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Charles Hutchinson reviews Dick Barton Special Agent
11:16am Saturday 5th July 2008
THE giant radio that dominates Alison Heffernan’s set, lit up with such evocative names as Third, Light and Hilversum, reminds you why this affectionate, very silly spoof came into being more than a decade ago.
Preview: The Pirates Of Penzance, Northern Musical Theatre Company, York Theatre Royal, July 8-12
2:41pm Friday 4th July 2008
BEV Jones is directing Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates Of Penzance for a fourth time, at the helm of Northern Musical Theatre Company’s first show at York Theatre Royal.
Preview: The Railway Children July 5 & 18-23
2:35pm Friday 4th July 2008
TOMORROW afternoon’s screening of The Railway Children at City Screen, York, will be introduced by York playwright Mike Kenny, whose stage adaptation of E Nesbit’s story opens at the National Railway Museum, on July 18.
Preview: Monkey! and Mela, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, until July 12
2:28pm Friday 4th July 2008
THE Chinese myth of the Monkey King and the summer celebration of the Mela festival are providing an international double bill at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
Preview: The Factory’s Hamlet, Ripley Castle, near Harrogate, July 7
2:23pm Friday 4th July 2008
THE Factory’s “no holds Bard” production of Hamlet will bring theatrical spontaneity to Ripley Castle for one night only at the invitation of Sprite Productions.
Call for Gilbert and Sullivan recruits
2:38pm Friday 4th July 2008
New recruits are required to work alongside Paul Richardson on set construction for York Opera’s autumn production, Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Yeomen Of The Guard.
Review: Monkey!, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, until July 12
11:40am Wednesday 2nd July 2008
ASIA doesn’t do pantomimes, but if it did, it would probably look like Dominic Leclerc’s version of Monkey!, the West Yorkshire Playhouse’s contribution to China Now, the largest ever festival of Chinese culture in Britain.
Review: Multiplex and Private Peaceful, York Theatre Royal Youth Theatre, The Studio, York Theatre Royal
10:33am Tuesday 1st July 2008
USHERS and usherettes step out of the shadows in Christopher William Hill’s Multiplex, as they jostle for attention and respect among their peers.
Preview: Sleeping Beauty On Ice, Castle Howard, near York, July 30 to August 3
12:09pm Friday 27th June 2008
THE Imperial Ice Stars embark on their Treasure Houses next month, skating across a purpose-built tented ice palace for five days at Castle Howard, near York, from July 30 to August 3 in The Sleeping Beauty On Ice.
Review: Twelfth Night, Sprite Productions, Ripley Castle, Ripley. Until July 13
11:47am Friday 27th June 2008
SHAKESPEARE al fresco grows apace at Ripley Castle, where Sprite Productions have expanded their summer run to four weeks.
Preview: West End Wizardry, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, June 28 and 29
9:51am Friday 27th June 2008
York Light Opera Company presents West End Wizardry in three concert performances this weekend at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York.
Preview: Twelfth Night, Ripley Castle, near Harrogate, until July 13
9:40am Friday 27th June 2008
SPRITE Productions are in their fourth summer season at Ripley Castle, and in every way the company is expanding.
Preview: Dick Barton – Special Agent, Harrogate Theatre, until July 12
9:38am Friday 27th June 2008
DICK Barton – Special Agent is alive and on the case again in Phil Willmott’s musical spoof.
Autumn season at Stephen Joseph Theatre
9:32am Friday 27th June 2008
ALAN Ayckbourn’s 72nd play will be premiered as the Christmas show in his final season as artistic director at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.
Julian Cole reviews A Clockwork Orange
11:08am Saturday 21st June 2008
THIS production carried a slew of warnings: violent and disturbing content; strobe lighting; nudity; and, perhaps most shocking, audience participation.
Preview: The Pirates Of Penzance, Northern Musical Theatre Company, York Theatre Royal, July 8 to 12
5:49pm Friday 20th June 2008
THREE principals from Northern Musical Theatre Company's pro- duction of Les Miserables School Edition have won scholarships in musical theatre at the Guildford School of Arts.
Preview: A Clockwork Orange, Belt Up, The Studio, York Theatre Royal, June 20-21
5:18pm Friday 20th June 2008
IF YOU have faced a comedian seeking an easy victim in the stalls, York company Belt Up's new concept in audience participa- tion may set off the palpitations.
Preview: Youth Theatre double bills, June 26-28
5:03pm Friday 20th June 2008
YORK Theatre Royal Youth Theatre is staging three evenings of different double bills in The Studio from Thursday to Saturday.
Preview: Who’s ready for a role in Tommy?
4:22pm Friday 20th June 2008
DIRECTOR Robert Readman will hold the first meeting for York Stage Musicals' production of Tommy at St Aelred's Community Centre, York, on Wednesday, at 7.30pm.
Preview: York Youth Mystery Plays, 21st June
4:11pm Friday 20th June 2008
REVIVED Remixed Retold and promoted on a beer-mat by a stubble-bearded young man with his Calvin Kleins peeking out from his slacker jeans.
Review: Happy Jack, Ratatat Theatre Company, Helmsley Arts Centre
9:28am Wednesday 18th June 2008
Have you ever stopped to think about your lot? Jack and Liz have.
Review: The Journey, The Studio, York Theatre Royal, today, 1.30pm and 7.45pm.
9:15am Wednesday 18th June 2008
THIS is International Refugee Week. That may switch you off from reading any further, but hopefully not, because behind this political hot potato, behind every asylum seeker or economic migrant, lies a story from the other side, the side of the journey maker.
Review: Snake In The Grass, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, on various dates until August 22
7:50am Tuesday 17th June 2008
THE things that go bump in the second play of Alan Ayckbourn's The Things That Go Bump season are tennis balls.
Review: Sally Morgan, Grand Opera House, York
11:15am Saturday 14th June 2008
IF I am honest, I used to be fairly sceptical. Then on a hen weekend under much peer pressure I had a tarot card reading and it changed my views slightly.
Review: Happy Jack
10:47am Saturday 14th June 2008
Have you ever stopped to think about your lot? Jack and Liz have.
UK News
Osborne plan to slash fuel duty
Updated 8:20pm Sunday 6th July 2008
Fuel duty would be slashed to help hard-pressed families deal with soaring prices, under radical Tory plans.
Editor's choice
Here are my salty thoughts
LAST YEAR it was a shark off the Cornwall coast that saw The Sun through the silly season; this year it’s little green men in flying saucers over Shropshire. Both stories, of course, are utter tosh.
Birthday wishes to the NHS at 60
IT’S an institution which has saved lives – and provided many people with a new lease of life.
’Vive le difference’ is my French lesson
IT was a bit of an eye-opener to say the least. The highlight of a friend’s stag party in Paris last weekend saw a group of hardened racegoers, including your correspondent, take a trip to the Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud in the west of the city.
A special day for a North Yorkshire radio station
BBC Radio York celebrates its 25th birthday today. Reporter NADIA JEFFERSON-BROWN looks back at the station’s history.
York welcomes Champions League spot for flagship race
RACING’S equivalent of the Champions League has been given the thumbs-up by York Racecourse chief executive William Derby.
Clever Brain leads the way with massive victory haul
There were some brilliant matches on local stillwaters at the weekend with 100lb bags needed to make the top of the prize list.
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