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07 | Note From The Editor 10 | In The News 15 | Billy Pearce
20 | St Blaise Festival 24 | Rob Grillo
30 | Simon Sugden
36 | Picks Of The Month 40 | What’s On?
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Originally a 13th century quarry, the site had been closed off for more than half a century before developer Graham Hall began to excavate the site and draw up plans for the new development.
It will house a collection of his early works owned by Bradford Council, many of which have not been seen in public for decades.
Bradford’s newest city centre retail and leisure destination has been officially opened. The £1.9million Sunbridge Wells tunnels have been converted into an underground network of bars and boutique shops spread over three levels.
It has taken Graham nine years to turn his vision into reality and the project faced several delays due to the complexity of the building structure. However, early signs show it was worth the wait as hundreds flocked to see the development over the opening weekend. The second phase of the development is set to open later in the year.
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The life and work of David Hockney will be celebrated with a new permanent gallery at Cartwright Hall. The David Hockney Gallery will open on 7 July 2017, two days before the Eccleshillborn artist’s 80th birthday.
Jill Iredale, curator at Cartwright Hall, said: “It was important to us that we mark this birthday of one of the world’s most significant, influential and engaging artists, who just happens to be from Bradford. “This new gallery will be a place where people will be able to see what inspired Hockney while he was here in the city and engage directly with some of his work from then through to now.”
Media Museum appoints Curator of Photography
Dr Geoffrey Belknap, a historian of photography, visual culture and Victorian science, has been appointed Curator of Photography and Photographic Technology at the National Media Museum. Dr Belknap has spent a large part of his career studying and writing about photography: in particular its contribution to scientific communication in the Victorian era and the publication of photographs in 19th century periodicals. He has previously worked at Harvard University, leading a team of graduates in a study of Charles Darwin’s personal correspondence and use of photographs at the time On the Origin of Species was being produced. He completed a PhD at Cambridge University which included an analysis of photographic images in the British periodical press in the late 1800s. From June he will be responsible for the Museum’s collection of photographs and items of photographic equipment, including internationally renowned works and objects from the Daily Herald, Kodak, and Impressions Gallery collections.
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Billy Pearce
The Panto King is back at the Bradford Alhambra for his 18th season, playing Smee in a spectacular production of Peter Pan. by Haigh Simpson
But it has changed a lot, especially with the special effects. I’ve flown over the audience in a helicopter, on a magic carpet and on a motorbike. I think people come to expect it The money! But in all seriousness I love it. It’s now but we were the first pantomime to use a beautiful theatre, all the staff and crew are 3D scenery in Aladdin in 2015 and it went great, I can be at home for Christmas, the down so well that it’s become commonplace. productions are always really good and I love You’ve got to move with the times and we’ve being part of it. I’m a lucky man. been at the forefront.
It’s your 18th panto at the Alhambra. What makes you want to come back to Bradford each year to do panto?
Has the Alhambra Theatre become a special place for you?
How much of a say do you have in the script and the rest of the production?
Oh yeah. Sometimes I go see other shows there and I sit in the stalls and I can’t believe I’ve been lucky enough to pace up and down that stage shouting at 1,200 people
They kind of give me carte blanche really. Basically, I get a script and I try and make it funny. I’m always trying to improve it and tweak it so that it works. That’s where I come in handy really because I’ve learned what works and what doesn’t. But it is a combined effort, it’s not just down to me.
Can you tell us a bit about this year’s show? This year it’s Peter Pan. Darren Day is Captain Hook and John Lee from S Club 7 is Peter Pan. I play Smee, who is Captain Hook’s sidekick and the essence of the story is that I want to be a Pirate but when I find out how evil he is I finish up on Peter Pan’s side. There’s all sorts of fun and games in between and we’ve got a giant crocodile and some really exciting 3D sequences.
I imagine that continues to develop throughout the run as well?
You mentioned 3D sequences and giant crocodiles, do you feel the panto has changed a lot since you started?
Haha, yes. Nobody bothers me, they just let me get on with it. As long as I don’t overstep the mark of course, which I haven’t really done.
Well, this may sound big-headed but we are sort of in the first division at Bradford. They spend a lot of money on it and you can see that in the costumes, the set and the special effects. It’s great for us. But that doesn’t take anything away from the smaller pantomimes who don’t quite have our budget as it’s a fantastic format and there’s a charm to any pantomime.
Without a doubt. The audience tell you where the laughs are...there were some really funny bits last year but they weren’t in the script.
Are you encouraged to ad-lib?
Do you ever watch other pantomimes to see how you compare? I very rarely see another pantomime because ours is such a long run. The only one we’ve been to see recently is the one at the Birmingham Hippodrome. It is interesting to see other pantomimes and I wish I could go see more.
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How do you keep motivated and on top form for such a long run?
Has injury or illness ever got in the way of that?
I love it for a start. And if you’re surrounded by young and enthusiastic people it rubs off on you. There’s a lot of energy around and I do keep the pace up so that the final shows are just as energetic - if not more so - than the first shows. It is hard work and I usually lose about a stone over the run, but I need to do! But I’ll always I give it every ounce of strength I can give it. It’s the audiences really that allow that to happen. Making them laugh is a powerful thing to be able to do and I love it.
Yeah, I’ve had broken ribs, broken fingers, broken toes. My hamstring went once and that were right painful. The other year I knocked myself out putting the bins out. It was frosty outside and I was trying to put this big cardboard box into the bin and I fell straight over onto my head. I headbutted the patio, knocked myself out and I had to have eight or nine stitches in my eyebrow. They kept me in hospital overnight and my head were banging, it felt like my head was a bell and somebody was hitting it with a lump
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hammer. I said to the nurse, ‘I’m gonna be in pantomime at two o’clock’, she said ‘No you won’t’, I said ‘I will, there are a thousand kids depending on me.’
How long do you think you will go on doing pantomime? I’ve got no intentions of retiring. They say you don’t retire, the phone stops ringing. Well, I’ve been busier than ever this year. I’ve done a play and I’ve done lots of clubs. I had my own show in Scarborough three days a week. Next year is the same, I’ve got three days off after touring and then I’m in a play called Seriously Dead. Then I’m doing Mr Toad in Wind In The Willows for a couple of weeks. So I’ve hardly got a day off until the end of June.
I was going to ask what you do to relax once the panto season ends! Haha, well that’s just the way it has worked out this year and you can’t really control these things. There have been years when I’ve had time off and you just flop about the house. You get pantomime blues, because it’s been such a big part of your life and all of a sudden it stops. It’s coming down to earth after such a big high.
Do you feel a weight of responsibility as the face of the pantomime, knowing lots of people come to see you? Yes, absolutely. They pay a lot of money to come and see it and we have to get it right. The audience are the most important people and I do alwaysthank them in my act.
Are there any of your co-stars over the years who you haven’t got on with? Yeah, very much so. There have been some people who I’ve been looking forward to working with who have turned out to be right miserable. Haha. To be in panto you have to be a team player and sometimes you get people who don’t want to be part of a team. There have been one or two who maybe thought they were above everyone else, you get that in showbiz. But it doesn’t go down well in Yorkshire! To have done it as long as I’ve done you’re bound to come across people who you don’t click with, but generally speaking everyone I have worked with has been fantastic. The last few years couldn’t have been better. I’m still friends with a lot of them which is really good.
What about during the run, how do you I imagine they can learn a lot from you wind down on an evening between shows? as well? Get pissed, haha. To be honest, I’m that buggered after doing two shows that I come home, have a bowl of soup and a mug of tea or maybe a glass of wine and conk out. You’ve got to do it all again the next day so you need your sleep. Also I’m not a spring chicken anymore. I used to go out partying and all that but I can’t do that anymore. But I wouldn’t anyway because there are people relying on me and expecting me to perform and do my job properly.
Well, I’m working with Darren Day this year and I’ve known Darren for a long time. He’s doing a sterling job of it but he’s been very complimentary towards me. He said, ‘I’ve always wanted to do pantomime with you because you’re the master’. It was a bit embarrassing but for somebody like him to say that is very humbling. I’ve written a couple of bits for him, like I do with anyone. I think that helps, rather than cutting myself off. Lead Feature 17
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If you know Bradford’s history very well you’ll know the name of Saint Blaise. If you’re Catholic you may know him for the Blessing Of The Throats on his feast day, 3 February. If you went to St. Blaise Middle School you may have a memory of him being ‘woolcombed’ to death, but for most Bradfordians he’s unknown. It turns out that Bradford’s biggest ever processions were organised by woolcombers to celebrate Bishop Blaise, although the last one was in 1825! Now local poet and showman Glyn Watkins is trying to get us celebrating him again, with the Bring Back St. Blaise Festival next February. When did you do your first Saint Blaise day?
So why did Bradford stop celebrating Blaise?
Well. I think I led the first walk along the route of the 1825 procession in the first February the Sparrow Bier Cafe was open, whenever that was, but I had tried to get Bradford interested in remembering its own saint several times before that.
The celebration in 1825 united the wool trade, from the owner of the new steampowered factory to the shepherds. Unfortunately Bradford’s woolcombers and handloom weavers went on strike just afterwards and lost, after a very bitter struggle. The woolcombers were broken, and nobody else had the ability or inclination to do anything about Blaise, so he was almost totally forgotten.
We had to ask the Sparrow for the date. Turns out Glyn did the walk in 2012, and he’s well known at the Sparrow. He had an exhibition of his Pylon art and poetry there soon after it opened, has done several J.B. Priestley, Pie and Proud of Bradford shows and ran a hatthrowing competition from there at the first North Parade Street Party. Anyway, back to the questions.
What made you try and restart the St. Blaise celebration? I think I wanted to do something the first time I read about Blaise, decades ago. I was fascinated by how Bradford woolcombers organised massive celebrations of Bishop Blaise, as they called him, every seven years. So 200 years ago deeply non-conformist Bradford was celebrating an Armenian Martyr’s feast day! Everybody in the wool trade - which was most of Bradford then was dressing up and parading around the town on 3 February. That’s got to be worth doing again, surely?
Almost totally? There are little bits of Blaise around Bradford. There’s St Blaise Square, and Court, and a good statue of him on the clock tower of the Wool Exchange - if you go up the steps to Waterstones he’s on your left - and another in the Cathedral. The Catholic Middle School was named for his local connection, but even that was shut a decade ago.
And now you’re starting a Festival? I called this a festival from the beginning, even though there was only me doing it at first! There’s no point starting something like this if you don’t think it could be big. As I said, it must be worth making an effort to get Bradford to try and have a bit of fun remembering its own history? And it turns out some people agree with me. Interview Feature 21
So it’s not just you now? No. There is now a small group of us, nearly all North Parade-based. We even have an events coordinator in Samantha Wass. Both the Cathedral and the Industrial Museum have committed to exhibitions, and Salamander Brewery are brewing a special Saint Blaise Armenian Ale.
So you’re optimistic about the next St Blaise day? Yes, after a few years that felt like I was combing candy floss, 2017 could be the year the Bring Back St Blaise’s Festival actually brings the Festival back. Salamander and Waterstones are both sponsoring in kind - one’s giving beer, the other books, you can work out which Everything is still grass - or rather wool roots. Sort of woolly fringe, but we really need more support for programmes, posters and the like. But we’ll cut our cloth to suit, whatever happens.
Woolly Fringe?
If anyone is doing any kind of an event over the Festival weekend, then they can be in the Festival. Well as long as it’s legal, and they promise to advertise the Festival. In exchange we will advertise them as well as we can. This is Bradford combing things out for itself, like they were once proud to do.
This year’s Bring Back St. Blaise’s Festival runs over the weekend of 3rd February. Events booked so far; Friday 3 February. Bring Back St Blaise Evening at Salamander Brewery. Pictures, stories and some music. With Saint Blaise’s Armenian Ale available. Saturday 4 February. Bring Back St. Blaise Procession. Guided walk of around 7,000 steps around Bradford. Starting at the Record Cafe on North Parade. Meeting 10am. Setting off 10.30. Cathedral, Paper Hall, Wool Exchange, City Hall, Jacobs, Priestley Statue, Bradford Beck, Lord Clyde, Kirkgate, finishing at the Sparrow before 1.30pm. Sunday 5 February. Bring Back Great Knits Exhibition at Bradford Cathedral. Knitting with a Bradford link or a story. Sunday 5 February. Bring Back Blaise Wool Day at the Bradford Industrial Museum. A small exhibition on Bradford and Bishop Blaise. The Guild of Spinners and Weavers will be demonstrating, there may be music and The Sparrow will be running a pop-up bar. You can contact the Festival at bringbackstblaise@gmail.com. Check www.bradwan.com or search #bringbackstblaise
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Rob Grillo is a local writer whose new book - Is That The 12” Remix? - is a fascinating personal history of the 1980s and listening to great music. by James Collingwood
Hi Rob. Just been reading Is That The 12” Remix? and it’s a fantastic book. A lot of it really resonated with me as I’m a similar age to you, brought up in the 80s. First of all, if someone had never heard or bought a 12” single in their life, what would you say makes these discs special compared to other formats? A 12” single is basically a vinyl single that’s the size of an album! In the 1980s it usually had an extended version or remix of the song you could buy as a regular 7” single, or even an extra track or two. The 1980s saw the rise and rise of the 12” single as a means of getting fans to buy more copies of records released by their favourite bands. It got a little bit out of hand, because by the end of the decade the format was being used as a creative marketing tool – sometimes you could buy three different 12” singles for the same song, each containing a different remix. The fans loved it though.
You talk about your formative experiences at Greenhead Youth Club in Keighley. Were there any other clubs at the time that influenced your musical taste? 24 Interview Feature
Not really. Greenhead Youth Club was the place to be on a Friday evening if you were in your early teens in Keighley in the early 1980s. The disco was tiny but fantastic, and we really looked up to Steve Lambert – the DJ – who introduced us to music that we might not have heard otherwise. Many of the records he played weren’t well known outside the clubs, so we quickly realised there was life outside the top 40 singles chart, although we were still obsessed with the charts. Greenhead was a place where the heavy rockers, the new romantics and those with no interest in music whatsoever could get along, have a great time and hopefully get off with an attractive member of the opposite sex.
One area of the book I found an education was your enthusiasm for HiNrg music. The bit about the guy playing it on the school bus made me laugh. Being a bit of an indie kid the only thing I knew about it was associated with Sylvester, PWL and the late Pete Burns. What makes this music so great? It was catchy and easy to dance to. Disco music suffered a huge backlash at the end of the 1970s so it retreated back into the underground clubs. By the time I was in my
early teens it was on its way back again in several forms. Hi-Nrg was the sound that eventually morphed into house music. Sylvester was a huge star, but so was Miquel Brown, Sinitta’s mother. I loved her music and was lucky enough to be part of the team responsible for re-issuing her Hi-Nrg albums on CD a couple of years ago. Stock Aitken Waterman came along right at the end and much of their early output with the likes of Dead or Alive (Pete Burns), Hazell Dean and Kylie Minogue was unadulterated Hi-Nrg - fast, furious dance music.
You talk in the book about the wonders of Pennine Radio and how they used to play a lot of music on 12”. I was fascinated by your comment that you got banned from calling them. What was that about? I I got banned because I kept winning their competitions. I won promotional records,
picture discs and all sorts of music-related gifts. They asked me not to ring again for a few months to give other people a chance to win, so I just entered competitions under assumed names until my ban was over.
Your book has sections from well-known creative people like Martyn Ware, Neil Tennant and Boff Whalley. How did you connect with them, and do you still keep in touch? I sort of know Boff through fell running. We both like running up and down huge hills in the middle of nowhere. It’s very therapeutic. I’ve always been a fan of The Human League and Heaven 17 so Martyn was happy to write the foreword for the book. I’ve been in touch with Martyn via email, social media, the old fashioned telephone and er, Heaven 17 post-gig parties! I had to contact Neil through his management company, but he was really Interview Feature 25
happy – and quick – to help out.
Was the 80s the golden age of the 12”, or would you nominate another year? I remember in 1984 Blue Monday, Two Tribes and Culture Club’s I’ll Tumble For You were played everywhere. What would you nominate as the best year? 1984, 1988…? It has to be 1984 – we had so many millionsellers that year. Two Tribes (the Annihilation Mix is the best 12” single remix ever), and Relax (carrying on from where it left off in 1983) both by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Blue Monday went back up the charts (again, after having done so in 1983) when holidaymakers returning from mainland Europe bought it after hearing it in the clubs there. Stevie Wonder and George Michael (once with Wham and once solo) also had million-selling singles, and right at the end of the year there was Band Aid. The life of the 12” was numbered by the end of the decade with the rise of the CD – and the CD single in particular - and then remixing went a bit crazy because a lot of remixes in the 90s sounded nothing like the original version of the song.
Are there any record shops you would recommend now in the area? There’s an increasing trend towards record shops and cafes. It’s nice that there’s still a market, but I always lament the absence of good old second-hand record shops. I used to spend all Saturday trawling through the old second-hand shops on Westgate in Bradford, or in Leeds. It was an adventure tracking down rare records, but with the rise and rise of the internet it became too easy so record shops (as well as bookshops) fell into decline. Huddersfield’s Vinyl Warehouse is still
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my favourite. It’s below a collectors’ record shop called Vinyl Tap opposite the town’s station. When I was at university I spent far too much time in a shop called The Left Legged Pineapple which is sadly no more, but is featured in the book.
Can you tell us a bit about the work you’re doing now and your background? Do you still live and work in the area? Have you any more books coming out in the future? I started off writing local sports histories, mainly football, but struck lucky when I wrote Anoraknophobia, which was about people obsessed with sport. It sold really well. Everyone knows me as a sports writer but I have an even bigger passion for music. Is That The 12” Mix? is a follow-up to Anoraknophobia, in that it deals with people who are obsessed with music. The new edition, Is That The 12” REMIX? has exceeded all expectations and done even better. It’s a bit like a record company re-releasing a single in the 1980s and the single being a bigger hit second time around. I also had my first novel published earlier in the year. Picture This is a light-hearted romantic comedy and, guess what, it features a guy obsessed with music… There are no other books in the pipeline at the moment. I do have a day-job so that takes priority at the moment. Who knows though.. something music-related might emerge soon.
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Simon Sugden Shipley photographer Simon Sugden has combined urban exploration with some serious photography skills to create stunning - and often eerie - images. by Andrew Bolt
Photography is a skill that grows over the years, a process that captures time and allows us the privilege of looking back at what once was, an echo of our past. Paul Sugden is a skilled and atmospheric photographer from Shipley. His passion for photography has taken him to places we could never have imagined and Paul’s experience in pursuing the perfect subject has been tireless. He was interested in photography from an early age, and his love of the subject was later fuelled by the chance purchase of a Canon 500D camera. His first photograph with his new DSLR camera was taken in the World Heritage site of Saltaire near his home. A sunny day, a Victorian mill and the canal passing through. What more could you ask for? Paul then shared his new image with friends only to be asked for a printed copy. Humbled of course, he then had a dilemma - what do you charge for your work? He is very grateful to the ProAm printing service in Bradford and to Lewis Hackett for all his help with software and editing processes. Vintage architecture is Paul’s passion and this is reflected in most of his popular images. An interest in urban photography gave him the impetus to investigate old mills, buildings and places of interest most people wouldn’t have access to. As Bradford is on his doorstep the old woollen mills are a draw for him, giving him the opportunity to capture these disappearing relics of the Victorian era in great detail.
through his pictures. Sadly it burnt down in 2016 but still survives through Paul’s images. Paul has seen his confidence grow - he has shown his images in a gallery for Artbound and entered a photographic competition at the National Media Museum, Bradford. Their theme was ‘capturing light’ and his scrapyard image bowled the judges over. Since this Paul has seen his work rise in popularity and has been approached to use them for websites and social media. Both HowDoBradford and Dandy Art House have been very supportive in utilising his work. The Kirkgate Community Centre in Shipley, a fabulous hub for arts and crafts, is near his home. He is a great supporter of the Centre and in turn they have supported him. Paul regularly has a stall there selling his images in various formats. This allows him to meet his public - the customers and fans of his work.
More recently Bradford has seen an upsurge of investment in the city centre, which has opened up some interesting heritage projects. Paul has worked hard to build a relationship with the developers of One building of particular interest to Paul the new Sunbridge Wells tunnels, which was Drummond Mills on Lumb Lane in opened in December 2016. A unique Bradford. He documented the building a network of tunnels almost forgotten but few years ago and it became part of his life now developed into shops and bars for
future generations. Taking progressive photographs of this project has seen some of his images appear on its main Facebook page and shared throughout social media. This has now opened doors for more freelance work and he has been approached by two property developers in Leeds who were impressed with his images. The largest project in Bradford and most anticipated is the refurbishment of the New Victoria - aka the Gaumont or Odeon cinema. After years of community protests this visually imposing building has been saved and will become a huge concert venue in the future. Paul and his good friend Phil Jackson will be documenting its progress from now until completion. A huge challenge but a very rewarding one. Only a few months ago Paul was given
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access to the very top of Bradfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s City Hall clocktower. A fantastic opportunity to see the cityscape from that unique angle. The first part of the journey was straightforward as they had a lift to the halfway point, but he confesses his knees started to knock when the rest of the climb was via ladders. The views were stunning and expertly captured and it was worth scaling the heights for this unusual location shoot. Some of his images of the city were used in the bid for the Great Exhibition Of The North. Paul has been a photographer for six years and has come a long way in a relatively short time. 2017 will be one of his busiest and most challenging, as in December he and his partner are expecting their first baby. Liz has been very supportive of his work and soon they will have an extra set of eyes to pick up camera skills.
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Yan Tan Tether @ Topic Folk Club
Yan Tan Tether is a female close harmony folk trio from Otley consisting of Rosie Knighton, Tess Leslie and Lynne Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Malley. They have been singing together since September 2013 and have already built up a reputation for wonderful performances in the local folk clubs and festivals around Yorkshire and beyond. They play a host of instruments between them but concentrate mostly on creating beautiful a capella arrangements of traditional folk songs. Their voices blend beautifully, creating spine-tingling harmonies interspersed with some rollicking chorus songs. The trio did an impressive support slot at the Topic early in 2016 and from that are back for a full evening, and not a moment too soon. 12 January www.topicfc.nawaller.com
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Rogue One: A Star Peter Pan @ The Alhambra Theatre Wars Story IMAX 3D The festive season wouldn’t be complete without a visit to Yorkshire’s number one family panto which this year is led by an array of comedy, television and musical theatre stars – Billy Pearce, Darren Day, Charlie Hardwick, Jon Lee and Lucy Evans.
Peter Pan marks Billy Pearce’s 18th pantomime season at the Alhambra Theatre. The multi-award winning comedian, who plays the role of Smee, has enjoyed a hugely successful career on television and on stage, and has previously worked with Darren Day in the musical Stand-up. Recording artist, musical theatre and television star Darren Day has appeared in countless musicals in the West End and on tour, and was nominated for a Best Actor award for his role as Gideon in the acclaimed London Production of The Last Session.
Enjoy the latest Star Wars blockbuster on one of Europe’s biggest screens in full IMAX 3D. Set shortly before the events of A New Hope, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story reveals how the Rebellion got their hands on the designs for the Death Star. The Galactic Empire is at the height of its power, and their ultimate weapon is nearly complete. Along with a team of rebel soldiers, former criminal Jyn Erso sets out on a desperate mission to steal the plans so they can figure out how to destroy it. The Galaxy Far Far Away gets even bigger with ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’, shining a light on a part of this universe that we’ve never seen before. www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk
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What’s On? Sunday 1 January Rogue One: A Star Wars Story IMAX 3D
Showtimes vary, Picturehouse at National Media Museum Join the resistance fighters who unite to steal the plans of the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the Death Star. Even more spectacular in IMAX 3D!
Monday 2 January Peter Pan
Various times until 29 January, Alhambra Theatre King of Bradford pantomime Billy Pearce flies the Jolly Roger and heads to Neverland to star alongside Darren Day, Charlie Hardwick and Jon Lee in this year’s swashbuckling Alhambra Theatre pantomime Peter Pan.
The Gift Of Christmas – Papercuts by Luke Owens Until 2 February Enter a quiet space of reflection this Christmas with Luke’s intricate cut paperwork depicting Advent, Christmas and Epiphany scenes. All welcome - free entry - donations appreciated. 01274 777720 www. bradfordcathedral.org @Bfdcathedral www.facebook.com/stpeterbradford
Tuesday 3 January Yorkshire Gig Guide’s Open Mic New Year’s Party
7pm, Factory St. Studios A night of live music and Open Mic, with featured band Nick HALL, Bradford singer-songwriter, and Jackson Palmer Band. Open Mic, all welcome from solo artists to bands. www.factorystreet.co.uk/musicevents
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Discover Tuesdays: Life, Animated
6pm, Picturehouse at National Media Museum Discover stunning cinema with MUBI and Picturehouse every Tuesday evening at 6pm. Life, Animated recounts the Suskind family’s 20-year journey to connect with their youngest son, Owen, who was diagnosed with regressive autism at the age of three.
Wednesday 4 January Teen Reading Group
4.30-5.30pm, City Library Monthly reading group for 11 years (year 7) to 16 years (year 11). Free with refreshments included. Emphasis on reading for enjoyment - books, comics, manga, graphic novels or getting motivated to start. The group also attends author talks, plays and craft workshops. More information christinea.donnelly@bradford.gov.uk
Thursday 5 January Topic Folk Club
8.15 pm Glyde House, Glydegate, Little Horton Lane BD5 0BQ Singers and musicians night. Free entry. www.topic-folk-club.org.uk
Socialist Worker Meeting
7–8pm, Glyde House The Dialectic : Marx’ Theory of Change.
Friday 6 January The Sea Whores
8pm, Al’s Dime Bar Cinematic landscape of old world folk songs lost at sea & modern mysteries of doomed love & lust, a cockeyeyed view of bawdy ballads & junkyard skiffle.
JATPJazz present...Dave Manington’s Riff Raff
8.30pm - 11pm, Glyde House Riff Raff combine Dave Manington’s clever composing with a soundscape embracing a sax-led cool school sound, raw guitar-fusion, diffident Wayne Shorteresque lyricism with eloquent lyrics.
Gerry Cooper & Phil Snell
8pm, The Castle Two experienced musicians who have known each other for quite a few years, Gerry and Phil got together just for fun. After a very well-received debut at the 2010 Otley Folk Festival they decided to work together more seriously and have played clubs, pubs and festivals over the past few years. Both continue their solo and other band projects.
Saturday 7 January
Miss Thunderpussy
8.30pm, The Sun Hotel Outrageous Cabaret Every Saturday Night at The Sun.
Met Opera Live: Nabucco
5.55pm, Picturehouse at National Media Museum Met Music Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s early drama of
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Ancient Babylon, with Plácido Domingo adding a new role to his repertoire as the title character.
Saturday Stop
10.30am - 4.30pm, every Saturday, Impressions Gallery Visit our exhibition, relax in the Lounge overlooking City Park, and take part in free creative activities for children. You can nip in for 10 minutes or stay as long as you like. Free drop-in event for families.
Monday 9 January E4 Slackers Club: Live By Night
8.30pm, Picturehouse at National Media Museum Free preview of Ben Affleck’s fourth directorial feature, exclusively for students. After crossing a powerful Mob boss, outlaw Joe Coughlin (Affleck) is set for a path of revenge, ambition, romance and betrayal that propels him up the ladder of Tampa’s steamy rum-running underworld.
Tuesday 10 January Jam Session
8pm, Factory St. Studios A jam session for people interested in playing music along with other people. The nature of the night is open, any style is possible, all musicians are welcome from singers to harmonica players to keyboard players and drummers. You may want to play a song you know but now play this song with a full back line of other instruments. You may just want to jam on one particular musical idea, anything goes really. For beginners and experienced players. www.factorystreet.co.uk/musicevents
Discover Tuesdays: David Bowie Sound and Vision (LSFF 2017)
6pm, Picturehouse at National Media Museum Discover stunning cinema with MUBI and Picturehouse every Tuesday
evening at 6pm. This selection of short docs - spanning over five decades of Bowie’s career – tours the UK as part of the London Short Film Festival’s David Bowie anniversary programme.
Wednesday 11 January Bradford Libraries Rhyme Challenge
Shipley Library Shipley Library offers the chance to join in with the Bradford Libraries Rhyme Challenge. Learn five rhymes over four weeks and receive a certificate. Join Tiny Signers on week two for some extra signing fun and Bookstart Bear will be there on week four to hand out gift certificates. Preschool children 10am, babies 10.45am. Free entry. www.bradford.gov.uk/libraries
Little Germany Walk
2pm, Little Germany A weekly walking tour of Little Germany, the Wool Exchange and Bradford City Centre – with Heritage Guide Nigel Grizzard. We meet by the statue of William Forster outside the Broadway Shopping Centre on Well Street, BD1 5PS and will visit the buildings of the Great Victorian City. The walk lasts an hour and a half and there are many photographic opportunities. The cost per walker is £6. All are welcome, just turn up on the day. For more information contact bradfordjewish@gmail.com
Thursday 12 January Topic Folk Club
8.30pm Glyde House, Glydegate, Little Horton Lane BD5 0BQ Yan Tan Tether. Otley-based female close harmony trio with their beautiful arrangements of traditional songs. www.topic-folk-club.org.uk
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Friday 13 January Mick & Susie Darling
8pm, The Castle Songs and tunes about a way of life that has almost gone, you’re in for a real treat tonight.
Saturday 14 January Tina Sparkles
8.30pm, The Sun Hotel Outrageous cabaret every Saturday Night at the Sun.
Chinese Lantern Making
12pm - 2pm, Impressions Gallery Learn how to make paper lanterns ready for Chinese New Year at this family workshop. Try your hand at making a simple design, or more confident cutters can create a 3D Chinese character decoration. Free event, drop in.
Monday 16 January
Bradford Libraries Rhyme Challenge
2pm, Idle Library Idle Library offers preschool children and babies the chance to join in with the Bradford Libraries Rhyme Challenge. Learn five rhymes over four weeks and receive a certificate. Join Jo Jingles on week two for some extra singing fun and Bookstart Bear will be there on week four to hand out gift certificates. Free entry. www.bradford.gov.uk/libraries
Tuesday 17 January
Bradford Libraries Rhyme Challenge
2pm, Wyke Library Wyke Library offers pre-school children and babies the chance to join in with the Bradford Libraries Rhyme
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Challenge. Learn five rhymes over four weeks and receive a certificate. Join Jo Jingles on week two for some extra singing fun and Bookstart Bear will be there on week four to hand out gift certificates. Free entry. www.bradford.gov.uk/libraries
The Armed Man - Open Rehearsal with The Bradford Chorale 7.30pm-9.30pm Northcliffe Church, Bradford Road, Shipley, BD18 3ED Open rehearsal for Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man to be performed at Bradford Cathedral on Saturday 18 March at 7pm.
Alex Eden’s Blues Jam
8pm, Factory St. Studios Alex Eden (Crosscut Saw) will be hosting this special Blues Jam. Once a month you’ll be able to get up with the house band, join in, dance and enjoy some quality blues with some of the finest blues musicians in the country. www.factorystreet.co.uk/musicevents
Ironrat and Hoodoo Operators @ Big Band Theory
7pm, Al’s Dime Bar Everyone loves a bit of Doom on a Tuesday night. Big Band Theory is BACK, and we are bringing the doomiest of doom bands, Ironrat to Dime Bar and we are going to love it. With support from their good pals Hoodoo Operators who are also massive Ironrat fans.
Thursday 17 January
Socialist Worker Meeting 7 – 8pm, Glyde House Topic to be announced.
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Wednesday 18 January WEDNESDAY @ ONE
1pm, Bradford Cathedral The season of weekly lunchtime organ recitals opens with concert organist Dr Gordon Stewart. Recitals start at 1pm and are free, with a retiring collection. 01274 777720 www.bradfordcathedral.org
The Neighbourhood Project presents…Leave to Remain
Doors 6.30pm, Delius Arts & Cultural Centre A showing of the acclaimed film highlighting the inspiring stories of teenage refugees who come alone to the UK hoping to build a new life, free from the horrors of the past. Starring BAFTA winner Toby Jones. Free entry.
Thursday 19 January
Topic Folk Club
8. 30 pm Glyde House, Glydegate, Little Horton Lane BD5 0BQ Stuart Douglas. A second visit to the Topic for this popular unassuming local singer/guitarist with well-chosen songs and heartfelt delivery. www.topic-folk-club.org.uk
Making Links: Live event with Kurt Tong
4.30pm - 6pm, Impressions Gallery In a special event for Impressions Gallery, Hong Kong based artist Kurt Tong makes connections with thread between his heirloom family photographs. Free event, drop in. Artist Reception with Kurt Tong 6pm - 8pm, Impressions Gallery Hong Kong-based artist Kurt Tong makes a special trip to Bradford to celebrate the launch of his exhibition and our six month season of photography Views From China. Free event, drop in.
Friday 20 January Eddie Lawler
8pm, The Castle aka The Bard of Saltaire. A regular to the Castle. He write songs, musicals, poems and plays.
Bradford Libraries Rhyme Challenge
10am, Wyke Library Wyke Library offers preschool children and babies the chance to join in with the Bradford Libraries Rhyme Challenge. Learn five rhymes over four weeks and receive a certificate. Join Tiny Signers on week two for some extra signing fun and Bookstart Bear will be there on week four to gift certificates. Free entry. www.bradford.gov.uk/libraries
The Live Room: Amy Wadge & Luke Jackson
8pm, Caroline Street Club A superb TLR double header, featuring two of the UK’s most brilliant songwriters and performers on stage together!
Saturday 21 January Misty Chance
8.30pm, The Sun Hotel Outrageous cabaret every Saturday night at The Sun.
Artist Talk with Kurt Tong
2pm - 4pm, Impressions Gallery Hear Hong Kong-based artist Kurt Tong tell the stories behind The Queen, The Chairman And I, and join in the question and answer session afterwards. Free event, booking advised via impressions-gallery.com/ events
The Ugly Duckling
1pm, MTG Studios, Lister Mills, Bradford, BD9 4SA Float downstream with the Story Man in Sea Legs Puppet Theatre’s gentle
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Leeds City Stompers
8pm, Alâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dime Bar Leeds City Stompers return to Dime Bar for all of the stompy-stompygood-time.
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new adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale of belonging and identity. Set on the banks of a magical river, brilliant storytelling, fantastic puppets and a delightful new musical score make this a must-see show for little ones and their families. Tickets £2. Call 01274 487390 for more information.
Met Opera Live: Romeo & Juliet
5.55pm, Picturehouse at National Media Museum The electrifying team of Vittorio Grigolo and Diana Damrau reunites for a new production of Gounod’s opera, based on the Shakespeare play.
100 years of the Mark s- An anarcho-punk extravaganza
2PM-Midnight, 1in12 club Rebel Cat Events presents an all day anarcho-punk extravaganza at the 1 in 12 club to celebrate the 2 Marks 50th birthdays (Mark of Anti System and Mark of Liberty). Featuring Icons of Filth, Anti-System, Liberty, Potential Threat, Hagar the Womb, Burning Flag, Sanction This, Truth Equals Reason. Tickets are going fast so secure a spot quick through the Facebook event page. £12 Members/£13 Guests.
Sunday 22 January Bolshoi Ballet Live: The Sleeping Beauty 3pm, Picturehouse at National Media Museum In this resplendent and magical classic the Bolshoi dancers take us on a dreamlike journey through the famous fairy tale. In the purest style of classical ballet the Bolshoi’s peerlessly sumptuous staging with luxurious sets and costumes brings Perrault’s tale to life.
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Tuesday 24 January
Bradford Libraries Rhyme Challenge
10.30am, Bingley Library Bingley Library offers preschool children and babies the chance to join in with the Bradford Libraries Rhyme Challenge. Learn five rhymes over four weeks and receive a certificate. Join Jo Jingles on week two for some extra singing fun and Bookstart Bear will be there on week four to gift certificates. Free entry www.bradford.gov.uk/libraries
Wednesday 25 January WEDNESDAY @ ONE
1pm, Bradford Cathedral The season of weekly lunchtime organ recitals opens with concert organist Dr Gordon Stewart. Recitals start at 1pm and are free with a retiring collection. 01274 777720 www.bradfordcathedral.org
Big Scream: La La Land
10.30am, Picturehouse at National Media Museum Film club for parents and carers with babies under one year old. La La Land is a musical masterpiece with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, from the director of Whiplash.
Thursday 26 January Topic Folk Club
8.30pm Glyde House, Glydegate, Little Horton Lane BD5 0BQ Ray Hearne. Thought-provoking and passionate songs from a long-established songwriter from Rotherham, stalwart of the folk scene. www.topic-folk-club.org.uk
Bradford Libraries Rhyme Challenge
2.30pm, Baildon Library Baildon Library offers preschool children and babies the chance to join in with the Bradford Libraries Rhyme Challenge. Learn five rhymes over four weeks and receive a certificate. Join Tiny Signers on week two for some extra signing fun and Bookstart Bear will be there on week four to gift certificates. Free entry. www.bradford.gov.uk/libraries
Angelo Palladino
8pm, Al’s Dime Bar Bluesy, gritty streethawk music, with a little extra something you just can’t quite put your finger on. And it’s back at Dime Bar in January.
Friday 27 January Fidelio Trio
7.30pm, Bradford Alhambra Two warm and rarely heard romantic masterpieces from France and Bohemia with one of Beethoven’s great piano trios performed by a leading ensemble from Ireland.
Den Miller
8pm, The Castle A singer songwriter & multi-instrumental musician. Den is both an accomplished guitarist and pianist, often using a loop pedal to play both at once, and also plays harmonica and drums.
Saturday 28 January
The Drag With No Name
8.30pm, The Sun Hotel Outrageous cabaret every Saturday night at The Sun.
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Saltaire Vintage Home & Fashion Fair
9.30am-4pm, Victoria Hall, Saltaire 30 stalls of genuine vintage fashion and homewares from the 1920s to the 1980s, as this fair enters its tenth year. Special January admission price of £2 or £1.50 for concessions on the door, and under 16s get in free.
Sins of the Father
7.30pm, Studio@ The Bradford Playhouse Grim North Theatre present seven good reasons to fall from grace. Three strangers must face the darker passages of their past as they undertake new employment in the corporate world. Salvation or damnation awaits, but are they the only ones being judged? An abstract show exploring human nature and enforced morality. Suggested for mature audiences. Tickets £10.
Sonia Sandhu’s Vegan Takeover
5pm, Bradford Brewery Sonia Sandhu returns to Bradford Brewery after the huge success of her vegan Indian street food takeover, bringing more tasty homemade vegan treats.
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10pm-5am, The Mill, Preston Street Hard dance and funky house on two floors. 9.30am – 4pm, Victoria Hall With 40+ stalls of vintage loveliness for you and your home including genuine vintage fashion, jewellery, accessories, furniture, homewares, vintage vinyl, toys, books, kitchenalia and collectables.
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6.30pm, Bingley Arts Centre We have taken a step up with the Blues Bash line-up and format, it’s quite a coup for us to get a KING KING show at this point in their career when they’re headlining much bigger venues than ours. And we’ve gone for a more contemporary, modern feel this time, with Blues In The Bar adding to the mix.
ROH Live: Il Trovatore
7.15pm, Picturehouse at National Media Museum International superstars Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Anita Rachvelishvili, Lianna Haroutounian and Gregory Kunde lead a superb cast of worldclass singers in one of the great operas of the Romantic period - a story of passion and blood, love and vengeance, disaster and murder.
Tuesday 31 January
Edmund & Queenie: The Comedy Dinner Show
7.30pm, The Alhambra Theatre This hilarious evening of pure theatrical improvisational comedy and caricature includes a three course meal. Step back in time to medieval Britain and your host for the evening is Queen Elizabeth I. Guests are cordially invited to meet and greet & bow to the Queen, but watch out, she may have your head!
Dementia-friendly film: An American In Paris
Saturday 28 January
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11am, Picturehouse at National Media Museum Open to all but especially for people with dementia and their family, friends and carers. This classic musical follows three friends struggling to find work in Paris - when two of them fall in love with the same woman, things become even more complicated.
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Swan Lake
10-14 January, Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield This youthful company combines classical training and superb artistry with dazzling choreography, delightful costumes and stunning sets, to present a truly mesmerising performance, complemented by the thrill of a live orchestra.
17 January, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield Blending traditional and physical theatre with a musical score, Icarus Theatre Collective return to the LBT to bring to life some of literature’s most vibrant language and characters in Shakespeare’s boldest, most exciting and actionpacked tragedy. Shakespeare for the Game of Thrones generation. Tickets: £18 - £10 / Under 26s £7 / Kirklees Passport holders £3 off
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The NightTime
28 February - 4 March, Leeds Grand Theatre & Opera House This innovative drama is based on Mark Haddon’s award-winning novel, and has been adapted for the stage by award-winning playwright Simon Stephens and directed by Olivier and Tony Award®-winning director Marianne Elliot.
Music BLACK SABBATH: THE END
26 January, First Direct Arena, Arena Way, Leeds, LS2 8BY Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler return home to close the final chapter in the final volume of the incredible BLACK SABBATH story.
PET SHOP BOYS: SUPER TOUR
Saturday 18 February, FIRST DIRECT ARENA, Leeds The Super Tour will see Pet Shop Boys perform songs from their acclaimed new album Super, as well as classic hits and album tracks from over the past 30 years.
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John Shuttleworth
Monday 27 February, Kings Hall Ilkley John Shuttleworth hits the road following appearances on Celebrity Antiques Roadshow and the second series of Radio 4’s John Shuttleworth’s Lounge Music for his farewell tour - My Last Will and Tasty Mint.
Kings of Leon
Sunday 19 February, FIRST DIRECT ARENA, Leeds The Kings of Leon are playing their first show of their UK arena tour at First Direct Arena.
Comedy
JACK WHITEHALL: AT LARGE AT FIRST DIRECT ARENA
OMID DJALILI: SCHMUCK FOR A NIGHT AT ALHAMBRA THEATRE 10 February, Alhambra Theatre, Bradford Intelligent, sometimes provocative and always entertaining, his stand-up is a hugely energetic and captivating comedy masterclass.
10 February, First Direct Arena, Leeds Jack has firmly established himself as one of the country’s most exciting and successful comedy talents, a status cemented by his People’s Choice Award for the King of Comedy at the 2012, 2013 & 2014 British Comedy Awards.
Festivals
Ruby Wax - Frazzled
16 February, Kings Hall and Winter Gardens, Ilkley This event is a follow up to her sellout touring show, and best-selling book Sane New World, which helps us understand why we sabotage our sanity with our own thinking.
Sport
Jorvik Viking Festival
20-26 February, Jorvik Viking Centre Recognised as the largest event of its kind in Europe, the annual JORVIK Viking Festival is a citywide celebration of York’s Viking heritage.
Betway Premier League Darts 2017
16 February, Leeds First Direct Arena The world’s best darts players return to First Direct Arena this February as part of the Betway Premier League Darts 2017 Tour. Tickets from £23.00
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A Quick Chat with
Iain Bloomfield
Iain is the current Head of Arts at the University of Bradford and the Artistic Director at Theatre in the Mill.
Favourite place to hang out: The Sparrow in Bradford or The Fox in Shipley. Event you couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live without: Bradford Literature Festival. Bradford business you admire: Sing Kee, got to love the range of food you can get there. Local person you admire: Two, as it happens. Dusty Rhodes, he IS Bradford in as many ways as I can think. And Evie Manning - Commonwealth Theatre and the WOW Festival are two mighty achievements. Guilty pleasure: Shouting at University Challenge.
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