AGENDA

The Agenda JANUARY'S HOTTEST HAPPENINGS

ART Resurrecting Ancient Egypt

UNTIL 18 MARCH, SCARBOROUGH ART GALLERY

This exhibition looks at the Egyptian inspired architecture found throughout Yorkshire. It refl ects on the West’s enduring fascination with Egypt’s ancient monuments, long regarded as the ultimate symbols of immortality, copied and constructed for centuries right across Europe.

THEATRE

2023 Preview

On-going DARLINGTON HIPPODROME Darlington Hippodrome is a beautiful Edwardian theatre that has been delighting audiences for over 100 years - and 2023 is set to be no di erent. There’s a whole host of shows coming up in the new year, including every child’s favourite Hey Duggee, the incredible Varna International Ballet, and the sensational Buddy Holly Story, all after an amazing panto season. darlingtonhippodrome.co.uk

THEATRE Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Until 28 January LEEDS PLAYHOUSE Charlie and The Chocolate Factory – The Musical features memorable songs from the iconic 1970s fi lm as well as a host of sensational new tastebudtickling toe-tappers. When Charlie wins a golden ticket to the weird and wonderful Wonka Chocolate Factory, it’s a chance of a lifetime to feast on the sweets they’ve always dreamed of. But the fi ve lucky winners discover not everything is as sweet as it seems. leedsplayhouse.org.uk

EVENT

York Residents’ Festival

28-29 January YORK York Residents’ Festival is back from 28-29 January with over 100 o ers, events and free entry to attractions with a York ID Card or student ID card. Some o ers will be extended throughout the week, check the website for the full programme and pre-booking information. visityork.org/resfest

ART

ANDREW BLACK

20 January–14 May THE TETLEY On Clogger Lane is a new experimental documentary by Andrew Black. The fi lm meanders through a depopulated Yorkshire valley, exploring the infrastructures of capital on land overshadowed by a monstrous satellite surveillance station, submerged beneath reservoirs, haunted by accusations of witchcraft, and populated by the traces of many generations of past inhabitants. On Clogger Lane explores the meeting points of passivity and protest. thetetley.org

This Month’s Must See ICE TRAIL

4-5 FEBRUARY, YORK

The UK’s biggest outdoor Ice Trail and one of York’s best loved events returns at the start of February, with a range of magnifi cent ice sculptures transforming the city centre. Time travel to prehistoric ages, walk through history and step into the future for ‘A Journey Through Time’. Free maps available from the Visitor Information Centre or online. visityork.org/icetrail

ART TO WATCH

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) announces its 2023 programme, with plenty for art lovers to enjoy

LINDSEY MENDICK

YSP’s 2023 programme highlights material, process and play. These themes will be refl ected in the public and learning programmes, underpinning the relationships between people and sculpture. Leonardo Drew has been commissioned to create a towering sculpture for the 18th century Chapel. Made on site, it will present a powerful statement about the weight of collective experience, memory, and the cycles of life and death. Five metres high, it is made from shards of painted and violently torn materials, appearing like an explosion held in time within this contemplative space.

In April, an immersive exhibition by Lindsey Mendick in The Weston Gallery draws on physical and psychological excavation, as well as refl ecting on shared experiences of TV and popular culture. From June, Erwin Wurm’s absurd and seemingly playful sculptures are displayed in the Underground Gallery and adjacent garden. And Jonathan Baldock presents new sculpture in The Weston Gallery from September. Mining his working-class roots and queer identity, Jonathan playfully addresses the trauma, stress, sensuality, mortality, and spirituality around our relationship to the body. His compelling installations bring the viewer, the objects, and the spaces they inhabit together in a form of ritual or theatre that enlivens all the senses. ysp.org.uk

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