Archive for the ‘Arts and Entertainment’ Category
August 8th, 2010
We went along to watch The Wind in the Willows at York Theatre Royal last night. We had booked up more out of curiosity really because we had heard that the theatre had been transformed in a way that many would not recognise. Not quite believing that was possible, I particularly wanted to see how [...]
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June 14th, 2010
We went along for the first time to the Courtyard Theatre, which is part of the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. Parking up at Quarry Hill we arrived in plenty of time, to grab a glass of wine and take in a bit of people watching ahead of this quirky play. A comedy of knitting, [...]
May 23rd, 2010
We went along to see The Wizard of Oz at York Theatre Royal last night. It was an Amateur Production written by L. Frank Baum, directed by Paul Laidlaw, with music by Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg and Herbert Stohart. The Dance and Vocal Arrangements were by Peter Howard. The show started well enough with the [...]
March 20th, 2010
We are both completely hooked on Coach Trip, the reality TV programme from Channel Four. When I get home from working away during the week, we both sit down to watch back to back all the episodes that have been aired since last time. The basis of this programme centres on a bunch of strangers [...]
March 7th, 2010
We went along to see Morecambe at York Theatre Royal last night and although as it turned out, it was not what I expected (don’t ask), we had a thoroughly enjoyable evening. Written by Tim Whitnall, Directed by Guy Masterson and acted brilliantly by Bob Golding it was the story of Morecambe as in Morecambe [...]
February 21st, 2010
We went along to the Battle Finale and Boat Burning of Jorvik Viking Festival last night (see photos here). This year it was held at York Racecourse and after parking up we walked the short distance to the main site to pick up our pre-ordered tickets before entering at around 5.30pm. Despite the bitterly cold [...]
January 26th, 2010
We found ourselves continuing the ‘war museum’ weekend a couple of weeks ago, with a visit to Eden Camp, near Malton in North Yorkshire on Sunday 17th Jan. We arrived as they were opening the gates for the day and quickly made our way around to the vast car park, before starting our walking journey [...]
January 24th, 2010
Just when I thought ITV could not dumb down any further, they prove me wrong. I had the misfortune to stumble across Popstar to Operastar yesterday, because somehow, our Sky+ had recorded an episode. What I saw, I could not believe and found to painful to watch. I had switched off within ten minutes, which [...]
January 16th, 2010
Looking for something to do to while away a few hours on a cold overcast day, we set off to the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington with my family who were visiting us for the weekend. We arrived at this old RAF base situated a couple of miles away from where we live and were [...]
December 25th, 2009
With two previous Berwick Kaler pantomime visits behind us we were determined to get tickets to this years pantomime at York Theatre Royal. For more years than he perhaps cares to remember, Berwick Kaler has written and produced the show that has gone on to earn itself an enviable reputation across the country. Highly recommended [...]