The Mayor of Beverley’s Civic Jubilee Dinner took place at Longcroft School on Friday 27th April. With music provided by Mr Swing’s Dance Orchestra and food from local caterers 2chefs.co.uk
This week Beverley-based professional theatre company Other Lives Productions reach Hull Truck Theatre on the final leg of their April tour of the East Riding.
Beverley Arts Trust is delighted to announce the dates of the 5th Beverley Puppet Festival, thanks to lottery funding through Arts Council England – to be held on July 13th-15th 2012.
The Mayor of Beverley, Cllr Peter Astell will be holding a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Ball on the 27th April 2012 to celebrate the Queen’s reign on the throne for 60 years.
Beverley Arts Trust and ArtERY Live are delighted to welcome back to East Yorkshire one of Denmark’s most well-known exports, Harald Haugaard and his band.
Tickton Little Theatre held their 12th community pantomime, “Pirates from Atlantis” with a cast of all ages. This swashbuckling story has all the ingredients required, from wicked Princess Sharkina to magical Squibs
The London Theatre Voices come to Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley, on Thursday 12th January 2012 at 7.30pm with ‘A Night of Gilbert and Sullivan.’ Soprano – Julie Dawn Lloyd, Mezzo Soprano – Deborah Davison, Tenor – Ben Kerslake, and Bass – Andrew Tinkler accompanied by Simon Haynes on the piano will sing a selection of Gilbert and Sullivan songs, duets and quartets. If you have ever dreamed of visiting…
Following on from the fantastic success of Fresh 2011, Yorkshire Dance is working with Youth Dance England for a second year to organise Fresh 2012 – an outstanding showcase for the finest youth dance groups from Yorkshire and the Humber. Featuring a range of fantastic pieces and dance styles as diverse as street dance and hip hop to Bollywood and contemporary dance, Fresh 2012 will celebrate the achievements of the…
Longcroft School and Performing Arts College have been setting the hills alive to the sound of music in their production of a classic musical and family favourite. Based on the real story of “The Trapp Family Singers” by Maria Augusta Trapp, “The Sound of Music” premiered on Broadway in 1959. With music and lyrics by the legendary partnership of Rodgers and Hammerstein, it starred theatre veterans Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel….
Off Shoots Musical Theatre Company will be presenting an evening “Off Broadway” on Saturday 26 November at St Nicholas Community Centre, Holmechurch Lane, Beverley. The Concert starts at 7.30 pm and tickets are £8 and £5 for children under 12. The first half will be songs and dance from shows and the second half will be a concert version The Sound of Music. Off Shoots is a stage school for…
Hawleys Auctions viewing sessions have opened today ahead of tomorrow’s auction at Beverley Racecourse. Some of the items that are going under the hammer include a silk advert from a theatre production company in Hull dating back to 1874. There are lots of fine artwork that include also some drawings of Hull dating back to the early 1900’s. Viewing is free and open to everyone running from 10am through till…
The Beverley Theatre Company will be staging their first production of the 2011/12 season when they perform the farce, ‘Blithe Spirit’, at the Memorial Hall, Lairgate, Beverley, from Wednesday, 9-12 November at 7.30pm. The play, written by Noel Coward, was first performed in the 1940’s and centres around the aftermath of a dinner party at which the host arranges a séance for entertainment and to provide research for his new…
Yorkshire Theatres, The Nuns of Watton Priory, East Yorkshire Building Recording and ‘South Riding’ are the subjects of this autumn’s lecture programme held in the Treasure House, organised by the archives & local studies service. This autumn series, now in its eighteenth year, commences with a lecture delivered by Ian Small entitled ‘Tate Wilkinson’s Monarchy – the Yorkshire Theatres in the late 18th Century’ on Friday, 28 October. Dr Michael…
This weekend’s Beverley Food Festival (2nd October 2011) is one of the biggest events of its kind in the north of England and will host stalls from producers from all over the region – and one from as far away as our twin-town Lemgo in Germany. Chefs from local Beverley restaurants will be putting on cooking demonstrations throughout the day, and amongst other attractions, BBC Look North’s Peter Levy will…
The Beverley Theatre Company will be staging their first production of the 2011 – 2012 season when they perform Noel Coward’s classic farce, ‘Blithe Spirit’ at the Memorial Hall in Beverley from the 9th to the 12th November. First staged in 1941 at the Opera House in Manchester, this comedy is billed as ‘an improbable farce’ in which the central characters hold a séance that unleashes a plot full of…
Off Shoots Musical Theatre Company have secured the first amateur production of The Sound of Music for 2011. “This is a fantastic coup for our group of youngsters,” said Martin Cox, Chairman. “We had to get our bid in at the beginning of the year and because this production will be predominantly a youth production Josef Weinberger (the licensees) needed to be sure that we were capable of putting on…
London Theatre Voices will be making a welcome return to the Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley, on Thursday 13 October 2011 at 7.30pm with ‘A Night at the West End.’ Four singers Julie Dawn Lloyd (soprano), Deborah Davison (mezzo soprano), Ben Kerslake (tenor) and Paul Sheehan (baritone) join together as the London Theatre Voices to provide a concert of vocal variety. Many different musical events happen in London from church…
On 26th November Beverley Minster will play host to “That Glorious Noise”, raising money for The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. The evening will be headlined by the superb English tenor Jonathan Ansell who will be supported by Coronation Street’s Holly Quin Ankrah. Jonathan will be accompanied by three of his most skilled and trusted musicians and choral support will come from the Rodillian Singers, an award winning choir from West Yorkshire. …