Take a trip (From Craven Herald)

Take a trip

2:43pm Thursday 24th May 2012 in Take a Trip

Bradford Alhambra:

Danza Contemporana de Cuba (tomorrow/ Saturday); musicals Starlight Express (Tuesday-June 16) and Legally Blonde (July 3-14); Educating Rita (June 18-23); Agatha Christie drama Murder on the Nile (July 16-21). Phone 01274 432000.

St George’s Hall, Bradford:

Mugenko Taiko Drummers (tomorrow); comedian Stewart Francis (Saturday); singer Chris Difford (May 31). Phone 01274 432000.

Leeds Grand:

Northern Ballet in Gershwin dance show I Got Rhythm (until Saturday); musicals Dirty Dancing (Tuesday-June 23), South Pacific (June 26-July 7), Avenue Q (July 16-21), Phantom of the Opera (August 9-September 15). Phone 0844 848 2705.

Victoria Theatre, Halifax:

Children’s show The Tiger Who Came to Tea (Saturday/Sunday); Neil Hurst sings Musicals and More (Saturday): guitar duo Jinski (June 5); Blues Band (June 14); Halifax Choral Society in a Right Royal Prom (June 16); The Sound of Music (July 18-22). Phone 01422 351158.

West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds:

Tom Stoppard’s drama The Real Thing (until Saturday); family drama Napoli (until Saturday); hip-hop festival Breakin’ Convention (June 2); Peppa Pig’s Treasure (June 7-10); musical Loserville (June 16-July 14). Phone 0113 213 7700.

Leeds Town Hall:

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (June 5/6); Opera North in Wagner’s Die Walkure (June 16, 20, 27). Phone 0113 224 3801.

Harrogate Theatre:

Harrogate Gilbert and Sullivan Society in Yeomen of the Guard (to May 26); The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (May 24 to 26); Peter Kennedy talks about The Battle for Goose Green (May 29); Miles Jupp: Fibber in the Heat (May 30); As The Flames Rose We Danced To The Sirens (May 30). Contact 01423 502116.

Royal Hall, Harrogate:

Bob Geldof performs (May 25); Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers (May 26). Contact 01423 502116

Grand Theatre, Lancaster:

Comedian Rich Hall (May 24); Joe Longthorne (May 26); Vienna Festival Ballet presents a Tchaikovsky gala evening (May 27). Contact 01524 64695.

Muni, Colne:

Devilish Practices, a play created to mark the 400th anniversary of the Pendle Witch Trials (to May 26); Barry and Stuart, stars of BBC1’s The Magicians, in Show and Tell (May 30). Contact 01282 661234.

Ilkley Playhouse:

Playhouse Creatures – an account of the first English actresses allowed upon the stage (May 26). Contact 01943 609539.