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Bradford Review ISSUE 28 June 2017

Contents 06 | In the News

11 | Bradford Literature Festival 14 | Tales from the Tracks 16 | Bradford Classic

20 | On the cover...Ben Holden 22 | Bradford Markets

26 | Bradford Refugee Week 32 | Bradford Festival

36 | Picks Of The Month 38 | What’s On?

On The Cover

This month’s cover image is by Ben Holden. If you’d like to feature on the cover send your entry to enquiries@festivalpublications.co.uk. The deadline for submissions to the next issue is June15th.

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In the News

Plans to launch Bradford print fair

Despite Bradford’s rich and illustrious print heritage there is no print festival. Until now! The Bradford Print Fair is an initiative by local illustrator Katie Holmes and aspiring theatre producer Anna Parker, who aim to establish a print fair in Bradford worthy of its stature and heritage as a print city. The event brings together creators, makers and lovers of design and print to celebrate emerging and established talent. From original prints and affordable gifts, there is something for everyone. The inaugural print fair will take place as part of the North Parade Festival in Bradford, 22nd July 2017. They are seeking local artists who wish to participate, and aim to crowdfund £500 to cover costs in producing and marketing the event.

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Lineup announced for Bingley Music The line-up for Bingley Music Live 2017 has now been completed, making it one of the strongest in the festival’s history. New additions to the line-up come in the form of heavy hitting artists such as Sundara Karma, Badly Drawn Boy and Twin Atlantic who will be taking to the main stage across the weekend.

Music fans will also have the chance to catch some of the UK’s hottest new acts on this year’s Discovery stage, headlined by overnight sensation Tom Grennan, London gals The Big Moon and hotly tipped locals The Orielles. They are joining an already full-tobursting weekend programme for the Bradford Council-run event on 1-3 September at Myrtle Park, which so far boasts Manic Street Preachers, The Kaiser Chiefs, The Wombats, Maximo Park, Pete Doherty, Soul II Soul, Feeder, Milburn and Cabbage.

Work begins on St George’s Hall renovation

Renovation work on Bradford’s historic St George’s Hall has begun after a contractor was appointed. This major refurbishment – the first in over 30 years – will revamp the auditorium and the frontof-house area. Work has been underway for the past year behind the scenes with site surveys, conservation specialists, architects, specialist seating consultants and interior designers making preparations for the project. Surveys have been made into the ceilings, walls and structural supports in the bar and front of house areas. The state of the stonework and of the electrics could not be properly assessed until indepth exploration took place with everything inside the building being taken out. The exploration revealed that more extensive work will have to be carried out than was previously expected which has resulted in the estimates for the work increasing. The total project cost is now £8.2 million with £1.5 million coming from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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Headliners revealed for Literature Festival

From Game of Thrones to cricket, via William Blake, Bradford Literature Festival returns with a programme of events like no other. by Georgina Lennon

Bradford Literature Festival, in association with Provident Financial Group, has announced 2017’s new, exciting events and literary greats. The now iconic festival, held for ten days from 30 June to 9 July, has always considered literature in its broadest possible sense, celebrating the wonderful world of words that connects everything from poetry to music, fiction to science, theatre to sport. This year’s guests include literary greats Jeanette Winterson and Ben Okri, worldrenowned poets Jackie Kay and Linton Kwesi-Johnson, feminist Germaine Greer and historian and politician Shashi Tharoor. There’ll also be a trio of events on Yorkshire cricket, held in association with The Cricketer Magazine, Tiff Needell, host of Top Gear and Fifth Gear, joins the festival for a look into the world of Formula One, and there’ll be a fittingly adult celebration of Harry Potter’s 20th birthday - Potter’s Potions, a bespoke cocktail-making class in the dungeonesque setting of Bradford’s stunning Sunbridge Wells. At the Bradford

Literature Festival there’s something for everyone. Fans of film and theatre will be thrilled by this year’s programme. With films as diverse and wide ranging as Holy Terrors, which brings to life the macabre tales of Welsh writer Arthur Machen, and the highly controversial Lipstick Under My Burka, banned in India for being ‘too lady orientated’, with its scenes of feminist rebellion, there’s plenty to keep cinema lovers entertained. There’ll also be a series of exceptional theatre productions - Bradford-born Asif Khan brings his debut play Combustion, a fabulously comic take

on young British Muslim lives in the north of England, and celebrated poet Lemn Sissay will perform his internationally acclaimed Something Dark, recently added to the national syllabus.

For parents of teenagers, the festival’s Young Adult strand will come as a welcome relief. Radio 1 DJ and fashion stylist Gemma Cairney joins this year’s A-list line-up for a frank discussion on the highs and lows of growing up, king of controversy and YA author Melvyn Burgess, whose novel Junk defined a decade, will join Glamour columnist and LGBT activist Juno Dawson to discuss The Books They Don’t Want You To Read, and there’ll be interactive workshops on everything from Manga drawing to opinion writing to performance poetry.

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Headliners include:

This year’s dates have moved the festival further into the summer months, and, with a spectacular line-up of free family fun days held in Bradford’s own City Park sun trap, families will be spoiled for choice this July. The first weekend - Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 July - will see superheroes descend upon the city, followed by a fairytale wonderland of mythical characters, whilst the second weekend - Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 July will see Bradford’s first Teddy Bear’s Picnic, and the finale, a Harry Potter extravaganza, promises a magical end to what is sure to be an incredible ten days.

Gemma Cairney, All about Me 2.15pm, 3pm, Saturday 1 July

The full programme of events is now available via the festival website, including a digital version of the festival brochure, and with events already selling out, literature lovers are encouraged to buy tickets now to avoid disappointment! For full lineup and ticket information visit www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk

An audience with Jeanette Winterson. 6pm, Saturday 1 July

Lyrical Mehfil, with Jackie Kay (pictured), Raymond Antrobus, Aviva Dautch, Steven Camden, Shazea Quraishi, Naeem Haider. 7.30pm, Saturday 1 July

Jerusalem: the anthem Ben Okri (pictured) , Boyd Tonkin, Jason Whittaker. 10.30am, Saturday 8 July

Christina Lamb in conversation 12noon, Sunday 9 July

Poetry with a punch feat. Linton Kwesi Johnson 7.30pm, Thursday 6 July

The untold story of Elizabeth I and Islam - Jerry Brotton, Jenni Murray(pictured) 12noon, Saturday 8 July

Shashi Tharoor Inglorious Empire – What the British Did to India 4pm, Sunday 2 July

Gender expectation in the lives of the Brontës Germaine Greer (pictured), Boyd Tonkin 2.15pm, Saturday 8 July

Tiff Needell in conversation. 11.15am, Saturday 8 July

Tales from the tracks The Queensbury Lines, a Bus Tour by Glyn Watkins

For three years vintage bus tours have departed North Parade to visit various lost aspects of Bradford’s social history. From sports grounds that no longer exist to the last resting places of sporting notables. On Saturday 10 June the 2017 edition is taking to the tracks. Forgotten and long ripped up tracks. The trip will explore stories from Bradford’s abandoned railways. Join us as we squeeze the bus under low bridges with Glyn Watkins giving a running commentary via a megaphone. We will also be joined by James Mackenzie, a Mastermind winner whose specialist subject was the lost railways of West Yorkshire! Trippers will gather at the Record Cafe on North Parade at 11am for a noon start. This year’s conveyance is a vintage seventytwo seat Leyland open top bus - for the technically-minded it’s a Leyland Titan PD3 267 with Northern Counties bodywork. We aim to return to the Sparrow, North Parade, by around 5pm. Tickets will be on sale at the Record Cafe and Sparrow. The £10 ticket includes the bus tour and food. Our tour will take in the city centre, Thornton, Denholme, Cullingworth, Harecroft, Queensbury, Clayton, Great Horton and Park Avenue. We will be making a beer stop at the

George in Cullingworth and will later dine at Bowling Old Lane Cricket Club. At the latter we will be once again eating one of Naz’s legendary curries. Two years ago people were literally scraping the bottom of the bowl! We will also be drinking a specially brewed beer from Old Spot Brewery of Cullingworth. Bowling Old Lane are playing Gomersal in the Bradford Cricket League on the day of our visit. Once again the trip is supported by the Record Cafe and Sparrow on North Parade. The Queensbury Lines - a Bus Tour, Saturday 10 June, Record Cafe, North Parade, £10.

Highlights of the tour include: Intemperance and a Clayton tunnel death Lies, the FA Cup and a Queensbury chimney Bradford’s forgotten main line stations Bowling Old Lane v Gomersal in the Bradford Cricket League Specially brewed beer by Old Spot Home made curry

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Bradford goes Classic

by Sue Denim

The ever popular Bradford Classic show is back for its twelfth year, in the multiaward winning City Park on Saturday 12 August from 10am to 4pm The event’s organisers are making a final call for car clubs and individuals who may wish to showcase their classic vehicles, with prizes being offered for Lord Mayor’s Choice and Best In Show winner and runner up. Enthusiasts are being urged to apply as soon as possible to secure a space, as places are now very limited. This year’s show has already attracted a high number of entries, with the earliest example attending once again being the 1920s Ford Model A, as well as the ever classic Jaguars and Bentleys. People can come down to City Park and enjoy live music from local bands and solo artists playing on the main stage throughout the day.

There’ll be plenty to keep the kids entertained, with numerous fun activities - including face painting, the challenging ‘spider mountain’ and a bungee trampoline. There’ll also be the opportunity to view an amazing selection of classic police vehicles displayed by the Bradford Police Museum. This is a fantastic family fun day and it’s FREE! Jonny Noble, Bradford’s city centre manager, said, “Once again this year’s Bradford Classic is shaping up to be a fantastic family day. We’ve added a number of new additions to the show and also extended the range of activities for children, so there’s loads to keep the whole family entertained. “There’ll be a full day of music on the stage and also the ever popular ‘auto - jumble’ where people can buy a range of classic car memorabilia, and to cap it off the Rose and Brown vintage fair will once again be taking place in City Hall.” To apply for a space for your club or car, please email ccm.team@bradford.gov.uk or call 01274 432412 to request an application form.

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On the cover... Ben Holden by Haigh Simpson

How did you get into illustration and when did it become a career for you? I managed to blag a job as a junior designer for a software company with no experience whatsoever while quite young. Dull work but friendly people and great for learning the software skills needed to progress. The more creative stuff came through music and being in and around bands, making posters for gigs and events and whatnot.

crying shame it’s unused, sadly a common story in town - beautiful abandoned buildings going to rack and ruin. Some of the client design stuff I do can be quite restrictive and regimented so it’s good to let loose, break the rules and play with texture and colour. Using Highpoint’s brutal aesthetic with Risograph, graphic elements and paint gives it some love and attention, just for fun really.

How would you describe your style and how did it develop?

Is there a project or piece of work you’re particularly proud of ?

Pretty bold, abstract, colourful. I like super sharp clean design and typography but just as happy to mess things up a little. It’s developed purely through experience and doing it every day. Things are more handson these days, choosing pen, paint or pencil and paper over staring at screens for hours.

Loads of gig posters and projects over the years, but I’ve really enjoyed working on a project in York called Vespertine for the past few years. It’s a series of art events at twilight in interesting spaces.

What was the idea behind your cover illustration? The Brutalist architecture of the old Yorkshire Building Society building has always fascinated me. A towering chunk of empty unused concrete at the top of town. Nestled between pubs and pound shops, people going about their daily business with it looming over them, pretty stark. It’s a

I have a current obsession with Risograph printing and started a new project using the process. I love the aesthetic of Riso and the whole process. Being able to go from concept, design and print independently DIY style is really fun and satisfying. Although it’s restrictive, with its quirks, I think that pushes creativity.

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Your Markets need you! by Haigh Simpson

About the Campaign Duration of Campaign : 1 year

Shop for Victory will launch only on Facebook and other social platforms will be used to raise awareness and link back to FB page. This campaign will run up to the summer. 15 micro-films ready for release focusing on the key messages the campaign aims to deliver with more content to be created by the DMA. First week of campaign will include 5 poster films with a steady stream of content built up over the past few months. Following the end of the Shop for Victory campaign in the summer, DMA will begin the next phase of this promotion with Instagram – Local Community Heroes using local photographers to capture the market. The third phase will be the launch of Market TV on Youtube to begin in the autumn.

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Bradford Markets are encouraging people to shop local and support their markets with a new World War 2 inspired social media campaign. The ‘Shop for Victory’ campaign aims to raise the profile of Bradford’s markets by highlighting the heritage and expertise of the market trader as well as the quality of produce available. The campaign was launched on the 24th May to coincide with Love Your Local Market Fortnight 2017. A series of 15 videos include trader interviews, cutaways and background footage from across Bradford Markets with a particular focus on City Centre traders. The campaign will see several key traders participate in a ‘David v Goliath’ style promotion where traders vocalise the advantages and benefits of shopping at their market, their own journey in

becoming a market trader and the future of markets. The video footage is taken on site of traders in Kirkgate, Keighley, Oastler, St James’s Wholesale and Saltaire Markets and includes individual interviews of a handful of traders in each market. The WW2 poster theme is used as a template to superimpose images of real traders in Oastler to drive key messages of the campaign to the shopper – ‘Your Markets Need You, ‘We Can Do It’, ‘Deserve Local Food’, ‘Shop for Victory.’ The markets are reaching out to the public for support, highlighting the importance of shopping locally for the welfare of their community, their local economy, employment and entrepreneurship. Simon Couth, Head of the Working Academy at Bradford University said, “The Working Academy at the University

provides a unique opportunity for its undergraduates and recent graduates to gain the the real industry experience of working on a properly commissioned digital project. “During the commissioning and production process there is the opportunity to hone technical skills against the brief set by the client. Also to develop an understanding of time management, project coordination and communicating with diverse groups. “We love what the Bradford Markets team are trying to achieve in promoting the traders and what they offer. They want to attract new shoppers into the Markets and we hope that this Facebook campaign will help them to reach some different audiences. Our students involved in the filming have certainly become regular shoppers!”

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Refugee Week raises its game by Deb Collett

We have a good track record in Bradford when it comes to flying the flag for Refugee Week. This annual national jamboree is to celebrate the contribution that refugees and asylum seekers make to our city and communities, whilst also trying to help the wider community understand a little better why people are forced to migrate and seek sanctuary. The programme is pulled together by a friendly and ramshackle bunch going by the name of the Refugee Week Planning Group - anyone of good will who turns up plus a hard core of people drawn from groups and organisations that want to show support and solidarity with refugees, and delegates from refugee groups. There are regular ingredients to the programme - an exhibition, BEACON’s Walk for Justice, a launch featuring the work of Schools Of Sanctuary, the BIASAN party and the International Refugee Day. This year we’ve been able to expand our horizons, thanks to some energetic commitment and useful bits of funding to 26 Preview Feature

help us on our way. First up is our exciting new Film Strand – some of which is all singing and dancing. Don’t miss Friday night at Bradford Cathedral where Cry Of Love – a heady mix of Fame and Ubuntu – is showing. FUSE have returned to the themes of their excellent work in Parallel Republic by showing some graphic citizen journalism and film making from Syria, and is hosting a mobile journalism workshop. Millside and Delius Centres are putting on community film shows. The National Science and Media Museum is also on the team sheet, with the glorious Dream Of Shahrazad. And entrance is free, for everybody, to all of these events and every single event throughout the week. It seems increasingly urgent that we clearly demonstrate our support and solidarity with refugees. It’s not enough to be a City of Sanctuary - we have try and make it a reality in the face of hostility and an austerity agenda that is diminishing the groups who have been active over years. This urgency has brought about an unprecedented willingness to get involved

and to donate resources, the most valuable of which is time. Volunteer work has greatly increased our capacity to reach out and encourage involvement from a really wide range of organisations. So our programme includes a self-organised refugee picnic, discussion, debate and storytelling at Speakers’ Corner, a jazz concert and a posh launch attended by the Lord Mayor. As Refugee Week coincides with Ramadan this year, we’re having the International Refugee Day on Saturday 1 July, so everyone can enjoy the feast. Grange Interlink has been a very welcoming new venue for this fun packed conclusion to the week. We’re chuffed to have Shah E Mardan performing, and a scratch choir. Workshops from Bradford Literature Festival Storytelling to Cecil Green Arts puppetry. And running alongside all this is the legendary football tournament. So, there’s much to celebrate during this week and a great deal still to do. Make sure you shape up, show up and join in.

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Bradford Refugee Week Programme 19-24 JUNE.

Every event is FREE EXHIBITIONS

JOURNEYS - artists from BIASAN exploring themes of migration, refuge and identity. Skipton Library 19 to 24 June, except Tuesday. PEACE AFTER PARTITION - the largest forced migration of the 20th century. Peace Museum, 10 Piece Hall Yard, Bradford BD1 1PJ. Weds to Friday 10am to 4pm. peacemuseum.org.uk

OUR SHARED FUTURE - Bradford City of Sanctuary presents individual and collaborative work from established artists, art students, refugees, asylum seekers and schools. 19 to 24 June, 11am to 5pm, Gallery 2. bradford.ac.uk/gallery

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The Great Get Together with Artworks Creative Communities

is a family-friendly evening event with green activities for all, a late evening meal to break fast together, and a showing of the film Grow Your Own.

Delius Arts and Cultural Centre, Great Horton Road BD7 1AA 7-11pm. www.artworkscreative.org.uk

MONDAY 19 JUNE

Multilingual Welcome To Bradford walk. With Bradford Refugee Forum 11am- 2pm.

Meet at 11am at Bradford Action for Refugees on Piccadilly BD1 3NN. Contact Duncan from the Forum 07392 077202.

The Good Lie (film) at The Millside Centre, 1

31 Grattan Road, BD1 2HS, at 6pm with discussion.

TUESDAY 20 JUNE United Nations World Refugee Day 2017

BCB is planning to broadcast all day, reflecting and exploring the contemporary and historical refugee experience. Want to get involved? Find out more at www.bcbradio.co.uk

Friendship Choir - for refugees, asylum seekers and their friends. They meet weekly at Freedom Studios, 7 Manor Row, BD1 4PB 6-7.30pm. All welcome.

WEDNESDAY 21 JUNE Beacon Walk for Justice

9.30am - Centenary Square, Bradford - estimated finish,

4pm, Leeds. Walk with us to highlight the injustices in the asylum system and raise funds for BEACON. beacon@beaconbradford.org

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CHAS@St Vincents Refugee Open Day 10am-2pm

Food, information and a warm welcome to all at Rees

Way, Bradford, BD3 0DZ. Contact matthew.henderson@ stvincents-svp.org.uk

Keighley Library Refugee Week - Storytelling hour at 11am

BIASAN party.

All welcome. Music and dancing with the Buttered Peas Ceilidh Band plus food - a highlight of the week.

6-9pm Centre for the Deaf, Hallfield Rd, BD1 3RP.

The Bradford Refugee Week Group and Bradford City of

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Margaret McMillan Tower (the old library) from 5pm. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll

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Sanctuary invite you to the Launch of Refugee Week 2017 at be refreshments and music & drama from Bradford schools.

WUR in Kirkgate Market from 12 noon to 3pm. WUR

to make the world a better place for all. Facebook.com/ wurbradford www.wurbradford.wordpress.com

Lunchtime Jazz - with Schwa performing Threshold at

Refugee Action Family Picnic and Play Day.

of hospitality, stretching back and looking forward.

new friends with games for adults and children.

12.30pm. Do not miss this musical treat – songs and stories Delius Centre, BD7 1AA www.artworkscreative.org.uk

The Dream Of Shahrazad (film). A web of music,

politics and storytelling, exploring the ways creativity and political articulation coincide in response to oppression. Introduction and discussion.

Science and Media Museum 6pm.

International Activism

Issues facing migrants and challenging the current narrative surrounding the refugee debate.

Speakers’ Corner, 4 Ivegate, Bradford BD1 1SA, 6.30- 8.30pm. Twitter @SpeakersCornerC, Facebook speakerscornercollective.

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Mobile Journalism workshop with MYMUP. Creating, directing and editing films using everyday technology – just bring your phone. 1–3pm.

Syrian Short Films - Citizen Reporting 3.30–5.30pm.

Documenting the conflict, through the lenses of the people of Homs, Damascus, Aleppo and elsewhere in Syria.

Both events at FUSE wearefuse.co 7 Rawson PLace, BD1 3JP.

Tenx9 Storytelling on the theme of JOURNEY Nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a real story of their lives.

Speakers Corner, 4 Ivegate, BD1 1SA. 7-9.30pm. bradfordstorytellers@gmail.com or call 07540 977950. Facebook: Tenx9 Bradford

CRY OF LOVE

This inspirational film follows the lives of young and talented teens at the fictional African Performing Arts Centre. Bradford Cathedral, Stott Hill, BD1 4EH, 7.30pm.

SATURDAY 24 JUNE

Bradford Amnesty International

Join local activists in this photo action to welcome refugees

and to commemorate International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

Centenary Square at 12 noon. bradfordamnesty@gmail.com

Facebook: Bradford Amnesty International

All welcome to share a picnic (simple food provided), meet

12-3pm Horton Park, BD7 3EG (just to left of main entrance).

Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait

A film screening of Ossama Mohammed and Wiam Simav Bedirxan’s graphic account of the horrors of the Syrian conflict, filmed by citizens trapped within it. FUSE, 7 Rawson PLace, BD1 3JP at 4pm.

THURSDAY 1 JULY

International Refugee Festival

Come and enjoy music and dance, workshops for all the

family, food and sports, and a wonderful day to round off Refugee Week 2017.

11am-3pm at Grange Interlink, Summerville Road, BD7 1PX.

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Bradford Festival acts and events by James Lee

Bradford Council has announced a host of high quality acts and workshops for this year’s Bradford Festival in Bradford’s award-winning City Park 28-30 July. First up, there’s the innovative and colourful street theatre. Celebrated women’s street theatre company Circo Rum Ba Ba brings The Crow House, a silent movie-inspired show using acrobatics, silks trapeze artistry, hat juggling, musical saw and harp playing, puppetry, audience participation and slapstick comedy! One of Cardiff’s most exciting, original and eclectic companies and pioneers of all things retro, vintage and the wonderfully absurd, Kitsch & Sync Collective will stage, Bedraggled. Three beauties are swept up on City Park’s shores, serenading shipwrecked sailors with their sublime, sultry sounds, but these mermaids are nothing like those in fairy tales. Innovative British street theatre company Acrojou will show All At Sea, a theatrical installation set in a boat. A lone boatman

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traverses a vast ocean of memories and past hopes, accompanied by his own personal storm in a moving and atmospheric row-about. Bristol-based Cake Ladies bring their flamboyant stilt-walking show by the same name, a saucy roaming tea party dishing up sweet treats with a touch of glamour. These colourful human tables will serve a visual and gastronomic feast of charm and confectionery. And musically, this year’s Bradford Festival has an eclectic range of local, national and international artistes for a wide range of tastes. Ice Cream: The Opera, by local arts organisation Freedom Studios, is a charming 30-minute act written by Ian McMillan and performed in and around two ice cream vans, telling the story of lovers Romano and Geetha who are trapped in a

Delhi ska band The Ska Vengers

hostile family feud. Geetha and Romano proclaim their love and try to calm the situation but are caught in the crossfire with dramatic consequences. Lovers of rock and pop will enjoy the powerful beat-driven and melodic sound of Rupert Stroud, one of a breed of hotlytipped West Yorkshire musicians currently attracting the attentions of regional and national audiences. Highly original alternative indie band, Fie! Fie! Fie! from Birstall, who were nominated for the Outstanding Band Award at the Yorkshire Gig Awards, combine guitars, vocals, percussion and soulful harmonies with added sincerity and wit in equal measure and will have Bradford crowds screaming for more. Fans of classical world music can experience the delicate and soulful

harmonies of the ancient erhu, or Chinese violin, played by master virtuoso, Ling Peng. Her career began as a child prodigy at the age of seven, performing to thousands during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. She fuses western art forms with Chinese, bringing new perspectives, new audiences and new understanding to both Chinese music and culture. Innovative, Delhi-based The Ska Vengers blend ska rhythms with elements of dub, punk, jazz and rap to produce refreshingly different, energetic and danceable music, introducing politically and socially relevant themes into their work. For those who want to participate, use their hands and learn new skills, this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festival will again offer chances for children and adults to try out a wide range of creative and fun activities.

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Cardiff performance trio Kitch n’ Sync

Festival goers can create colourful celebration crafts using the bright colours of Mexico with a Day Of The Dead theme, with celebrated local and international exhibiting artist Morwenna Catt. Make a traditional Nichos box, a miniature Mexican shrine in a matchbox then personalise with collage, drawing and reflective and colourful materials. Children from 3 to 93 are invited to step into Cardboard Joe And The Book Of Mysteries, an interactive music and storytelling popup animation tent by Shipley-based arts organisation, 154 Collective. Visitors to the festival will have the opportunity to unlock their inner rock star at drumming, guitar and bass, with DJ and music recording sessions also run by the Bradford-based School of Rock and Media. Master sculptors from Sand In Your Eye, who have created incredible ice and sand art 34 Preview Feature

works in City Park and Bradford city centre, will teach people how to make beautiful decorative sand castles. Bobsie Robinson, Culture, Policy and Events Manager, Bradford Council, said, “This is a fantastic opportunity for people to come into Bradford and enjoy three days of high quality entertainment. This year’s Festival has a rich variety of street theatre, music and workshops - we have something for everyone and entry is free. The Festival is part of a wide programme of events and activities designed to bring people together and boost the city centre.” In 2016 the Bradford Festival attracted over 150,000 people into Bradford. Visit www.bradfordfestival.org.uk or follow Bradford Festival on Twitter and Facebook.

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Picks of the Month

Calamity Jane at Bradford Playhouse

Join The Bradford Players at the Bradford Playhouse for this musical Western, adapted from the celebrated stage-play and film starring Doris Day and Howard Keel. Calamity dresses like a man, totes a gun and drives the Deadwood City stagecoach. Well-meaning but disasterprone, she tries to help the local saloon proprietor out of a jam by promising to fetch a music-hall star from Chicago, but things don’t quite go to plan. A hilarious comedy, it nevertheless has many tender moments and some very famous numbers, including Secret Love, Black Hills Of Dakota, Deadwood Stage and Windy City. Wednesday 7 June, 7.30pm and Saturday 10 June 7.30pm with 2pm Matinee

Thee Deadtime Philharmonic live

Deadtime continue to receive outstanding reviews for their high octane, raw and emotive live shows. International and national radio airplay for the band has come from Don Letts, Jarvis Cocker and Tom Robinson, to name a few. And now they’re coming to Bradford’s iconic venue, The Mill. Based in ex-mining town Swadlincote, South Derby, still on its knees from Thatcher’s stranglehold on the working classes, Murdoch’s songwriting reflects the carnage left behind. Their militant working class stance caught the eye of Clash legend Mick Jones, who took Deadtime out as special guests. Deadtime will be supported by local alternative rock outfit Kath & the Kicks, who, having played across West Yorkshire and at Saltaire Music Festival, profess a love for more intimate venues and promise this show is one not to miss. Friday 16 June, 8pm at The Mill.

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National Science and Media Museum Lates

Stuart Lee - Content Provider

Dreams have long inspired wonder and curiosity. Drawing on the dreamlike quality of our exhibition Poetics of Light: Pinhole Photography, the event will explore the science behind dreaming, looking at how cutting-edge technologies might soon allow us to record and influence dreams, and seeing how pinhole cameras create such enchanting imagery.

Lee returns to the stage with a 90-minute cultured show with no limits or censorship. It’s pure stand-up comedy. Navigating topics of the moment like Brexit and Donald Trump with punchy, vulgar witticism and a mixture of deconstructed jokes and dry soliloquies, Lee’s show transcends the dreariness of current politics with watertight comedy.

The National Science and Media Museum’s runs regular Lates events for over 18s. This Lates evening explores the science and imagery of dreams and dreaming.

Thursday 22 June, 6.30 - 9.30pm www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/ whats-on/lates

After four years writing and performing his TV show, Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, Content Provider is Stewart’s first brand new full-length show since the award-winning Carpet Remnant World.

Saturday 17 June, 7.30pm at The Alhambra Theatre

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What’s On? Friday 2 June

Sunday 4 June

8pm, Al’s Dime Bar Playing a range of hits from Aretha Franklin to Wolfmother, Rubber Kazoo guarantee a good time with favourites from AC/DC, Foo Fighters, James and the classics by Elvis and The Beatles. With each member of the Bradford-based covers band a respected musician in the local scene in their own right, Rubber Kazoo gets together as four friends for a loud and rocking good time.

4-7pm, Bradford Brewery On the first Sunday of every month stroll through Bradford Brewery’s Crafters Market Hops & Shops, bursting with unique items handmade by fellow Bradfordians.

Rubber Kazoo at Al’s Dime Bar

Viet Gong

9pm, Wireless Bar Heavy instrumental band comes to Wireless to puncture your eardrums!!

Saturday 3 June Saturday Stop

10.30am to 4.30pm, Impressions Gallery Get creative on our huge drawing wall and enjoy make and take drawing activities at our weekly drop in event for families. Free, drop in. www.impressions-gallery.com

Jade Justine Live at The Sun!

8.30pm, The Sun Hotel Outrageous cabaret every Saturday night at The Sun from 8.30pm!

Black Swan presents: Evil Eye ft. Helios

8pm, Black Swan Evil Eye take the stage for a night of stoner/ hard rock. Supported by Bradford’s own rock instrumental act Helios...not to be missed.

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Hops & Shops

Vintage Sundays: Manhattan

2pm, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum Classic films back to the big screen where they belong. Woody Allen’s rapturous, poignant, romantic comedy about the fretful life of an obsessive writer of TV comedy is a declaration of love to the city Allen has made his own. https://www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/manhattan

British Museum Presents: Hokusai

3.30pm, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum This fascinating new cinema event is an exclusive private view of the forthcoming British Museum exhibition Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave. Filmed in Japan, the US and the UK, the film focuses on Hokusai’s work, life and times in the great, bustling metropolis of Edo, modern Tokyo. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/britishmuseum-presents-hokusai

Black Swan presents: Boycott The Baptist w/ Mammoth Tank and Lippy

8pm, The Black Swan This one looks amazing! Boycott The Baptist take the stage with Mammoth Tank and Lippy for a night of live music.

Tuesday 6 June Discover Tuesdays: Kiki

6pm, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum Discover stunning cinema at Picturehouse. This explosive new documentary ventures into Harlem’s Kiki community, a site of radical selfexpression for young queer people of colour in New York City, whose ballroom competitions and surrogate families provide both creative platforms and a source of succour for individuals facing multiple forms of marginalisation. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/kiki

Funny Girl

Until 10 June, Alhambra Theatre Funny Girl brought global fame to Barbra Streisand 50 years ago and boasts some of the most iconic songs in film and theatre history, including People and Don’t Rain On My Parade. This exhilarating musical tells the story of Fanny Brice, whose vocal talents and comedic ability see her rise from Brooklyn music hall singer to Broadway star. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk

Wednesday 7 June Royal Opera House Live: The Dream

7.15pm, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum This gorgeous mixed programme demonstrates the great creative vision of Frederick Ashton, founder choreographer of The Royal Ballet. The Dream is Ashton’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s riotous comedy in which a forest sprite plays havoc,

armed with a love potion. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/rohlive-the-dream

Quiz Night

8pm, Bradford Brewery Join Bradford Brewery’s weekly pub quiz with beer tokens, cash prizes and free nibbles every Wednesday.

Calamity Jane

7.30pm, The Bradford Playhouse Runs until Saturday 10 June ‘Calam’ dresses like a man, totes a gun and drives the Deadwood City stagecoach. Well-meaning but disaster-prone, she tries to help the local saloon proprietor out of a jam by promising to fetch a music-hall star from Chicago. A hilarious comedy, it nevertheless has many tender moments and some very famous numbers, including Secret Love, Black Hills Of Dakota, Deadwood Stage and Windy City. www.bradfordplayhouse.org.uk

Wednesday@One

1pm, Bradford Cathedral The season of weekly lunchtime organ recitals continues with Director of Music Alexander Berry & Chris Parsons. Recitals start at 1pm and are free with a retiring collection. www.bradfordcathedral.org

Thursday 8 June

Double Header - Henry Parker & Helen McCreary at Glyde House

8.30pm, Glyde House U.S. born Helen McCreary spent time in New York on the singer/songwriter circuit as well as New Zealand. With her beautiful voice, intricate guitar playing and thoughtful, sometimes humorous songs and tasteful covers New York’s loss is most definitely Bradford’s gain - Helen is a huge favourite on the West Yorkshire acoustic music scene. Henry Parker has been making a name for himself at folk clubs and concerts as a fine

acoustic guitarist and singer of selfpenned and traditional songs. His style draws on the performers of the 60s folk revival. www.topicfc.nawaller.com

What if I Told You? The Mayers Ensemble at Theatre in the Mill

7.30pm, Theatre in the Mill Throughout Pauline’s life, people have made assumptions about her based on her gender, background and race. She’s defied these at every turn, tearing up the narrative that society tried to impose on her. Now Pauline is finally ready to tell the world her story. www.brad.ac.uk/theatre/whats-on/ what-if-i-told-you/

Friday 9 June

Kindest Of Thieves at Al’s Dime Bar

8pm, Al’s Dime Bar One man roots act, Kindest Of Thieves, will be making his Dime Bar Debut this summer!

The Soap Girls Plus Support

8pm, The Underground Returning to The Underground as part of their ‘Party and Hell Tour’. Armed with unforgettable melodies and catchy choruses, The Soap Girls’ energy, rawness and authenticity live has earned these road warriors a formidable reputation.

Sharon Snaylam-Tirlun: Picture Of The Land 7pm, Bradford Cathedral Meet the artist. Sharon explores and relates memories of her experiences of walking in landscapes to personal events in her life: the journey varies as it moves through different perspectives. www.bradfordcathedral.org

Saturday 10 June

Chinese Calligraphy Workshop

1-3pm, Impressions Gallery Make your mark and learn the basics of writing Chinese characters at this in-depth calligraphy workshop for adults. Free, booking essential. www.impressions-gallery.com

Friends of Cathedral Music: From Generation To Generation.

12 noon, Bradford Cathedral An opportunity to see – and hear – behind the scenes of the busy music department and to learn how national and local support from FCM and other organisations is helping to establish the Cathedral as a centre for musical and educational excellence. Admission £10, includes keynote speech by Professor Peter Toyne CBE, talk on the organ restoration projection, organ performance of Peter and the Wolf,buffet lunch and much more.

Saturday Stop

Tales from the Tracks, The Queensbury Lines, A Vintage Bus Tour

12pm start at The Record Café, finish 5pm at The Sparrow Bier Café, North Parade, Bradford The vintage bus trip returns for a third year. This time it’s open top and we’re discovering Bradford’s lost railways around Thornton, Cullingworth, Queensbury and Bradford city centre. With stop-offs at The George, Culliingworth and Bowling Old Lane cricket club, where curry and beer from Old Spot Brewery will be provided. Tickets £10 from The Record Café and The Sparrow Bier Café.

National Theatre Live: Peter Pan (captured live)

12pm, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum A delight for children and adults alike, directed by Sally Cookson. When Peter Pan, leader of the Lost Boys, loses his shadow, headstrong Wendy helps him to reattach it. In return, she is invited to Neverland, where Tinker Bell the fairy, Tiger Lily and the vengeful Captain Hook await. A riot of magic, music and make-believe ensues. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/nt-livepeter-pan

Bradford Open 2017

Until 12 June, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery Bradford Open 2017 enables artists aged 16 and over who live, work or study within the Bradford District to showcase artwork at the civic Cartwright Hall Art Gallery. Work is submitted in any medium and judged for inclusion in the exhibition by an invited panel. Work in any medium will be accepted, e.g. printmaking, drawing, photography, sculpture, the crafts, video, textiles etc. Artists may submit up to 3 works. www.

bradfordmuseums.org

Crosscut Saw at Al’s Dime Bar

8pm, Al’s Dime Bar Crosscut Saw are a four piece blues band from Yorkshire, with a solid musical pedigree, having steeped themselves in the recordings and traditions of a great musical heritage, they have trod the boards in countless venues for many a year.

Sunday 11 June Ilkley Brewery Tap Takeover

2pm, Jacobs Ale House All light coloured beers . Three specials. Pie and Peas starts 2pm.

Whitney: Can I Be Me UK premiere 6pm, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum Broadcast live from Sheffield Doc/ Fest, this exclusive event includes a live satellite Q&A with acclaimed director Nick Broomfield.

www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/whitneycan-i-be-me-uk-premiere

Vintage Sundays: La Strada

2pm, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum Classic films back on the big screen where they belong. Federico Fellini directs Giulietta Masina as a carefree girl who is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.

www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/la-stradare-2017

Jimmy Carr

8pm, Alhambra Theatre Jimmy returns with his ultimate comedy show - Jimmy Carr: The Best Of, Ultimate, Gold, Greatest Hits Tour. A man who has devoted his life to crafting perfect jokes and has left a trail of laughter in his wake, Jimmy Carr’s tour distills everything we love to laugh at and be shocked by, into one incredible, unparalleled night of entertainment.

Tuesday 13 June

Exhibition On Screen: Michelangelo Love And Death

6.30pm, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum To coincide with a glorious new exhibition at the National Gallery of London, this film offers a full and fresh biography of Michelangelo, one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance – and perhaps of all time. This major new film gets to the very heart of this tempestuous, passionate giant. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/exhibitionon-screen-michelangelo

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Coffee Concert: David Edmonds, flute, & Charles Edmondson, piano 11am, Bradford Cathedral This month’s recitals perform an anthology of dance music from four different centuries. All welcome - free entry. www.bradfordcathedral.org

Big Band Theory w/ Jake & The Jellyfish at Al’s Dime Bar

8pm, Al’s Dime Bar Jake & The Jellyfish are a four piece hailing straight outta Leeds. Armed with foot stomping folk tunes, singyour-heart-out punk anthems and a hint of ska, they’ve toured extensively in a beat up old post office van bringing an energetic atmosphere and drunken sing alongs to venues across the UK and Mainland Europe.

Wednesday 14 June Quiz Night

8pm, Bradford Brewery Join Bradford Brewery’s weekly pub quiz with beer tokens, cash prizes and free nibbles every Wednesday.

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Thursday 15 June

Alistair Russell & Chris Parkinson

8.30pm, Glyde House A highly respected artist in his own right, Alistair Russell was a member of Scotland’s esteemed Battlefield Band from 1984 to 1997. Chris Parkinson has been a session musician on a plethora of recordings in addition to releasing two solo albums and a further seven with the hugely popular

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pan-Celtic outfit The House Band.

The Legend Continues - The King of Pop 7.30, Alhambra Theatre This incredible production stars one of the world’s leading Michael Jackson tribute artist Navi, joined by Michael Jackson’s iconic guitarist Jennifer Batten. Jennifer was Michael’s right-hand woman on three sell-out world tours.

Friday 16 June

Sonia Sandhu’s Indian Street Food: Vegan Kitchen Takeover

6pm, Bradford Brewery Sonia Sandhu will be taking over Bradford Brewery’s kitchen once again. With a brand new menu up her sleeve she’ll be sharing her delicious homemade vegan food, with a uniqueness inspired by Indian street food.

Great Get Together

10am-4pm, The Peace Museum Join us for free activities, tea, cake, and guided tours for the Great Get Together, inspired by Jo Cox. www.peacemuseum.org.uk

Live Bands @ TheMill

7pm til late Thee Deadtime Philharmonic ~ Kath & the Kicks ~ Sol Gravy £5.

Bowie Experience

7.30pm, Bradford Alhambra Theatre Bowie Experience is one of the world’s favourite and most authentic tributes to the thin white duke and continues to amaze audiences with an astounding attention to detail. An unforgettable journey of sound and vision through David Bowie’s golden years from Space Oddity through to Let’s Dance.

Mark Lewandowski Trio

8.30pm, Glyde House A trio renowned for innovation,

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musicianship and humour, this is a tribute to another musician of similar attributes - Fats Waller, one of the greatest and most enduring songwriters of the early jazz age.

Sing and Louder Sing - 509 Arts at Theatre in the Mill

7.30pm, Theatre in the Mill Sing & Louder Sing blends testimony, music, myth, humour, photography and the science of ageing to create an event where the older man is seen in a different light – human and exposed, a synthesis of experience and fortune, fate and accident; a biological clock that is inevitably destined to stop.

Saturday 17 June Stuart Lee - Content Provider

7.30pm, The Alhambra Theatre After four years writing and performing his TV show Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, Content Provider is Stewart’s first brand new full-length show since the award-winning Carpet Remnant World.

BBBlood / Posset / Stuart Chalmers

8pm, Fuse Artspace BBBlood (aka Paul Watson) deftly combines noise, field recordings & live processing to excavate vast, fascinating caverns of blurred-line audionics & uncanny, racket-laden drone-scapes. Paul has released tapes on Beartown, RRRecords & Chocolate Monk and is also the co-founder of the wonderful TransDimensional Sushi imprint.

Sunday 18 June

Vintage Sundays: My Beautiful Laundrette

2pm, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum Showing as part of Criminal Acts: A Charged Past, a season to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in

England and Wales. Stephen Frears’ iconic film features Daniel Day Lewis in his breakthrough role as a rightwing extremist who falls for a Pakistani man. This film is both a touching romance and a powerful depiction of the struggles of minorities in Thatcher’s Britain. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/mybeautiful-laundrette

RSCM Annual Festival

1.30pm, Bradford Cathedral All singers and choirs welcome to join the Cathedral Choir at Choral Evensong: Director of Music Alexander Berry: Organist Jon Payne. Registration 1.30pm: Rehearsal 2pm: Evensong 4pm. Cost £6 inc. music and refreshments, children free. www. bradfordcathedral.org

Waiting For Wednesday at Al’s Dime Bar

8pm, Al’s Dime Bar Feisty female duo with sweet and husky voices harmonise distinctively in their stirring songs on living, loving and losing. Influenced by the likes of Joni, Janis and Emmylou, they write stories in the folk tradition and play them with a rock passion and country twang.

The Lunch Before the Launch

7pm, Delius Arts and Cultural Centre The Great Get Together with Artworks Creative Communities is a familyfriendly evening event with green activities for all, a late evening meal to break fast together, and a showing of the film Grow Your Own. www.artworkscreative.org.uk

Monday 19 June

Culture Shock: Der Mude Tod

8.30, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum Dedicated to bringing you the best in cult and genre films. Fritz Lang’s 1921 expressionist film follows a young woman as she confronts the

THE LAUREL AND HARDY MULTIMEDIA BAR The Laurel and Hardy Multimedia Bar, showcasing a large selection of 1920s films from Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin to the iconic duo themselves Laurel and Hardy. Sit back, relax, enjoy a drink and watch one of our many classics.

WALLERS BREWERY Wallers Brewery is set in the heart of Sunbridgewells and steeped in history. Serving everything you need from Hot drinks, Real Ale and Craft Beers through to our wide selection of fine wines and Champagnes plus so much more. The deco alone makes Wallers Brewery a must see!

THE GIN BAR

ROSE AND CROWN

The only bar in Bradford that’s dedicated to Gin – what is there not to love? With our wide selection of gins, tonics and garnish either mix up your own G&T or let our expert bartenders create you the perfect G&T or Cocktail. Don’t worry there’s something for everyone if gin isn’t up your street.

Just opened, The Rose and Crown brings a totally different experience to Sunbridge Wells. After a huge renovation, the pub sits above the rest of the bars and pubs and offers a selection of real ales in a relaxed setting that has been made from a pub that was actually found in the site years ago, you can even see the original sign hanging outside!

ALL THREE BARS OPEN DAILY FROM 10:00AM ONWARDS. AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE HIRE; PLEASE CALL IN TO THE BAR FOR MORE DETAILS.

Sunbridgewells, Aldermanbury, Millergate, BD1 1SD www.sunbridgewells.com

personification of Death in an effort to save the life of her fiancé. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/dermude-tod

Multilingual Welcome To Bradford Walk. With Bradford Refugee Forum

11am- 2pm, Bradford Action for Refugees on Piccadilly BD1 3NN. The Bradford Refugee Week Group and Bradford City of Sanctuary invite you to the Launch of Refugee Week 2017 at Margaret McMillan Tower (the old library) from 5pm. There’ll be refreshments and music & drama from Bradford schools.

Tuesday 20 June Discover Tuesdays: Suntan

6pm, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum Discover stunning cinema at Picturehouse. This Greek-German co-production sees a middle-aged doctor trying to impress a flirtatious young tourist and her friends. As he refuses to accept his many limitations, his unhealthy and sometimes humorous obsession turns dark and desperate. https://www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/suntan

Wednesday 21 June Big Scream: Churchill

10.30, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum Exclusively for parents or carers with babies under the age of one. Churchill, with Brian Cox in the title role, is the untold story of the haunted frailty of Britain’s most celebrated leader, revealing his vital relationship with his wife Clementine, the confidante who inspired him to greatness. https://www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/churchill

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Rewind Wednesdays: Prometheus IMAX 3D (15) 7.30, IMAX, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum Bringing modern IMAX classics back to the biggest screen in the region. This month’s Rewind Wednesday is dedicated to master director Sir Ridley Scott. Prometheus – the prequel to this year’s Alien: Covenant - follows a team of explorers on a perilous mission to the farthest reaches of the universe to discover mankind’s origins on Earth. www.picturehouses.com/IMAX

Wednesday@One

Quiz Night

8pm, Bradford Brewery Join Bradford Brewery’s weekly pub quiz with beer tokens, cash prizes and free nibbles every Wednesday.

Beacon Walk for Justice

9.30am - Centenary Square, Bradford - estimated finish, 4pm, Leeds. Walk with us to highlight the injustices in the asylum system and raise funds for BEACON. beacon@ beaconbradford.org www.beaconbradford.org/news/walkfor-justice/

Thursday 22 June

Lates: Dreams

6.30 – 9.30pm National Science and Media Museum. Free entry Try something new and do something different at the National Science and Media Museum’s regular Lates events

for over 18s. This Lates evening explores the science and imagery of dreams and dreaming.

www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/ whats-on/lates

National Theatre Live: Salome

7pm, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum The story has been told before, but never like this. An occupied desert nation. A radical from the wilderness on hunger strike. A girl whose mysterious dance will change the course of the world. This urgent, hypnotic production is directed by Yaël Farber. Encore on Tuesday 27 June at 12 noon. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/nt-livesalome

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

7.30pm, The Alhambra Theatre Bradford Catholic Players make a welcome return to the Alhambra Theatre with this great musical comedy. It’s midsummer on The French Riviera where you will witness the twists, turns and great fun this musical reveals. The company will Give Them What They Want, energise with The More We Dance and reflect on What Was A Woman To Do’? leaving you savouring the feel good factor as you journey home. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk

Friday 23 June

Jack Dean presents Horace and the Yeti

1pm, Mind the Gap Studios Intrepid Victorian adventurer Horace is out hunting yeti! He’s trekking across the Himalayas, hoping to find one of the legendary abominable snowmen. But things change when Horace actually meets the Yeti, who turns out to be far from abominable, and together they head off on a journey through the valley of Shangri-

La, where mythical beasts live hidden from humanity. Horace and the Yeti is an ecoadventure with original music. www.mind-the-gap.org.uk/

Pusher at Al’s Dime Bar

8pm, Al’s Dime Bar Mixing funk/rock-influenced tracks guaranteed to smash the party!

Mobile Journalism workshop with MYMUP. 1–3pm, Fuse Artspace Creating, directing and editing films using everyday technology – just bring your phone. Syrian Short Films - Citizen Reporting 3.30–5.30pm. Documenting the conflict, through the lenses of the people of Homs, Damascus, Aleppo and elsewhere in Syria.

Saturday 24 June Armed Forces Day

11am, City Park Bradford stands together to remember the courage and bravery of our armed forces at this special drumhead service. The 1224 Wharfedale Squadron Cadet Band will lead a parade of standard bearers into City Park to begin the service, followed by displays and performances by the Band of The Royal Armoured Corps, the Band of the West Yorkshire Police and the Revolution Show Corps band. www.cityparkbradford.com

The Hepton Singers presents Bushes and Briars, an exploration of folk songs.

7:30pm at the Delius Centre, For this concert renowned Hebden Bridge-based chamber choir the Hepton Singers are having fun with folk songs as well as supporting White Ribbon Campaign UK, a charity which has close links with local communities. The programme will also include a mellow arrangement of The

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Parting Glass by Anne Heath, one of our tenors, and three new and original folk song settings by the choir’s musical director, Alison West. Please come and support White Ribbon, hear about their important work, and have fun while you’re at it!

Bradford Amnesty International 12pm, Centenary Square Join local activists in this photo action to welcome refugees and to commemorate International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. bradfordamnesty@gmail.com

Topsie Redfern Live at The Sun!

8.30pm, The Sun Hotel Outrageous cabaret every Saturday night at The Sun from 8.30pm! If easily offended stay away!

The Consequences play Bradford 9pm, Wireless Bar Pop & rock covers show.

Sunday 25 June Live music: Waiting For Wednesday

5pm The Record Café, North Parade, Bradford The ever-popular singer-songwriter duo return to entertain us on a Sunday evening.

Monday 26 June Culture Shock: Heat

8pm, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum Dedicated to bringing you the best in cult and genre films. The highly intelligent, stylish, violent thriller Heat brought Michael Mann the recognition he long deserved as one of America’s most talented directors, with two of America’s finest, most charismatic film actors together for the first time on screen. https://www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/heat

Tuesday 27 June

Discover Tuesdays: Love Is The Devil

6pm, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum Showing as part of Criminal Acts: A Charged Past, a season to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales. John Maybury’s daring art biopic stars Derek Jacobi as Francis Bacon and Daniel Craig as his muse, a small-time thief drawn into the painter’s bohemian circle, with Tilda Swinton in a standout performance as the foul-mouthed proprietress of the legendary Colony Room. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/love-isthe-devil

Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox

Until 2 July, The Alhambra Theatre A juicy tale of greed, pride and the power of friendship, this flagship production for the Roald Dahl centenary celebrations promises a dahlicious theatrical feast with live music and songs and gloriumptious designs. A wondercrump treat for the whole family! Suitable for ages 5+ www.bradford-theatres.co.uk

Wednesday 28 June

Culture Shock: In This Corner Of The World

6pm, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum Showing as part of the Screen Anime season. This award-winning story follows Suzu Urano as she moves to the small town of Kure in Hiroshima in 1944, where she marries a young clerk. Living with his family, Suzu becomes essential to the running of the household and providing meals during the tough wartime. In 1945,

Enjoy superb performances beamed live from the Royal Opera House 7:30 – 10pm, Bradford Big Screen Pre-performance screening from 7pm

La traviata

Turandot

Tuesday 4 July

Friday 14 July

See Verdi’s most famous opera combining drama, profound emotion and wonderful melody. La traviata is inspired by Alexandre Dumas fils’s play, La Dame aux camélias which is based on the true story of the courtesan Marie Duplessis.

Puccini creates a rich soundworld for this dark fairytale containing many memorable arias, from Signore, ascolta, to Turandot’s defiant In questa reggia. The opera also features one of the most famous of all arias – Nessun dorma, sung as Calaf anticipates winning the Princess’s hand.

Seats available on a first come, first served basis.

as intense bombings by the US military finally reach Kure, Suzu’s life is changed irrevocably, but through perseverance and courage, she manages to continue to live life to the fullest. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/in-thiscorner-of-the-world

Royal Opera House Live: Otello

7.15, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum World-famous tenor Jonas Kaufmann makes his debut as Otello in Verdi’s passionate retelling of Shakespeare’s great tragedy of jealousy, deception and murder. Soprano Maria Agresta will be his Desdemona and baritone Ludovic Tézier his nemesis Iago in a new production by Olivier Awardwinning director Keith Warner. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/roh-liveotello

Wednesday@One

Dementia Friendly film: Seven Brides For Seven Brothers

11am, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum Open to all but especially for people with dementia and their family, friends and carers. Tickets are £4 (free for carers) and include tea, coffee and biscuits before the film and during the intermission. Stanley Donen’s musical follows the lives of backwoodsman Adam and his six unruly brothers, who decide they would all like to get married. As Adam’s new bride Milly sets about turning the unwashed louts into gentlemen, her husband advises the boys to kidnap the objects of their affections rather than woo them.

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www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/sevenbrides-for-seven-brothers

Lady In The Van

7.30pm, Studio @ The Bradford Playhouse Runs until Saturday 1 July The story of the genteel vagrant, Miss Shepard, who parked her van in Alan Bennett’s driveway for fifteen years. A wonderfully bittersweet comic diary of the years in which a lethally dotty and very smelly old bat parked her unroadworthy vehicle in Bennett’s Camden garden, thereby providing him with roughly equal amounts of good journalistic copy and guilty landlord irritation. www.bradfordplayhouse.org.uk

Eddie Reed’s Quiz Takeover

8pm, Bradford Brewery On the last Wednesday of each month Eddie Reed takes over Bradford Brewery’s quiz night. There’ll be beer tokens for the winners, and free nibbles as always.

Thursday 29 June E4 Slackers Club: The House

8.30pm, Picturehouse at National Science and Media Museum Free screening exclusively for students. After Scott and Kate Johansen (Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler) lose their daughter’s college fund, they become desperate to earn it back so she can pursue her dream of attending a university. With the help of their neighbour Frank (Jason Mantzoukas), they decide to start an illegal casino in his house.

www.picturehouses.com/cinema/ National_Media_Museum/film/the-house

Friday 30 June

Funk Lockers at Al’s Dime Bar

8pm, Al’s Dime Bar Funk Lockers return to Dime Bar, to bring a whole load more of the Friday

Funk.

Noise Ritual UK (Dragonfest Pre-show)

7pm, The Underground Black Dragon Promotions and TRCH Promotions will co-host Noise Ritual UK in Bradford as pre-show to Dragonfest V! Look out for band announcements on the event page, it’s gonna be awesome!

Saturday 1 July

Gala Dinner and Neil Diamond night

7.30pm, Brew Haus, Great Horton Road, Bradford A night of fine dining and music. Starring Yorkshire singer/guitarist Ian David as the superstar singer/ songwriter Neil Diamond. Ian will take the audience on a musical journey through the years of Neil Diamond’s legendary career. Sit-down meal at 7.30pm with the show starting at 9pm. Entry: £17.50 with 2-course dinner or £19.99 with 3-course dinner www.brew-haus.co.uk

Golden Cabinet

6pm-10.30pm, Kirkgate Centre Experimental music. Line up Prostitutes, Teeth of the Sea, Liberez, Sclist, Cataclyst. Bar open.

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