What’s on this weekend
FRIDAY
Exhibitions
Batley Art Gallery, Market Place, Batley
Dewsbury Arts Group spring exhibition
Exhibition by adults with physical disabilities, in Batley Art Kiosk.
Matthew’s Coffee House, Market Street, Cleckheaton
Miscellaneous Images by Bruce Baillie
MUSIC
Millbridge WMC
Rock ‘N’ Roll Outlaws.
Taproom, Batley
Jade Helliwell, 8.30pm, free entry.
Square Chapel arts centre, Halifax:
Calderdale’s own ‘Mr Musicals’, Neil
Hurst, with West End to Broadway
8pm. Tel: 01422 349422.
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Hudders-field:
To Saturday, Woodhouse Musical Theatre Company with Grease, 7.30pm,
Saturday matinee 2.30pm. Tel: 01484 430528.
Leeds Town Hall:
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Grand Opera House, York:
Performing together for the first time in the UK, Tom Paxton and Janis Ian,
7.30pm. Tel: 0844 871 3024.
Theatre
Halifax Playhouse:
To Saturday, Halifax Thespians with Boeing-Boeing, 7.30pm, Saturday
matinee, 2.30pm. Tel: 01422 365998.
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford:
To May 10, Disney’s award-winning mu-sical The Lion King. Tel: 01274 432000.
Grand Theatre, Leeds:
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Theatre Royal, York:
To Saturday, Sebastian Faulks’s Bird-song. Tel: 01904 623568.
Opera House, Manchester:
To Saturday, Paula Wilcox in Kinder-transport. Tel: 0844 871 301.
SATURDAY
Community
Society for the Blind of Dewsbury, Batley and District, Soothill Lane, Batley.
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Safe Anchor Trust, Shepley Bridge Marina, Steneard Lane, Mirfield
Free 50 minute canal boat trip on the Calder and Hebble Navigation, 10.30am-4pm
EXHIBITIONS
Batley Art Gallery, Market Place, Batley
Dewsbury Arts Group spring exhibition.
Exhibition by adults with physical disabilities, in Batley Art Kiosk.
Matthew’s Coffee House, Market Street, Cleckheaton
Miscellaneous Images by Bruce Baillie
MUSIC
Millbridge WMC
Vocal duo Untouched.
Central Club, Batley
Female vocalist Martina McKee, 7pm
Comrades Club, Regent Street, Heckmondwike
Vocal instrumental duo Baker Boys.
Taproom, Batley
Thieving Lloyd Cole, 8.30pm, free entry.
Victoria Function Room, Bradford Road, Batley
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STAGE
Huddersfield Sports Centre
Snake Charmer: Patrick Monahan, 6pm. Tickets £12 from 01484 223630.
Batley Town Hall
Songsational evening of song and dance, tickets £8.
WALKS
Bingley and Harden
B walk with Dewsbury and District Ramblers. Meet walk leader Barry Rodgers at Link Road, Dewsbury, 9.30am.
Up to Flight Hill
Meet Ian at Holmfirth pool car park at 10am for a seven mile medium circular walk with some steep climbs. Contact Susan on 07979 292781.
SUNDAY
Community
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Free 50 minute canal boat trip on the Calder and Hebble Navigation, 10.30am-4pm
MUSIC
Central Club, Batley
Sunday afternoon Jazz with Reg Hargreaves Trio and guest singer, 1pm-3.30pm.
WALKS
Norr Hill
With North Kirklees Ramblers. Meet at 10.30am at the junction of New Close Road and Nab Lane on A650, BD18 4AB, for a six mile moderate walk. No dogs. Led by John, ring 0113 2383965.
Children
Square Chapel arts centre, Halifax:
Red Table Theatre with Rudyard
Kipling’s Just So Stories, 2.30pm, for
families and children aged four-plus. Tel:
01422 349422.
coMedy
City Varieties, Leeds:
Ireland’s comedy master Brendan
Grace, 7.30pm. Tel: 0113 243 0808.
Also on
Guided walk:
Meet Chris Buckley for a 6.25 mile
guided walk to High Brown Knoll,
looking at its history and heritage, start
Robin Hood pub, Pecket Well, 10.30am.
Spring clean:
Volunteers’ clean-up at Hebden Bridge
Picture House, 9.30am to 12.30pm.
A tour with Anne Lister:
A tour of Shibden Hall focusing on its
most famous resident Anne Lister (1791
- 1840), 2pm. Included in the usual
admission price. Tel: 01422 352246.
Community market:
Ripponden community market, winner
of NABMA award, stalls selling artisan
foods, hand crafted cards, gifts etc, Brig
Royd Surgery car park, 9.30am to 3pm.
Calderdale Heritage Walk:
Walk around Lower Rastrick, meet
Brighouse Assembly Rooms car park,
Brighouse, 2pm.