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Browns Help Christmas Lights Appeal Raise £1600

November 4, 2010

Beverley department store Browns have vowed to stage the Christmas Lights Appeal Fashion Show again next year after they admitted they were delighted with the response to this year’s event. Manager Louise Grant, whose store took over and ran the popular event after usual venue the Memorial Hall was unavailable, said the show raised more than £1,600 for the Beverley Christmas Lights Appeal. Members of staff, friends and family all…

Beverley Theatre Company Presents ‘Plaza Suite’

October 27, 2010

The Beverley Theatre Company will be staging their first production of the 2010 / 11 season when they perform the comedy, ‘Plaza Suite’ at the Memorial Hall in Beverley from the 10th to the 13th November. The play, written by Neil Simon, was originally performed in New York in 1968, and the three acts see three different couples dealing with very different issues in the same hotel room. Karen and…

No Soup Delighted With Success Of Summer Productions

October 27, 2010

Local theatre company ‘No Soup!’ Productions performed their latest play ‘Marvell at Midnight’ in the Beverley Minster Parish Hall. This show was one of many including performances in Selby, Newcastle, Camden (London), and at the Edinburgh Fringe. ‘Marvell at Midnight’ is an original play suffused with jazz, comedy, surrealism and accordions: a vibrant expose of the trials and triumphs of up-and-coming artists in 1930’s Hull. The performance is punctuated by…

Volunteers Contribute to Food Festival

October 3, 2010

Today, a team of young volunteers turned out from CSV East Riding’s Vinvolved Team and East Riding College Beverley, to support the annual Beverley Food Festival. They brought Bertie Beaver, the town mascot to life and helped with a consultation of the event by asking visitors what they thought of this popular community event. In addition, the now ubiquitous Vmedia Crew spent the day filming and photographing the proceedings and…

The Beverley Food Festival 2010

October 3, 2010

The Beverley Food Festival was held today and despite the poor weather organisers were pleased with the number of people who braved the rain to venture into the centre of Beverley. As the rain fell, the Beverley Brass Band lifted the spirits of people with their music, while inside the shelter of the Cookery Theatre Marquee, top local chef David Nowell hosted a series of food themed demonstrations. The event…

Local Theatre Company Explores Deep Meanings

September 29, 2010

Theatre company Other Lives Productions has announced the double-bill of plays which it will take on tour around East Riding villages this autumn. The Beverley-based company is presenting “Is There Anybody There…?”, described as a light-hearted sortie into the metaphysical – the world beyond the normal. Mysteries, ghosts and so forth will feature, with a first half comprising stories which will be recited by actors Neil King and Richard Avery….

Books Come Alive at Beverley Literature Festival

Fiction, politics, geology, poetry, biography and lots of workshops to get involved with – Beverley Literature Festival (1 to 10 October), organised by East Riding Libraries, once again brings you the best in writing, whatever the subject. This year the festival has expanded its programme for children to give young readers in the East Riding a fun-packed weekend of performances, readings, making sessions and story-telling of all kinds – all…

September 20, 2010

The Beverley Food Festival 2010

September 14, 2010

The Beverley Food Festival, organised by Beverley Town Council, will be returning to the town for a fifth year on Sunday 3rd October 2010. Located in Saturday Market Place, with 70 stalls selling local food from Beverley and the East Riding and a 200-seat food theatre marquee, the event annually attracts upwards of 10,000 residents and visitors. Town Councillor Matt Snowden, Chairman and founder of the event, said: “On behalf…

Beverley Musical Theatre Seek Actors

Beverley Musical Theatre’s annual pantomime this year is Mother Goose, and its on from 23rd to 27th November at the Beverley Memorial Hall in Beverley. There are loads of songs and dances and comedy and booing and hissing. If folks want to be a part of it, they can come along to the first rehearsal of the panto this Wednesday 1st September at 7 30pm at Tickton Methodist Church. Anymore info needed,…

September 8, 2010

East Riding Concert Series

A wonderful concert series, organised by the council’s arts development service, awaits East Riding concert-goers in the forthcoming season, bringing music to your doorstep from October 2010 through to May 2011. This season offers a wide variety of concerts at Beverley, Bridlington and Pocklington. The season opens in style with a welcome return from London Theatre Voices presenting ‘Opera, Opera, Opera’ at The Pocklington Arts Centre on Wednesday, 6 October…

August 5, 2010

‘Dazzle’ @ The Beverley Memorial Hall

July 23, 2010

The Beverley Musical Theatre ‘Off Shoots’ opened the doors for their first night of ‘Dazzle’ at the Beverley Memorial Hall. The production was very entertaining and if you missed it you can see it this Saturday. Tickets can be purchased on the door for just £6 and is suitable for all the family. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery…

Longcroft Pupil Scoops Top Award

July 22, 2010

Beverley schoolgirl Shannon Lockyer admitted she was absolutely shocked after being presented with a thoroughly-deserved award by the Humber Education and Business Partnership. Longcroft School and Performing Arts College student Shannon, 15, from Hargreave Close, is in the first year of her newly-created Creative Media Diploma Course. As a major part of her course, Shannon and her class-mates have used all aspects of the media – from interviewing to editing…

Beverley Puppet Festival: Perfect for all the Family

July 13, 2010

Beverley’s fourth Puppet Festival opens in style at Armstrongs Social Club tomorrow night. Todmorden’s Thingumajig Theatre are performing their acclaimed show A November Day, at Armstrongs (8pm), in association with the Imperial War Museum North. It tells the story of a woman who discovers the story of her grandfather, a First World War veteran, and his unexpected encounter with a stray dog in the trenches. With the recent passing of…

Beverley’s Annual Puppet Festival

June 29, 2010

Beverley’s fourth annual Puppet Festival is set to be the best yet when it gets under-way next month. Running from Friday 16 to Sunday 18 July, theatre groups and companies from across the UK and beyond will perform in venues around the town. The three main venues for the festival will be Armstrongs Social Club, Beverley Friary and Beverley Leisure Centre, while there will also be a number of outdoor…

World Puppets @ Beverley Art Gallery

June 25, 2010

The Beverley Art Gallery is to feature a collection of puppets from all over the world. The gallery in the Treasure House, Champney Road, is holding the exhibition from 26 June to 18 July as part of the Beverley Puppet Festival taking place from 16-18 July. Sally Hayes, gallery curator, said: “The puppets are spectacular. Some are very old while others are quite new but equally colourful – and some…

Racecourse Celebrates Success of New Race Night

June 18, 2010

Beverley Racecourse was awash with padlocks and keys last night, when a themed race night called Lucky in Love took place for the first time and thousands of revellers descended on the venue. The popular racecourse and events centre, based in York Road, Beverley, organised the themed race meeting to attract a new generation of racegoers, who were each issued with either a padlock or a key on arrival –…

‘P.Arts’ Spring Half Term Workshops

May 27, 2010

Young people in Beverley can enjoy an active and fulfilling half-term thanks to East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s arts development team. Toll Gavel Methodist Church is hosting two ‘P.arts’ workshops on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 June for children aged eight and over. On Tuesday, Human Compass Theatre will put on Whodunnit?, a fun day of ‘mystery and deception’ which culminates in the production of a murder mystery play in…

Paul Lock Targets UK Title

May 18, 2010

Beverley bodybuilder Paul Lock has set his sights firmly on becoming the champion of Britain following a superb performance in the regional qualifiers on Saturday.

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