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PREVIEW REVIEW: Graham Spink's verdict on Pickering Musical Society, Let's Do It! , The Cole Porter Songbook, Kirk Theatre, Pickering, June 9 to 13
7+ hour, 13+ min ago (404+ words) The art beat of YORKshire Rachel Anderson in Pickering Musical Society's Let's Do It! , The Cole Porter Songbook GRAHAM Spink was invited to attend Monday's dress rehearsal of Pickering Musical Society's upcoming concert'Let's Do It! , The Cole Porter Songbook. HAVING…...
Thriller of the week: John Le Carr's The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, Grand Opera House, York, June 9 to 13
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (400+ words) The art beat of YORKshire Ralf Little's British intelligence officer Alec Leamas in The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Picture: Johan Persson FOR the first time, a novel by John le Carr, master of the modern spy genre,…...
Olivia Turnbull and Alexandra Mather to share Rosalinda's role in York Opera's Die Fledermaus at York Theatre Royal
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (1026+ words) The art beat of YORKshire Alexandra Mather, left, Olivia Turnbull and Stephanie Wong in York Opera's Die Fledermaus. Picture: John Saunders YORK Opera is marking not one but two milestones with John Soper and Elizabeth Watson's production of Die Fledermaus…...
More Things To Do in York and beyond when festivals flow and love bites. Here's Hutch's List No. 21, from The York Press
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (1111+ words) The art beat of YORKshire Who's who and what's what at York Pride 2026 at Knavesmire FESTIVALS full of Pride, ideas and comedy are the headline acts in Charles Hutchinson's selection of culture in colourful bloom as May turns to June....
REVIEW: Emma Rice Company in Malory Towers, Leeds Playhouse, school term ends tomorrow *****
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (469+ words) The art beat of YORKshire Molly Cheesley's Alicia Johns, left, Eden Barrie's Mary-Lou Atkinson, Robyn Sinclair's Darrell Rivers, Bethany Wooding's Sally Hope and Rebecca Collingwood's Gwendoline Lacey in Emma Rice Company's Malory Towers. Picture: Steve Tanner ENID Blyton's'Malory Towers, the…...
How Split Lip's Operation Mincemeat turned the war and musical theatre upside down. Next stop, Grand Opera House, York
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (1026+ words) The art beat of YORKshire Jump to it: Charlotte Hanna-Williams, left, Jamie-Rose Monk, Sean Carey, Holly Sumpton and Christian Andrews in Split Lip's Operation Mincemeat. Picture: Matt Crockett THE decision to write the brash musical Operation Mincemeat was the last…...
Sam Meredith to premiere York Fanfare at York Early Music Festival's 50th anniversary
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (751+ words) The art beat of YORKshire [hanse] Pfeyfferey: York Early Music Festival 2026 artists in residence. Picture: Vasilisa Gorbacheva YORK Early Music Festival is to mark its 50th year in July with a spectacular new commission, the majestic York Fanfare, Flourish At 50, to…...
REVIEW: Badapple Theatre Company in Crumbs, York Theatre Royal Studio **** " charleshutchpress
1+ week, 4+ day ago (682+ words) The art beat of YORKshire Sugar and spite and all things not so nice: Ellen Carnazza's TV baking celebrity Petronella Parfait in Badapple Theatre Company's Crumbs. Picture: Karl Andre IN the week when jettisoned American TV institution The Late Show…...
Premiere of the week: Dash Art in Our Public House, Leeds Playhouse, May 15 to 23; Sheffield Playhouse, June 17 to 20
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1769+ words) The art beat of YORKshire Bharti Patel's Sanjana, landlady of The Albion in Our Public House. Picture: Pamela Raith THE premiere of Our Public House, Barney Norris's big-hearted story of community, connection and what might happen if everyone truly had…...
REVIEW: John Cleese's Fawlty Towers The Play, Grand Opera House, York, until Saturday *****
1+ week, 6+ day ago (902+ words) The art beat of YORKshire The full cast in the finale to John Cleese's Fawlty Towers The Play. Picture: Hugo Glendinning WHEN Monty Python alumnus John Cleese opened Fawlty Towers The Play at London's Apollo Theatre in May 2024, he was…...