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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR SUMMER HAS ARRIVED AND WE ARE DELIGTED TO OFFER UP ANOTHER JAM-PACKED ISSUE OF THE BRADFORD REVIEW. With each new issue we are opening up new doors and meeting more and more interesting people who we hope will help the magazine continue to prosper. I have a list as long as my arm full of names, organisations and projects who I hope to cover in future issues which I think demonstrates just how much is going on right now.

This month we have a superbinterview with Sarah Faraday and James Birchall, who are creating something really special at the Fuse Art Space. We are looking forward to the Bradford Festival with a preview of local acts and also looking back, as the Bradford Imax enters a new era.

As always we have reviews and previews on a wide range of events and a comprehensive events listings section to help you plan your month.

We are constantly looking for new writers to contribute to the magazine so please don’t hesitate to get in touch, whether you are a seasoned scribe or a complete novice we are happy to give you a voice.

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sarah faraday and james birchall explain the ideas behind fuse, a contempory artspace on rawson place

BY chris brook “We think that the failure of commerce in our city centres provides us with an opportunity to rethink what we want our high streets to be..”

Sarah Faraday and James Birchall - co-directors of community interest company Fuse Art Space - are reaping the success of a well-articulated vision. Bradford is too. Their art hub opened at the top of Rawson Place in early 2014, merging their respective backgrounds and interests to create a venue where the multi-natured components - visual arts gallery, performance space, tape and magazine shop, film events - taken as a whole, impact way beyond the traditional, or even unorthodox, gallery space of modernism.

Integral to Fuse Art Space is the declared ethos and aim of sharing ideas and propagating new skills and involvement in the arts with the local community, and engaging in cultural discussion.

Film and discussion events are regularly held - Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline and Ukraine: Two Photographic Perspectives drew positive response from within both communities affected.

They’ve got a sleek and utilitarian white-walled bright rectangular space at the top of Rawson Street on the edge of the once bustling former Rawson fish and veg market, close to where Bradford’s last tripe shop once traded.

Those with a disposition towards strands of

psychogeographical connection might be interested to find that Fuse occupies almost exactly the site of the old Pearson’s Disc-AGo-Go record shop, a central hangout and point of contact for the city’s alternative music community at the time.

In those pre-internet days networks, scenes, movements, artists and sundry sub-cultures of activism depended on more distant satellites: niche radio shows, shops, magazines, pubs and appropriated nightclubs generated the consolidating critical mass. Online communities are densely linear, unimpeded by location or a city’s physical parameters.

I met up with James of Fuse in March and suggested that, in a full circle kind of way, one role Fuse carries with it is as a physical showcase from a bustling online netherworld..

“Yes, definitely, that was really the first principle of what we wanted to do, because when we were in London there was so much activity in that netherworld: digital music releases that never really exist in the real world...It generates this whole world of perceptions, artists’ intentions, the reviews of those intentions.. It was so nice just to say that from now on all of this would have a focal point in reality, in a building.”

The Pearsons coincidence is a good omen then, given that Fuse have a commitment to staging new, exploratory music and sound art with a

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frequency unprecedented in most contemporary art galleries. As free events they’ve been a great introduction to the venue, burning brightly as a gateway into the more reflective and meditative visual arts and photographic shows. It’s a great recipe - baking at the right setting.

Sarah and James are both from Manchester. Sarah is a freelance film maker and photographer with working interests in social documentary. James has a background working for Kudos Records, an ambient and electronic label and distributor in London and more recently he’s identifiable as Rough Fields, an electro-acoustic/field recordings musician and performer. In London their ten years-old online music label and shop - Bombshop - became a useful networking platform that led to them hosting various events.

So, how has this all coalesced? Free gigs? Was Bradford’s independent quarter a measured location, given the new pride in North Parade?

“Well, we’ve definitely come up alongside the independent quarter, but weren’t aware of any of this emerging before we decided upon Bradford as a destination.”

Given the spirit of the survivalist drift in the mid 1980s by London artists to the East End - and then further east - to find affordable living and working spaces, colonisations mirrored by many UK cities, is it a case perhaps that people are specifically moving to Bradford now to get involved and take advantage of cheaper rents and various arts/ cultural regeneration funding streams? Or is it the city that inspires in the first place..?

“That maybe is the case. But it was more that we felt it was needed here. We could have opened this in Manchester but it would be just another space opening in the Northern Quarter and it just wouldn’t be necessary.. it would be lost. We did this in London’s Shoreditch, amongst other places - but our aims are to support new artists and be in the centre of our community. We are an Art Space – we don’t want to imply the connotations of a gallery.. so there are no price tags; no art inside frames available for so & so much money – that’s PHOTOS COURTESY OF CARAVAN GALLERY

not what we do at all, it’s about generating new art and fostering new ideas…”

was such an obvious need - or this gap - we were much more likely to get funding for a project like this in Bradford than we would be elsewhere.

“We were in London doing one week exhibitions, pop-up, one-night performances and events and we thought it would be great For example this summer we’re working to do something more permanent along those with Impressions, they’ve got an exhibition lines. We needed time out to think and plan from the Caravan Gallery who travel the UK - if there’s one thing you can’t do in London documenting the real essence of towns rather its take time out to think and plan; you need than cheesy landscape or street photography. activity constantly to keep yourself going. So And it’s not scathing or sceptical work - it’s very we moved up to Slaithwaite, honest. They’re doing a major near Huddersfield, and it was exhibition at Impressions but while we were there, thinking also hosting a sort of community “We could about setting something up in hub here, while it’s happening; Huddersfield that we started people are encouraged to add have opened to hear about these things in their experiences of their this in Bradford.. the underground town and describe local areas.

Manchester ‘zine scene – people like It’s a photography exhibition Bradford Baked Zines, artist basically, that grows as people but it would Jean McEwan who we got in contribute.. documenting be just touch with, and it all came the local area throughout from that. We started to think.. the exhibition.. trying to another maybe Bradford? There seemed come up with a really honest space to be a lot of stuff happening representation - a real essence at the time, things that Fabric of a city. So in that instance we opening in were helping out with, created really are a bridge between the the Northern in disused shops, various popcommunity-based arts and the up spaces and ideas, the Delius bigger institutions.

Quarter Centre.. Threadfest.. but it and it just struck us that while all that Fuse was up and running before wouldn’t be DIY activity was bubbling away, news of their two-year £65,000 there was also Impressions Arts Council England award was necessary...

Gallery and the National Media confirmed. They were already in it would be Museum doing great stuff - but a situation where, as a not-forthere didn’t seem to be a lot profit community art space, lost” of movement between the two they were able to negotiate - via levels. There seemed to be a arts agency Fabric - a free rent gap…” with business rates exemption on a three-year lease from a private landlord, similarly exempt.

So you saw a potential for Fuse to become a So while Fuse would still be in town without an conduit or bridge between arts institutions and ACE subsidy, they’ve used the funding security more radical or grassroots activities? it provides astutely and are flourishing. A new PA and decks, video projector and screen, and “That’s how we wanted to see it. This need for a money to pay those who expect it (and those link between the two levels, and from the point who thought a meagre door-split was the best of view of the Arts Council funding application they would get). And facilitating free shows is it quickly became evident that because there a pretty good lubricant for audience

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development.

“We’re pretty comfortable” says James. “The grant covers everything: overheads, project costs, staff, manufacturing releases, artists’ fees, bands. And we don’t take any money from Fuse – it all goes on providing accessible arts to the community. A lot of the musicians who play here support the project by playing for less than they’d normally get – selling the live tapes of gigs held at Fuse helps that payment process too.

the Caucasus, Awk Wak from the Singapore improvisation scene and drone manipulators from Berlin. They’ve also brought luminaries in their fields up to Bradford: conceptual turntablist Philip Jeck and ex-Cabaret Voltaire sound recordist Chris Watson.

All this seething eclecticism and underground rumbling would be impressive in any city, but in central Bradford it’s easy to see how vitally generative these multi-strands of activity are becoming. The city had gradually lost its connection with any regularly focused alternatives to mainstream art and music during the 1980s and 90s; that engagement is now back on.

Their first exhibition was Portrait Salon, a photography show compiled each year to showcase the best images rejected by the Taylor Wessing Prize and organised by the “If you still National Portrait Gallery. Fuse feel strongly are pleased to have added a new dimension to this: about the

Whatever Fuse is doing in Bradford, it is also interacting and contributing to a newer wave of northern and national networking venues where the term ‘underground’ is demonstrable rather than a linguistic catch-all for anything non-commercial. But within the context of receiving statutory Arts Council funding in austere 2015 – are they aesthetically radical and unfettered? James does not feel the weight of compromise:

principles of “That was all through Sarah – she’s responsible for that, a Modernism stroke of genius: that was the you have first ever printed exhibition of Portrait Salon. It was a beautiful, to look to really great exhibition. This year movements they’ve printed the exhibition again and it tours the UK – and I’m glad we had some impact subcultures.” on that. And Bradford’s got a long history with photography; I think it was a nice introduction to what we “If you still feel strongly about the principles wanted to do here” of Modernism you have to look to movements and subcultures…I think the problem lies more Their music programme spans a trans-generic with institutions that are commissioning art, meltdown of invited guests. The portable post- from artists who have that DIY background techno landscape of electronic outer-edge and who are used to doing things in that DIY improvisers, non-western configurations of fashion.. These institutions are used to reporting Bradford’s Pakistani Qawwali folk and classical on the work that they commission in a very sort traditions, Sufi devotional music, nights of ‘use of public funds’ type way…and that’s showcasing labels and promoters like Hibernate where the clash happens. Here at Fuse we’ve Recordings (Sheffield) and Sheepscar Light had no problem, and we’ve had incredibly Industrial, and symposiums on The Sonics political stuff, very challenging work and we’ve of Magick. Over last year they’ve had artists never thought twice about it. I believe that all from Buenos Aires, the USA, Norway and art should be government funded; that it’s a Denmark, France, Berlin, music dialects from responsibility of any modern government.”

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Over 300 local musicians, singers, actors, dancers, artists and craftspeople will showcase their talents at this year’s Bradford Festival. The Bradford Council-organised festival opens on Friday, 12 June with over 100 schoolchildren and community groups singing songs of peace and friendship with local folk singer-songwriter Roger Davis, in The Big Sing For Peace.

City Park will ring out to the sounds of multiaward winning blues and rock powerhouse Bradfordian Chantel McGregor and Queensbury-born teen singer-songwriting sensation Oliver Pinder. Local Americana rock band DMA and popular local folk duo Plumhall will also take to the stage, along with up-and-coming Bradford band ISSIMO. Leeds-based outfit Happy Daggers will entertain City Park audiences on Saturday with their energetic brand of disco rock ‘n’ roll.

Hundreds of singers from a wide range of backgrounds will join Bradford Festival Choral Society in a massed flash choir celebrating diversity and unity with the human voice.

By james lee Actors from The Bradford Playhouse will stage Alien Invasion, a comical and interactive theatrical piece created especially for the festival. This will see aquaphobic aliens crash land in City Park’s mirror pool with festival goers encouraged to repel the invasion and save the city by hurling water soaked sponges.

And there’s more theatrical fun from Bradford Specialist Autism Services, who have produced two humorous street theatre pieces. Anorak-clad Spies will attempt bodged surveillance of City Park while the hapless strolling Sunbridge Colliery Band will draw smiles with their out-of-tune horns and outof-step marches.

Bradford arts organisation Kala Sangam will bring together six percussionists from different cultural heritages to produce a feast of rhythms from around the world in Jazz in the City. Artists from Kala Sangam will also stage Talking Tree, combining music dance and theatre to tell a story of friendship and living in harmony.

People will enjoy a medieval story reimagined through a pop-up story walk with comedic routines, song and knockabout humour in The Boar/Bore of Bradford by local

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Bradford-based artist Natasha Glew, And visitors to June’s Bradford Festival will in collaboration with Londoner Ben be able to take part in a host of Langworthy, will stage A Few free activities and workshops.

Feet Up, an interactive street “The Bradford Council has arranged theatre piece centred around a for over 40 artists, craftspeople, giant periscope.

Bradford actors and performers to offer Festival brings workshops and activities in a Cecil Green Arts, a local special tented area in Norfolk collective of artists, puppeteers, a vibrant, Gardens. musicians and circus colourful and performers, will mesmerise Andy Taylor, Economic audiences with Jack Be Little, multicultural Delivery Manager for Bradford a fantastic story of urban programme Council, said: “The Bradford devastation transformed into a Festival brings a vibrant, colourful garden. of the very colourful and multicultural best theatre, programme of the very best Bradford theatre company theatre, music and dance right Northern Lines will stage The music and into the heart of Bradford.

Rising of the Moon, a new play dance right We’re delighted to be featuring exploring the rise of Chartism, so many superb local artists the 19th century movement for into the heart performing alongside high political reform. of Bradford.” quality international, British Local artist Lou Sumray, who acts.” fascinated audiences at last year’s festival with her live There will also be a host of international and national charcoal sketches, returns to the City Park acts set to bring City Park to life with full details along with artists Uzma Kazi and Partryk available at www.bradfordfestival.org.uk.

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hold onto your seats with the bradford imax set for major refurbishment, we take a look back at its legacy so far

This summer we say goodbye to the good old 70mm IMAX projector at Picturehouse at National Media Museum, as we convert it to digital and refurbish the cinema. It marks the end of a remarkable run for the iconic screen When IMAX opened at the National Media Museum in 1983, a little over 10 years after the IMAX technology premiered in Japan, it was the first ever IMAX cinema in Europe, with Britain’s largest cinema screen.

The 1976 documentary To Fly! was the first film to be screened in Bradford’s IMAX cinema and was an immediate hit. Audiences leaned back in their seats and held on to the armrests as they were carried over the edge of Niagara Falls, as in the urban legend of the 1895 film The

By roxy van der post Arrival of a Train, where the image of a train steaming down the track towards the audience was so overwhelming it made people scream and run to the back of the screening room.

In 1999 the cinema was upgraded to 3D – the new specially-painted screen had to be lowered into the auditorium through the roof, as there was no other way to install it.

IMAX remains an all-inclusive experience that captivates audiences of all ages, so make sure you pay a visit to Bradford’s refurbished IMAX cinema when it reopens in September, to climb Mount Everest with Jake Gyllenhaal, fight SPECTRE with Daniel Craig or travel to a galaxy far, far away.

When the Stones were performing in Manchester, Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and other members of band and crew drove to Bradford after their performance to watch several rushes on the Museum’s IMAX screen, so they could feed back on how they thought the filming of their tour was going. They asked the Museum to keep their appearance quiet and this was duly honoured, so around midnight they were able to see themselves up real close on Bradford’s giant IMAX screen.

Whilst the Rolling Stones were in Europe with their 1990 Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle tour, several performances were filmed using IMAX cameras. That’s how Rolling Stones: At the Max became the first feature length film ever to be filmed in IMAX format.

Ronnie Wood later attended the UK premiere of Live at the Max (‘Larger than Live’) here in Bradford, on Valentine’s Day 1991. One of the huge air-filled Honky Tonk Women figures featured in the concert was set up in front of the museum, to add some real glitz and glamour to the occasion. Alongside that, a newly refurbished IMAX sound system made the best of the dynamic, pulsing soundtrack.

The museum also hosted NASA astronauts on a number of occasions, to coincide with the opening of IMAX’s space films. Britishborn astronaut Michael Foale, here for the opening of Destiny In Space, commented that when he stepped out of the hatch of the Space Shuttle for his first spacewalk his first thought was: “This is almost as good as seeing it in IMAX.” Russian cosmonauts also visited the IMAX and answered questions from eager school groups, who were keen to learn more about their experiences in space.

One of the original co-founders of the IMAX system, the Canadian Graeme Ferguson, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bradford in 1994, and performed a live Q&A at the Museum, discussing his career and why he chose to invest in the IMAX. Ferguson’s name still appears on the IMAX

screen on a daily basis, as executive producer of Hubble 3D, one of the popular school screenings.

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it’s a small world Previewing a series of award-winning films from around the world, each of which will be shown on big screen bradford this month

Award-winning films from across the globe are set to make summer sizzle in Bradford as the Small World Film Festival is announced to run throughout June.

The free family festival will feature short films from all corners of the world, including Pakistan, Bulgaria, Italy and Ireland.

The festival, hosted on Big Screen Bradford in City Park by Bradford UNESCO City of Film, will screen the films during lunch time and early evening every day. The films - a mix of documentary and animation - offer snapshots of people’s lives and experiences and are guaranteed to surprise and delight everyone.

By david wilson The festival is a first for Bradford UNESCO City of Film who are partnering with, among others, the Fabriano Film Festival in Italy, the British Council and Galway UNESCO City of Film for the event.

The film Heart and Hand is about the Claddagh ring - from humble roots in a fishing village in Ireland, the Claddagh ring has identified Irishness, both living and lost. This film looks into the history of the ring and the jewellery shop in Galway that carries on the tradition.

Another film from Ireland is The Weather Report, set in 1944, which tells the story of a lighthouse keeper and his wife who have their quiet routine unexpectedly interrupted

by a phone call. It’s the first short film by documentary-maker Paul Murphy (writer/ director) and producer Deirdre de Grae.

The film was funded under the Galway Film Centre/RTÉ short film scheme and shot on location in the west of Ireland, starring Marie Ruane and Edward McLiam. Edward was most recently in BBC’s Ordinary Lives. The Weather Report was selected for the BAFTA qualifying Aesthethica Short Film Festival in 2014 One of the films from Pakistan is My Karachi. Young Karachite Sehar Paljo takes you on a tour of her megacity, one of the world’s largest urban centres and often in the news for sectarian troubles and violence.

Sehar shows many other faces and sides to the city, from a thriving restaurant and food culture, family life and youth culture, to the performing and visual arts. If you want to understand the energy and diversity of modern Pakistan today, watch this film.

Another beautiful film, this time from Italy, is Matilde. Despite a shy nature Matilde is a child with a dynamic intelligence and a strong spirit. However in her classroom something is upsetting her. Combining the suggestions received from her teacher, her interest in the tools of her hairdresser mother plus her passion for tennis, Matilde looks for a drastic and original solution to find the serenity.

You just have to see these films to understand the power and beauty in them.

The films will be on twice a day, every day throughout June on Big Screen Bradford in City Park. Watch out for them at 12.20pm until 1pm and again at 6pm until 6.30pm For the full programme see Bradford UNESCO City of Film www.bradford-city-of-film.com/enjoy/ smallworldfilmfestival/

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From 18 July–1 November 2015 the National Media Museum presents Light Fantastic: Adventures in the Science of Light, which also includes a publicly viewable dark room alongside interactive photographic experiments and exhibits from the Museum’s National Collections of Photography, Cinematography and Television. In addition, regular family activities and events will take an illuminating hands-on approach to the science of light.

Manchester-based artist Liz West has been commissioned by the Museum to create a brand new £30,000 installation inspired by the theme. It comprises a purpose-built 10m x 5m room containing approximately 300 coloured fluorescent tubes combined with ‘infinity’ mirrors.

Light Fantastic: Adventures in the Science of Light forms part of the National Media Museum’s Festival of Light. Throughout 2015 the festival, inspired by the UNESCO Year of Light, will be home to exhibits, family activities,

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slipping and sliding darley street is transformed into an urban waterpark as the rnli slipway slide comes to bradford

by phillip lickley

Bradford’s famous hills are usually the subject of complaints and heavy breathing, but for one Saturday morning in April the Darley Street incline became a joyous attraction as RNLI brought its huge slipway slide into the city, giving over 350 people the chance to jump on a lilo and slide 112 metres down the street into a pool of bubbles, all in the name of charity.

With the sun emerging from behind the clouds as the event began the slide attracted a lot of attention from nearby shoppers, who gathered round to watch the sliders.

Participants had been selected by an online RNLI lottery and through visits around the city.

go head first into the puddle at the bottom.”

I asked Freya whether it was something she’d ever considered doing before. “I didn’t think anything like this would ever come to Bradford, it’s pretty cool. If I could slide down all the hills in Bradford I’d be a pretty happy girl!”

After her first slide Freya was buzzing with excitement. “That was amazing!” she told me, recounting how she’d hugged the event’s host, “I didn’t covering him in bubbles. “I think felt really bad that he didn’t anything like have a chance to go down so I thought I’d share the hug!”

this would ever come to Bradford, it’s pretty cool.

If I could slide down all the hills in Bradford I’d be a pretty happy girl!”

Those taking part included Simon from Wakefield dressed in a tutu, super enthusiastic student Freya and Jamie Emsley from Bradford, who I spoke to after he completed the slide for the fourth time.

I had to find out his technique for his speed, which had certainly made an impression on the watching crowds. “Hold the lilo and lean back, make sure you hold the lilo and push down at the bottom or else you’ll come off!”

Ahead of her first go, as she stood at the top of the slipway with lilo in hand, Freya confessed to being a little nervous. “It looks very slippy, very slidey, but it’s going to be good fun!” before revealing her technique might be to play it safe and brake a little bit, “..or just

Fellow student Tanner was equally positive about his slide.

“It was an experience. I’ve never had so much soap up my nose in my life!” We chatted about his next challenge after the slipway experience, and he thought skydiving would be the one.

For all the fun and games there was a serious message behind the event and that was promotion and support for the RNLI, a charity that has saved over 140,000 lives since it was founded almost 200 years ago.

Naturally I couldn’t leave the slide without having a go myself and I can say it was a great experience, very, very wet but all in the name of a good cause!

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Unusually, the Topic Folk Club has only two guest nights this month, as we have Singers’ and Musicians’ nights on both 4 and 25 June.

These nights are a great chance to come and share songs and tunes or just listen to the wide range of music that’s always a feature of the evenings.

Our first guest night on 11 June features Wendy Arrowsmith, who has been a full-time musician since 2008, performing at folk clubs and festivals the length and breadth of the land. Her easy-going style, gentle sense of humour and strong and distinctive voice have made her a popular guest wherever she has played, including previously at the Topic.

Originally from Glasgow but now living in North Yorkshire, Wendy performs a mixture of British folk songs, with an understandably generous helping of Scottish material, as well as her own songs, accompanying herself mainly on guitar, but occasionally displaying her talents on other instruments too.

The popular duo of Richard Grainger (pictured) and Chris Parkinson visit the club on 18 June. Richard is one of the most prolific and diverse artists on the folk music scene. Born in Middlesbrough he was brought

up in a musical family, singing from an early age and has now been recording for 30 years.

He’s widely respected as a song writer and guitarist with a clear and captivating vocal style. In the 1980s he toured with the popular Teesside Fettlers folk group and in the 90s he continued to perform widely at the major folk clubs and festivals.

Chris Parkinson has been playing music since the age of five on various instruments, but settled on the accordion as his main form of expression. He plays folk music from Britain, Europe and beyond. He was a founder member of the highly regarded House Band and has worked with the top luminaries of the folk world, such as Martin Carthy, Ralph McTell, Steve Tilston and Martin Simpson, to name but a very few.

One thing I should perhaps point out is that although the Topic is a ‘club’ there are no restrictions on entry and everyone is very welcome to come down and enjoy some of the finest acoustic music you are likely to hear from across the UK and beyond. The Singers’ and Musicians’ nights are free entry and when we have a featured performer the entry fee is a modest £6 (£5 for club members).

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Sound is an eclectic band showcase night, thus far taking place at Bradford’s Delius Arts & Cultural Centre. The venue being the old German Evangelical Church, near the Alhambra, there’s bags of atmosphere and a unique vibe. The pop-up bar suffices to keep the punters happy, but there’s a strict 11pm curfew, so with three bands on it’s an early start at 8.30pm.

First up were The Delvaux – two seriouslooking men in suits projecting a hypnotic blend of Cocteau Twins-esque electronica and cavernous guitars. A refreshing slant on a guitars-with-backing-tracks formula, enjoyable if slightly lacking in visual performance.

Remoters hit the stage next – not easy to predict their sound from their image of four lads in jeans and tee-shirts, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. As it turned out they made an awesome noise – big heavy guitars

and powerhouse drumming mixed with emotive atmospherics and some intelligently subtle song crafting. The Delius Centre is a great sounding room once you get a decent audience in - though it was loud you could hear every note in satisfying clarity.

There’s a buzz building about headliners The Escapades (pictured). After winning the Soundwave competition at Leeds 02 Academy they signed to Voltage Records and it’s easy to see what the fuss is about - they’re young, brash, exciting, and have a bag-full of strong tunes to back it up. The Johnny B. Goodestyle opener Old Wet Lip spelled out their classic rock ‘n’ roll intentions and the rest of their set was a collection of dirty, filthy, sleazy blues-rock anthems. They have some work yet to do if they’re going to be serious contenders for the next big thing, but with a charismatic frontman looking like James Dean in a fur coat - what’s not to like?

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This month I had the usual meet up with my fellow cinema-loving friend at the Picturehouse at the Media Museum. For the first time we had a difference of opinion on what film to see. She was all for Alan Rickman’s period piece A Little Chaos but I only had eyes for the Swedish film Force Majeure, and so we parted ways after our customary pre-film coffee and cake.

Force Majeure, from director Ruben Öslund, was the Jury Prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival 2014 and follows a family on a fiveday ski break in the French Alps.

From the outset we can sense the tension in the seemingly perfect family unit as they take to the slopes with slick ski skills and very little dialogue. The clever use of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons gives a dramatic feel to proceedings before anything majeure even happens.

It’s clear that the mother Ebba thinks that her husband Tomas needs to spend some time focusing on his family; a fact that she makes very clear at the outset to him and anyone that will listen – the tension is felt from the start of the film.

The film is broken down into the five ski

days and set in an impersonal sprawling five star hotel - and on day two a freak incident changes the mood and takes over the story.

Tomas’ flight instinct in the face of potential disaster overpowers any instinct to protect his family when a controlled avalanche comes too close for comfort. I found the avalanche scene very menacing and the strange way in which the family don’t deal with what follows was brilliantly played by all four actors.

Days three to five of the film document the breakdown of communication - and seemingly the entire family dynamic - in the face of Tomas’ failure to defend his family alongside his wife’s agreement to save face in front of the children. I found myself expecting disaster to befall the family at every turn after their narrow escape, something which kept me on the edge of my seat until the bitter end.

I really enjoyed the film and felt myself tensing up as it reached its conclusion, in fact I felt more than a little uncomfortable all the way through, which I’m sure was the aim of the director. It’s dark, itchy and brilliantly layered with emotion. Although my friend loved A Little Chaos, I suspect those adjectives would not apply to her experience!

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CURIOUS INCIDENT @ ALHAMBRA THEATRE

By phillip lickley The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time, adapted from Mark Haddon’s novel by Simon Stephens, arrived at Bradford’s Alhambra Theatre for a week in April. The twoact play follows Christopher Boone (Joshua Jenkins), a 15-year old boy with a form of Asperger’s who investigates the death of his neighbour Eileen Shears’ dog. The first act follows his investigation alongside his changing relationship with his father Ed and neighbour Mrs Alexander, whilst the second act focuses on a second plotline centred around his memories and past with his mother Judy and how these memories come back in the present.

Joining the audience for the Thursday matinee showing, the most memorable element of the adaptation was the well-choreographed balance between the roles of the actors and the stage.

I’ve seen plenty of impressive sets over the years but the one that graced the Alhambra stage that afternoon was something else - a cube with four filled-in walls onto which various graphics appeared, alongside concealed cupboards holding props and a lighting setup able to portray everything from different houses to an approaching underground train. Combined with multi-purpose light boxes moved around by the cast that became boxes, seats, suitcases and more, it was truly incredible to see the planning that must have gone into making it all work. I haven’t seen such strong visuals in the theatre in a long time, the graphics working with the acting to really set the pace, location and energy of the piece alongside the lead actor’s state of mind.

As Boone, Joshua Jenkins was on stage in almost

every scene and he made the most of it. His take on the character was so true to life, clearly portraying his understanding of the character’s personality, fears and emotions alongside his humorous and irritating aspects. Christopher Boone is not the most likeable character, quickly slipping into irritable at times, but you live through the story with him, and the use of the set to reflect the pain, chaos and distress he feels during key plot points is beautifully orchestrated. The cast around him were uniformly excellent, balancing the requirements of the major players alongside smaller bit parts, each also contributing to the movement of props and establishing of set pieces.

I had a couple of small issues with the production – it sometimes felt awkward to laugh out loud at some of the actions, behaviour and language of Christopher when his condition was played for laughs – but the disability was mostly treated with reality and understanding.

The play is wrapped up in so much magic, and the combination of the acting, the set and the pithy script works beautifully. There are several moments of true wonder throughout the production, such as the closing of act one, built up to throughout the first hour, which brings out plenty of childlike glee, along with the underground scenes and a knowing humour about its play-within-a-play style. It was an absolutely joy to watch, with a storming central performance from Joshua Jenkins, and outlined the true dramas and difficulties of raising a child with autism whilst including enough lighter material to keep it balanced.

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our country’s good @bradford playhouse By derek greenwood In the constant battle to maintain dramatic credibility and stimulate potential audiences, the task for small, largely underfunded northern theatres can be massive, often thankless and unyielding.

Despite its illustrious founders, the writer J.B. Priestley and his sister, its glowing historic reputation for quality and vision and the persistence and commitment of its supporters, the Bradford Playhouse is a prime example of the backs-to-the-wall philosophy necessarily employed by such venues.

The Playhouse has endured much for the last thirty tumultuous years, supported by undeniable hard graft, front and backstage, and a zealous and almost fanatical devotion from many fans.

It now finds itself with a new owner and

experienced management, treading the well-worn boards of an uphill struggle, examining the ground below with care and concern as it competes on an un-level playing field to promote live performance in general and live drama in particular.

The new owner of the Playhouse, Colin Fine, sees the potential pitfalls only too clearly and is determined to tread a positive and determined path to make the venue a major player in the community. As the interview in Issue Three of the Bradford Review made clear, Colin brings vast and varied experience to his role and regards success as the only option.

What makes it so hard? Well, the absence of a large enough group of dedicated, interested and committed volunteers, essential to the staging of any dramatic production – the

recent production of Our Country’s Good listed 22 volunteers in the programme, including the actors on stage but probably excluding behind-the-scenes personnel.

Despite a relatively small audience at a Friday night performance the Playhouse presented an interesting interpretation for this play, written by Timberlake Wertenbaker and directed by Jono Gadsby.

Our Country’s Good, first directed by Max Stafford-Clark at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1988 and adapted from the novel The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally, is an absorbing, if bleak, view of life in a penal colony in New South Wales in the 1780s, with characters based on real people, carefully researched and presented as a play within a play, against an empty and blank backdrop.

Nudging firmly through intermittent dissent, Lieutenant Clark pushes on with rehearsals, embracing the detritus of everyday relationships within the colony along the way. Clark (played with skill by Kieran Dobson) changes character through his experience, increasing his stature under the watchful eye of the Governor - for him ‘..the theatre is an expression of civilisation’.

Apart from a lighting plot at the start of each half which left stage, actors’ faces and to some extent the audience in the dark, this was “Exploring a very competent production the with few weaknesses, absorbing hopelessness the audience in the vileness of a penal regime designed to and give convicts a fate worse than emptiness death. An informative and of life for engaging programme rather than just a cast list might have convicts usefully filled in historical and marine and geographical information guards alike, for the audience. Original and effective music provided the play is a moving audio backdrop.

Exploring the hopelessness and constructed emptiness of life for convicts around and marine guards alike, the play is constructed around tensions tensions and and conflicts, most gender or conflicts, class based. The starting point most gender for most characters on this journey is the Georgian judicial or class system, its unfairness and ironies based..” still blatant after transportation to the other side of the globe, intermittently presenting a sexual savagery expressed in verbal soliloquies. drama in Under the benevolent yet beady eye of the appointed Governor, Captain Philip (excellently realised by Colin Fine), reluctantly pressed into a service of oppression, the action surrounds the proposal by Second Lieutenant Ralph Clark to stage a performance of Farquhar’s The Recruiting Officer for the enlightenment and occupation of both convicts and guards.

Having maintained a rich and challenging career in writing since this play was first performed, Timberlake Wertenbaker has endured as an influential writer for the last twenty years and has here provided a platform for the Bradford Playhouse to reignite its reputation for staging exciting and stimulating Bradford – welcome back!

More exciting things are in the pipeline – check the website www.bradfordplayhouse.org. uk Contact the Bradford Playhouse if you’d like to offer your skills as a volunteer. This is Bradford’s very own community theatre – let’s support it and make it great again as part of the city’s regeneration.

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A brand new live show with fresh material in preparation for the next BBC2 series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle. Tickets £22.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

TUESDAY 2 JUNE THE BODYGUARD 7.30PM, ALHAMBRA THEATRE Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard Frank Farmer is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marronfrom an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge – what they don’t expect is to fall in love. Tickets £19 - £49. Also showing Wednesday 3-Saturday 13 June. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

WEDNESDAY 3 JUNE OUR HOUSE 7.30PM, THE BRADFORD PLAYHOUSE Inspired by the music of Madness this raucous musical comedy is an uplifting tale of life and love, heartbreak and hilarity, good and bad, set in London’s famous Camden Town,using some of the greatest hits from the mighty Madness back catalogue, including: Our House, Baggy Trousers, My Girl, Driving in My Car, The Wings of a Dove, Night Boat to Cairo and the all-time classic It Must Be Love – it’d be madness to miss it! Tickets £10 - £12. Also showing Thursday 4 - Saturday 6 June. www.bradfordplayhouse.org.uk

THURSDAY 4 JUNE I TOLD YOU THIS WOULD HAPPEN 7.30PM @ THEATRE IN THE MILL Girl meets boy, girl attempts to rewrite script.

If love is blind, this show is about to take your blindfold off. Written and performed by Kathryn Beaumont, directed by Alex Swift.

Produced by ARC, Stockton on Tees. Tickets £6-£8. www.brad.ac.uk/theatre

TOPIC FOLK CLUB - SINGERS & MUSICIANS 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE

FUNKIN’ SOUL 6PM-LATE, 1in12 CLUB A monthly night of funk, soul, reggae, ska, and hiphop, with resident DJ Hashfinger!

Cafe open 7pm-9pm, dance floor open till 1am! £3/£2 members. www.1in12.com

JATP JAZZ - SALLY DOHERTY QUINTET 7.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE ‘Intimate and passionate’, Sally sings the Latin American songs in the original languages of Portuguese and Spanish because, she says, “..they sound so much more beautiful”.

Her set includes the music of Jobim, Chico Buarque, Luis Bonfa, Jimmy Van Heusen, Gershwin and Hammerstein amongst many others. £7/£5 on the door. www.gumptioncentres.co.uk/entertainmentinbradford

WAITING FOR WEDNESDAY 8PM, FORSTERS BISTRO Waiting For Wednesday return with their On The Couch Session, performing and interviewing guest acts. Free entry. www.forstersbistro.co.uk

ENGLISH YOUTH BALLET - GISELLE 7.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL

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English Youth Ballet presents an appealing and dramatic production of Giselle set on an English country estate with an ‘upstairs downstairs’ flavour, about a young girl who is betrayed by Prince Albert who is also engaged to Lady Bathilde. Tickets £19.50 - £23.50.

Also showing Saturday 6 June. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

READING TOGETHER 11AM @ CITY LIBRARY Find out how to encourage a love of reading, increase your child’s confidence and get the most out of reading together in this one hour workshop, aimed at parents and carers.

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WORDS IN THE CITY 12PM, CITY HALL

SAWDUST ACOUSTIC 8PM, AL’S DIME BAR

Live music from Westerman’s Monthly Funk and Soul Vinyl Revue. www.deliuslivednextdoor.co.uk

Tony Harrison and John Hegley will headline this year’s Words In The City Festival, with readings by Don Paterson, Jo Shapcott, Imtiaz Dharkar, Rommi Smith and Zaffar Kunial; masterclasses, a Mushaira and a lively fringe. FREE fun events for the whole family include a childrens’ poetry performance, poetry prescriptions at the emergency poetry ambulance and the chance to create your own edible poem! www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk

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ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY WITH SORAYA SYED 1PM, CARTWRIGHT HALL

Live music, fun times, late nights and exotic drinks. Free entry. www.alsdimebar.com

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Have a go at Arabic calligraphy with the renowned artist Soraya Syed - learn about the different scripts and tools. Free, however booking is essential - 01274 431212 or cartwright.hall@bradford.gov.uk www.bradfordmuseums.org

One of the Castle’s regular floor singers Alun Griffiths performs a mix of songs of the 60s, 70s, 80s plus a mix of well-known folk songs.

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DJ night every Friday from 9pm. Free entry. www.newbeehive.co.uk

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SMALL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL BIG SCREEN - CITY PARK, BD1 1SD TUE-THU 10AM-6PM, FRI-SAT 10AM-5PM Small World Film Festival brings together heart-warming and humorous stories from across the globe to City Park for everyone to enjoy this summer. From Bulgaria to Pakistan, Italy to Ireland guaranteed to surprise and delight. Films shown twice a day (12.20pm to 1pm and again at 6pm to 6.30pm), every day throughout June on Big Screen Bradford in City Park

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WRITING WORKSHOP FOR YOUNG WRITERS 2.30PM - 4.30PM @ CITY LIBRARY Michelle Scally Clarke leads a fun writing workshop for 12-18 year olds. No experience necessary, no need to book, just turn up.

THIS IS CINERAMA (THREE-PANEL PROJECTION) 3PM @ PICTUREHOUSE CINEMA See the birth of widescreen cinema; an ultra-wide film format created in 1952 to be the ultimate in immersive cinema. Going from a black-and-white standard academy ratio to widescreen Cinerama, this Academy Award-nominated film directed by Robert L. Bendick shows exactly how impressive this format still is. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/National_Media_ Museum

IN THE CITY PRESENTS - THE SOLICITORS 8PM, GINGER GOOSE Fabulous blues and soul party band. Live and loud covering hits from the Blues Brothers and Commitments plus classic soul hits made famous by The Temptations and Four Tops.

Free entry. www.gingergoose.co.uk

BALLS TO THE WALL 9PM, TRASH NIGHTCLUB Live music at Bradford’s brand new rock bar and late spot.

THE LADYBEARS OF LEEDS 10PM, THE SUN HOTEL Comedy drag cabaret. Free entry. www.facebook.com/sunbradford

OXYGEN THIEF 7PM, 1in12 CLUB Colliding punk with folk in an acoustic gig in the 1in12 library. Tunes from Oxygen Thief and Mark McCabe who are both on UK tour, with support from Bradford legends Wobbly Brothers and Sarah Carey. Cafe will be open

serving delicious vegan/veggie food from 12 noon onwards, with music starting at 7pm. £3 members/£4 guests. www.1in12.com

Tickets £27.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

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A tribute to the legends of the 80s featuring the UK’s finest tribute acts - Buster Bloodvessel , Madonna and Billy Idol. 100% pure 80s nostalgia guaranteed. Free entry. www.gingergoose.co.uk

JOHN WEDGEWOOD CLARKE AND HELEN TOOKEY 1PM, CITY LIBRARY Meet poets John and Helen as they read from and discuss their debut collections of poetry featuring scenery and wildlife from the north Yorkshire Coast and themes of identity, place and language.

DANCE DRAMA - HIMA SUNDARI 2PM, KALA SANGAM This Kathakali version of Snow White shows a young Princess, Hima Sundari, who wins the heart of a Prince, but her evil stepmother, who is also the Queen, being jealous of Hima Sundari’s beauty and grace destroys her. Hima Sundari is eventually revived by the dedicated love of the Prince to prove that love conquers evil. Tickets £5 - £7.50. www.kalasangam.org

WEDNESDAY 10 JUNE LA BOHEME 7.30PM, BRADFORD BIG SCREEN Enjoy operatic royalty in Puccini’s best-loved opera. International opera stars Anna Netrebko and Joseph Calleja lead a terrific cast in John Copley’s exquisite production – don’t miss your last chance to see this awardwinning production, which The Royal Opera performs for the last time this season. www.roh.org.uk/about/bp-big-screens

THURSDAY 11 JUNE AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS 7.15PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL You may have heard him on the hugely popular BBC Radio 4 series Meet David Sedaris or you might be one of the millions worldwide who have read his many books.

IN THE CITY PRESENTS - 80s REVIEW 8PM, GINGER GOOSE

TOPIC FOLK CLUB - WENDY ARROWSMITH 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE Glasgow-born singer/songwriter with a voice to die for and a wealth of material, including her own beautifully crafted songs. Free entry. www.topicfc.nawaller.com

FRIDAY 12 JUNE BRADFORD FESTIVAL 12PM, CITY PARK The Bradford Festival brings a vibrant, colourful and multicultural programme of the very best international, British and local theatre, art, music and dance right into the heart of the Bradford. Visit the funfair, relax and be entertained or just browse around the market, you’ll find lots to do over the whole weekend - the festival also includes Mela Day on Sunday 14 June! www.bradfordfestival.org.uk

SILENT MOVIE - SUMMER SLAPSTICK TRIPLE BILL 6.30PM, BRADFORD CATHEDRAL Silent Movie: Summer Slapstick Triple Bill with live organ accompaniment from Jonathan Eyre. The Adventurer (1917) written, directed and starring Charlie Chaplin, plus One Week (1920) starring Buster Keaton trying to build a DIY house kit! And Easy Street (1917) - Charlie Chaplin wanders into a mission, becomes a reformed character and joins the police. Tickets £8 (inc. refreshments after film) www.cinenorth.co.uk/film_detail. php?ID=1606#sthash.aSao37e4.dpuf

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WOVEN SKULL / SOPHIE COOPER / CORE OF THE COALMAN 8PM, FUSE ART SPACE This is part of a tour that Woven Skull are doing with ol’ mates Sophie Cooper and Core of the Coalman, familiar to Fuse regulars, but always a surprise live. Woven Skull are purveyors of ‘minimal psychedelic repetitions made inside of haunted forests and burning bogs’ (i.e. rural Ireland) and Sophie Cooper tops the bill with a performance of vernacular experimental folk. Free entry. www.wearefuse.co

MAGIC OF MOTOWN 8PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL Get ready for the smash hit concert show direct from the States featuring a superblychoreographed cast, dozens of dazzling costume changes and most importantly that authentic Detroit sound. Tickets £19 - £27. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

NERVOUS ‘ORSE 8PM, FORSTERS BISTRO

THE GAME PLAN 7.30PM, ALHAMBRA STUDIO An interactive event exploring the future for Bradford - debate, improvisation, performance. With local band Wilful Missing. £12.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

WALK FOR JUSTICE 10AM, CENTENARY SQUARE

KALEIDOSCOPE 9PM-2AM, NEW BEEHIVE INN CELLAR BAR

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A delicious three-course meal and interactive comedy is hosted by Basil Fawlty, his longsuffering wife Sybil and their confused but loyal waiter Manuel, all brought to life by a critically acclaimed cast of professional actors!

Tickets £46.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

MISS LEXI LEGS 10PM, THE SUN HOTEL

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LAUGHLINES DINNER - FAWLTY TOWERS 7.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL

Rich and rockin’ sounds from Ed and the boys as they pay their first visit to The Vaults.

Free entry. www.cityvaults.co.uk

Guaranteed to get your feet stomping with a repertoire ranging from traditional folk tunes from Eastern Europe, to music hall ditties with smatterings of popular songs and Tom Jones classics thrown in as well. FREE entry. www.facebook.com/erebus77

Are we all tribute acts of our fathers? Cheryl and Tess share their dads’ idealism and limited musical ability. But after years of absence and miscommunication, their tribute act has lost its way. Time to break up. But when their actual fathers get onstage, they find that letting go is harder than it seems. Tickets £3.

FRIDAY 19 JUNE

IN THE CITY PRESENTS - ED STONES & THE BD3 8PM, CITY VAULTS

FREE SANDWICHES 7.30PM,THE CASTLE

TRIBUTE ACTS; A WORK IN PROGRESS 7.30PM @ THEATRE IN THE MILL

A welcome return for this collaboration of fine singer/songwriter and accordion maestro. Free entry. www.topicfc.nawaller.com

A fantastic night of pure punk with live music from 10 Second Shotgun. www.deliuslivednextdoor.co.uk

Comedy drag cabaret. Free entry. www.facebook.com/sunbradford

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TOPIC FOLK CLUB - RICHARD GRAINGER & CHRIS PARKINSON 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE

10 Second Shotgun + Suppor 8pm, delius lived next door

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Reggae, dancehall classics, roots and culture.

Free entry. www.newbeehive.co.uk

interspersed with original music and rhythmic pacey dialogue. The show has received brilliant feedback from audiences and critics, and a Manchester Theatre Awards nomination for Best Fringe Production. Tickets £3. www.brad.ac.uk/theatre

MARIE CURIE EXHIBITION LAUNCH 8PM, FORSTERS BISTRO Maggie Zenwa plays live at a Marie Curie exhibition night - in collaboration with Eat Art Venues. Free entry. www.forstersbistro.co.uk

Walk from Centenary Square to the Home Office Waterside Reporting Centre, Leeds (approx 10 miles). The walk starts at 10am. www.beaconbradford.org

JOHN WALLER 7.30PM,THE CASTLE An adopted Bradfordian with a fine range of self-penned songs about life, the universe and everything. Free entry. www.facebook.com/erebus77

THE CARPENTERS STORY 7.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL

The Live Room Presents - Andy Fairweather Low and the Lowriders 8pm, Caroline Street Club

Widely regarded as the first ever tribute show, back in its 1989 incarnation, The Carpenters Story brings the show bang up to date – Phil Aldridge’s lavish arrangements, stunning vocal harmonies and Claire Furley’s uncanny representation of Karen Carpenter combine to bring back memories of pop’s most melodic duo. Tickets £21.50 - £24.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

Andy Fairweather Low’s pedigree is the stuff rock dreams are made of. He first came to prominence at the vanguard of the new youthful expression of music as the lead singer in Amen Corner. The 60s saw them clock up hit after pop hit. Songs such as Bend Me Shape Me, Hello Suzy, ( If Paradise is ) Half As Nice are internationally remembered

RISE & FALL OF A NORTHERN STAR 7.30PM @ THEATRE IN THE MILL

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The Rise and Fall of a Northern Star offers a peculiar blend of comedy and tragedy

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tHE CARAVAN GALLERY IMPRESSIONS GALLERY, CENTENARY SQ Until 29 AUGUST 2015 A major exhibition of photographs, made in hundreds of locations across the UK over the last fifteen years, will be exhibited at Impressions Gallery this summer. Selected from The Caravan Gallery’s huge archive of images, Extra{ordinary} offers an insight into the reality and surreality of everyday life in 21st century Britain.

Saltaire Live Presents - Treacherous Orchestra 8pm, Victoria Hall 11 musicians drawn from some of the leading bands at the contemporary end of Scottish folk music (Peatbog Faeries, Salsa Celtica, Session A9 etc.) Quite simply, Treacherous Orchestra are a musical tornado, and it is not without good reason that they are often seen closing the night on festival mainstages.

THE UFO CLUB 9PM-2AM, NEW BEEHIVE INN CELLAR BAR The best sounds of the 60s and early 70s with some current bands influenced by 60s.

Free entry. www.newbeehive.co.uk

SATURDAY 20 JUNE CREATIVE WRITING COURSE 10AM - 1PM @ KEIGHLEY LIBRARY A five week writing course for beginners and improvers starting on 20 June. £34.50. Free for JSA, ESA and income support claimants.

Email dionne.hood@bradford.gov.uk for more information and to sign up.

INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE DAY FESTIVAL 11AM - 3PM, CARLTON BOLLING COLLEGE A free family festival with music, workshops and a football tournament, celebrating refugees’ contributions to the city. Free entry. http://bradford.cityofsanctuary.org

SPOKEN WORD, DANCE & MUSIC - FLIGHTS OF FANTASY 7PM, KALA SANGAM Inspired by Richard Bach’s Jonathan Livingston Seagull to follow our dreams, we recreate this story through a spoken word and dance performance. Much against the conventions of a traditional south Asian family, a young man named Kanthan seeks to find a higher purpose through his dance form, to become the best at what he loves most.

Tickets £6 - £9.50. www.kalasangam.org

red dog 8pm, delius lived next door A smooth collection of Live Americana Rock with live music from Red Dog. www.deliuslivednextdoor.co.uk

LAUGHLINES DINNER - DELBOY TRIBUTE 7.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL Fans of the popular television sitcom Only Fools and Horses will love this hilarious parody comedy show. Derek Trotter The crème brulee of Peckham is your host for the evening, with a discerning palate and an eye for a bargain. Tickets £46.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

LAUGH OUT LOUD COMEDY CLUB 8PM, ALHAMBRA STUDIO Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club brings you another hilarious comedy evening. Each show includes several top professional comedians from all over the world to make you LOL! Featuring Steve Shanyaski, Andy White, Jack Carroll. Tickets £16.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

ANALOG BOMBS EP LAUNCH 8PM, AL’S DIME BAR Live music, fun times, late nights and exotic drinks. Free entry. www.alsdimebar.com

HARD ROCK OUTLAWS 9PM, TRASH NIGHTCLUB Live music at Bradford’s brand new rock bar and late spot.

MISS ROSIE CHEEKS 10PM, THE SUN HOTEL Comedy drag cabaret. Free entry. www.facebook.com/sunbradford

SUNDAY 21 JUNE JAM SESSION WITH WAITING FOR WEDNESDAY 8PM, AL’S DIME BAR Live music, fun times, late nights and exotic

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WEDNESDAY 24 JUNE RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO! 7.30PM, STUDIO @ THE BRADFORD PLAYHOUSE “Thatcher’s Britain with its knickers down!” was the tagline behind Andrea Dumar’s 1982 play and subsequent film. Many of us will recall raucously laughing at the antics of sexmad Bob and his two teenage babysitters, in this social comedy. Should we have laughed?

Was Bob a jack the lad just after a little spice in his life or was he a lovable paedophile?

This piece sets out to explore the darker sides of Dunbar’s semi-autographical play.Will we view the piece differently in a post Harris and Saville society? Tickets £10. Also showing Thursday 25 - Sunday 28 June. www.bradfordplayhouse.org.uk

THURSDAY 25 JUNE LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO - INALA 8PM, ALHAMBRA STUDIO Back on tour due to phenomenal demand following its 2014 sell-out success, Inala presents four-time Grammy Award-winning choral legends Ladysmith Black Mambazo in this unique artistic collaboration with multi award-winning choreographer Mark Baldwin.

Tickets £21.50 - £28. Also showing Friday 26 June. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

TOPIC FOLK CLUB - SINGERS & MUSICIANS 8.30PM,GLYDE HOUSE Informal sing-around nights are small friendly and inviting to make you feel totally at ease.

All welcome. Free entry. www.topicfc.nawaller.com

FRIDAY 26 JUNE DIRTY DANCING TRIBUTE ACT 8PM, FORSTERS BISTRO Dirty Dancing Tribute Act perform live.

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SINGERS, MUSICIANS & POETS SESSION 7.30PM,THE CASTLE Come down and play, sing, recite a poem or just sit drink and listen. Free entry. www.facebook.com/erebus77

DIG JAZZ! AND TRAINER TROUBLE PRESENTS LISTEN UP! 9PM-2AM, NEW BEEHIVE INN CELLAR BAR Dig Jazz! and Trainer Trouble playing old vinyl records and a bar serving craft/real ales. Expect funky breaks, vintage soul, reggae-reggae bass and more than enough jazzy soundtracks and beats to tap your toes too. Free entry. www.newbeehive.co.uk

SATURDAY 27 JUNE BACK TO BROADWAY 7.30PM, ST GEORGES HALL Voted as the UK’s No. 1 musical theatre show, Back To Broadway is the all-singing, all-dancing, theatrical sensation that invites you to take a breathtaking journey through the magical world of musicals! Tickets £20. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

TC’s Funky Nuts 8pm, delius lived next door A great night of Live Upbeat Funky Classics Not to be missed. www.deliuslivednextdoor.co.uk

Pefkin / Mel O’Dubslaine 8PM, FUSE ART SPACE

TRAPDOOR - ALTERNATIVE ROCK PARTY! 10PM, THE MILL NIGHTCLUB

Pefkin is the solo project of Gayle Brogan, half of Scottish psych-pop duo Electroscope.

Mel O’Dubslaine (née Delaney) is a Leedsbased synthetic noise merchant dabbling in obtuse musical fantasy, heavy space-chord amalgamations, and drum pad improv. Free entry. www.wearefuse.co

A legendary rock and alternative party, last Saturday of every month. DJs on two floors playing alternative rock, punk, ska, and metal.

Plus live bands and optional fancy dress. £5 on the door. www.themillbradford.com

IN THE CITY PRESENTS - SAWDUST 8PM, GINGER GOOSE

HORRIBLE HISTORIES - GROOVY GREEKS 7PM, ALHAMBRA THEATRE

A fabulous night of classic rock and pop covers from one of our favourite bands.

A real up-tempo night - don’t forget your dancing shoes! Free entry. www.gingergoose.co.uk

IN THE CITY PRESENTS - STAND ALONE 8PM, CITY VAULTS They’re back again and ready to rock The Vaults. Undoubtedly one of our favourite bands. who certainly know how to work the crowd into a frenzy. Free entry. www.cityvaults.co.uk

IN THE CITY PRESENTS - THE ELEMENTS 9PM, LORD CLYDE Join us for a super evening of classic reggae covers from two of the region’s hardest working musicians. These guys are unstoppable and perform hit after hit. Don’t miss this one!! Free entry.

BEVERLY BALL CRUSHER 10PM, THE SUN HOTEL Comedy drag cabaret. Free entry. www.facebook.com/sunbradford

pride of place fuse art space 11 June - 11 July The Bradford Pride of Place Project hub is a reverse visitor information centre where people can share stories, images, words, and opinions about where they live to add to an ever-growing exhibition.

The Caravan Gallery will also be exhibiting their own photographic impressions of Bradford as well as selected entries from their Bradford photo competition. www.wearefuse.co.

TUESDAY 30 JUNE So it’s time to prepare yourselves for Horrible Histories live on stage! Using actors and stunning 3D special effects, this World Premiere of Groovy Greeks is guaranteed to thrill you and your children. Historical figures and events will come alive on stage and hover at your fingertips! Tickets £13.50 - £16.50.

Also showing Wednesday 1 - Saturday 4 July. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on

SATURDAY 4 JULY PARLEZ VOUZ 10PM, THE MILL NIGHTCLUB Legends of hard-house music come to Bradford, featuring Tidy Boys and Anne Savage. £15 on the door. www.themillbradford.com

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Westleigh Hotel

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Popular student karaoke night

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Picturehouse Cinema

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Bradford Cathedral

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Delius Arts Centre

6.30pm Vinyasa Flow yoga classes by Yoga Bradford

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8.30PM A friendly and inviting live music event.

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The Castle

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Balanga Bar

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Authentic Polish tavern

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Forsters Bistro

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