What’s on this weekend
FRIDAY
COMMUNITY
New Picture House independent cinema, Yorkshire House, South Street, Dewsbury
Sightseers, 7.30pm. Tickets £4 from www.newpicturehouse.com.
DRAMA AND STAGE
Batley Town Hall
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Hide AdBatley Amateur Thespian Society presents High Society, 15-18 May, 7.15pm. Tickets £12 (£10 concessions). To book call 07792634360.
Dewsbury Artspace, Lower Peel Street, off Bradford Road, Dewsbury
Dewsbury Arts Group presents Spring and Port Wine, 7.30pm. Tickets £9 (concessions £8). Ring 01924 465647.
EXHIBITIONS
Batley Art Gallery, Market Place, Batley
Batley Camera Club annual exhibition 2013, free.
Paintings by Ian Leadbeater.
White Cloth Gallery, Aire Street, Leeds
Duffy Archive presents David Bowie.
Set In Stone – the Stone Roses photography exhibition by Ian Tilton.
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Textures From My Travels, by Carol Curtis.
West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield
Art of Letterpress.
Huddersfield Art Gallery, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield
Future Backgrounds by Gil Pasternak.
MUSIC
Huddersfield Town Hall
The Magic of Motown, 7.30pm. Tickets £22 from 01484 223200 or www.kirklees.gov.uk/events.
PUBS AND CLUBS
Eastborough WMC, Battye Street, Dewsbury
Jonathan Carroll, male vocalist
The Taproom, Batley
Jade Helliwell, 8.30pm. Free entry.
Millbridge WMC, Bennett Street, Liversedge
Thomas Henry, vocal entertainer
Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Katmen
Cafe Lento, Leeds
Market Street Players
Cockpit, Leeds
Chelsea Wolfe
Myfanwy
Distrikt, Leeds
DJ Cash Money
Faversham, Leeds
Blu Mar Ten
Grove Inn, Leeds
Bryony Griffith and Will Hampson
New Roscoe, Leeds
Atlanta
O2 Academy Leeds
Alt-J
Royal Park Cellars, Leeds
Grader
Midnight Souls
Snooty Fox, Wakefield
Aynt Skynyrd
The Hop, Wakefield
Tv Smith
The Wardrobe, Leeds
The Abyssinians
TALKS
Dewsbury Minster
The Brontes in Dewsbury by costume historian Gillian Stapelton, presented by Friends of the Minster and Dewsbury Matters History Group. Free to members, £3 to non members, 7.30pm. refreshments from 7pm.
THEATRES
Grand Theatre and Howard Assembly Room
Leeds 0844 848 2705
The Full Monty
Alhambra Theatre
Bradford 01274 432000
Abigail’s Party
Lawrence Batley Theatre
Huddersfield 01484 430528
The Secret Life of Sissy Tancock, by Blue Mountain Theatre
City Varieties
Leeds 0113 243 0808
The Rat Pack
SATURDAY
drama and stage
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Hide AdDewsbury Artspace, Lower Peel Street, off Bradford Road, Dewsbury
Dewsbury Arts Group presents Spring and Port Wine, 7.30pm. Tickets £9 (concessions £8). Ring 01924 465647.
COMMUNITY
St John’s Church, Carlinghow, Batley
Garden party, 11am-2.30pm, £5 including food.
Music
Brass Band Concert
Dewsbury Minster, 7.30pm, in aid of Dewsbury Women’s Health Group.
EXHIBITIONS
Batley Art Gallery, Market Place, Batley
Batley Camera Club annual exhibition 2013, free.
Paintings by Ian Leadbeater
Red House Museum, Oxford Road, Gomersal
Mary Taylor: Strong Minded Woman and Friend of Charlotte Bronte.
White Cloth Gallery, Aire Street, Leeds
Duffy Archive presents David Bowie.
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The Lounge and Gallery at Matthew’s Coffee House, Market Street, Cleckheaton
Textures From My Travels, by Carol Curtis.
West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Huddersfield Road, Mirfield
Art of Letterpress.
Huddersfield Art Gallery, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield
Future Backgrounds by Gil Pasternak.
PUBS AND CLUBS
Dewsbury Socialist Club, Bradford Road
Garron Frith
Batley Irish Democratic League Club (Nash), Batley
Picture This vocal duo 8.15pm.
Eastborough WMC, Battye Street, Dewsbury
Vegas, multi-instrumentalist male duo.
Old Bank WMC, Mirfield
Female vocalist Roxanne Powers
Moorlands Club, Cleckheaton
Burlesque night - celebrating British culture from the 1940s to the present day, featuring Heidi Bang Tidy, Georgia Honey, Misty Mina, Ana Sede and April Lindsay.
St Paulinus Parochial Hall, Westtown, Dewsbury
Turk’s Head rock night, 7.30pm-11.45pom, £3.
Comrades Club, Heckmondwike
John Gillan, vocal comedy, 8.30pm.
The Taproom, Batley
Bootscraper
The Central Club, Batley
Lewis Mathews, vocal entertainer. Doors open 7pm.
Millbridge WMC, Liversedge
Bonnie, X Factor finalist
Baby Jupiter, Leeds
September Girls
Carpe Diem, Leeds
The Dead White Doves
Eiger Studios, Leeds
Pearl Jammer
Grove Inn, Leeds
Joby Hardwick
TALKS
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Author talk with Gavin Extence, 11am-noon. Tickets 50p including refreshments.
THEATRES
Studio Theatre
Bradford 01274 432000
Life Becomes Noise, with comedian Sean Hughes
Grand Theatre and Howard Assembly Room
Leeds 0844 848 2705
The Full Monty - May 6-18
Alhambra Theatre
Bradford 01274 432000
Abigail’s Party
Lawrence Batley Theatre
Huddersfield 01484 430528
Twinkle’s Dream - baby ballet
Jim Hart and the Cloudmakers trio - music
SUNDAY
exhibitions
Red House Museum, Oxford Road, Gomersal
Mary Taylor: Strong Minded Woman and Friend of Charlotte Bronte.
PUBS AND CLUBS
Batley Irish Democratic League Club (Nash), Batley
Craig Michael, keyboard vocalist, 1pm; Trevor Craig, X Factor vocalist, 8.15pm.
Central Club, Batley
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Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Dirty Beaches
Cockpit, Leeds
RDGLDGRN
Duck and Drake, Leeds
Stars On 45
Grove Inn, Leeds
Jiannis Pavlidis
HiFi Club, Leeds
Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate
New Roscoe, Leeds
Book of Genesis
Seven, Leeds
Remi Harris Trio
THEATRES
Grand Theatre and Howard Assembly Room
Leeds 0844 848 2705
The Full Monty
Square Chapel Centre for the Arts
Halifax 01484 349422
Jonathan Prag classical guitar
WALKS
To Studley Pike and Todmorden
North Kirklees Ramblers. Meet Dave at Hebden Bridge Rail Station, CP HX7 6IE
(GR SD 995 268) for an 8.5 miles moderate walk, 10.30am. Ring 0798 1 72 0099.
Holmfirth
Dewsbury and District Ramblers. Meet walk leader Margaret Mitchell at Wellington Road car park, Dewsbury, 9am.