatic for the People.
Compiled by the independent record store on Ladygate, Beverley, REM are joined by some other big names in music including George Micheal.
Comic-with-guitar Mitch Benn, well-known for his musical turns on Radio 4’s The Now Show, brings his new show, Don’t Fear The Reaper, to the East Riding Theatre in Beverley on the 25 November.
It’s been a morbid time for musical satirist Mitch Benn; he’s turned 46 — over the hill by anyone’s standards — his personal life is in turmoil, and his childhood heroes are dropping like flies.
Richard Durrant will be making a welcome return to Beverley for a Candlelit Christmas Concert. He will be at Toll Gavel United Church on Thursday, 14 December at 7.30pm.
This year Richard is once again joined by master folk fiddler Nick Pynn and singer Amy Kakoura, two musicians who help take this show into the heart of Christmas.
So, the nights are getting darker now and there’s a chilly nip in the air. As summer has become a distant memory and the days are getting colder, there may not seem like a lot to do in the lead up to Christmas.
But fear not, there are still plenty of ways to enjoy your weekends without splashing the cash, so get your big coat on and walking boots on as you enjoy some of the best East Yorkshire has to offer.
The region’s most eclectic music festival is on a roll … having already announced that Stage4Beverley had responded to demand by adding an extra day for its 2018 festival, the organisers have done it again, with news that the event will now stretch over five days.
The festival will once again be based at Beverley’s East Riding Theatre, taking over the theatre from February 14th to the 18th, with a line-up bridging diverse musical genres, from folk to blues, jazz to classical, Americana to world music and more.
Dr Gerardine Mulcahy-Parker, curator of the exhibition that showcases digital painting and sculpture will help introduce digital art to a wider audience.
The new exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery called ‘A Cultural Pilgrimage from Beverley to Hull’ features the work of Gary Saunt, an artist based in Beverley and sculptures by his daughter Kat Saunt.
The John Godber Company will be staging a new production of classic Yorkshire novel Wuthering Heights this November at The East Riding Theatre in Beverley, as well as two nights at Wakefield Theatre Royal.
The production, which is written and directed by BAFTA winner Jane Thornton, the recent writer of the international hit show OCHO, which sold out at the East Riding Theatre
There are still tickets available for Britten Sinfonia’s presentation of Mother Goose on Saturday, 21 October 2017, at 2pm at Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley, as part of the Classically Yours series.
This will be an interactive concert, designed to introduce children to the delights of classical repertoire for chamber orchestra in a fun and collaborative environment.
Beverley Musical Theatre are appealing to the public for help as they look to track down a spindle for their upcoming production Sleeping Beauty.
Sleeping Beauty will be the Beverley Musical Theatre’s 28th pantomime, but without a spindle the group are worried they will not be able to send her to sleep for hundreds of years.
Gary Horrocks – writer, IT/information professional and editor of “Judy Garland – a Celebration” – discusses Beverley Film Society’s upcoming BIG SCREEN showcase of A Star is Born, Beverley Parkway Cinema, Sunday October 15th.
“‘A Star Is Born’, in all of its restored 181 minute glory, is very much Judy Garland’s triumph, conceived as a showcase for her extraordinary talent as a singer, dancer, actress and comedienne.
Opening on 5th October, East Riding Theatre in Beverley is producing Kiss Me by Richard Bean, writer of sell-out shows The Hypocrite at Hull Truck Theatre and international hit One Man Two Guvnors in London’s West End and on Broadway.
Kiss Me transferred from Hampstead Theatre to the West End earlier this year, but ERT’s show will be the first time the play has been produced outside of London.
Beverley Theatre Company are happy to announce that their next production will be “The Vicar of Dibley”, based on the popular BBC comedy series starring Dawn French.
Tony Musgrave, Chairman of the Beverley Theatre Company, says that the show is keeping with the hit TV show and is packed with laughter.