Author Archives: Richard

The Cinelli Brothers

By Richard |

The Cinelli Brothers, with UK Blues awards nomination best blues band for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022,  have a passion for the music of the 1960s, an amalgam of blues, rock and soul, and add a twist of contemporary style, making them a rising force on the music scene. Their appeal crosses all manner […]

Edwina Hayes

By Richard |

Edwina’s beautifully written songs, charming stage presence and voice of an angel have won her a reputation as a true natural talent of gentle folk-Americana. She has opened numerous shows for Jools Holland and Van Morrison as well as her own gigs playing stages everywhere from Glastonbury Festival to The Royal Albert Hall. Edwina numbers […]

What Ho Wodehouse

By Richard |

Award-winning actor and writer Jonathan Goodwin performs in a brand new comedy, adapted from some of the early writings of P.G. Wodehouse. This is a light-hearted romp guaranteed to lift the spirits and make one forget about one’s cares and worries. Join affable  raconteur Everard “Stinky” Crumpleton-Psmith  as he regales you with tales of fellow […]

Chantel McGregor

By Richard |

A female guitar prodigy, at fourteen Chantel was told by major labels that she had a “great voice, but girls don’t play guitar like that!”  Wisely ignoring the comments, she enrolled at the Leeds College of Music and became the first student in the college’s history, to achieve a 100% pass mark, with 18 distinctions.  […]

Barnstormers Comedy Club – Jan 24

By Richard |

The return of our regular friday night comedy club featuring three top performers from the national circuit and our Barnstormers compere. Tonight’s bill features John Mann, Lovdev Barpaga and Sam Harland.

An Audience with Arthur Smith

By Richard |

Often described as the compère beyond compare, Arthur worked as a road sweeper, dustman, market researcher, teacher and advertised chicken burgers in supermarkets dressed as a fox before becoming a fully-fledged playwright, panellist, performer and stalwart of the Edinburgh Festival, A career in comedy was the only one that could follow a build up like […]

Yorkshire Gypsy Swing Collective

By Richard |

Presenting the Yorkshire Gypsy Swing Collective! Featuring some of the region’s hottest gypsy jazz and swing players, playing music inspired from legendry musicians Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli of the “Quintette du Hot Club de France”. Expect fiery solos, foot-stomping rhythms, burning ballads and even some Latin inspired piece. The collective remains in the spirit of […]

Mara

By Richard |

“Dominic Kelly conjures an entire world single-handed from an almost empty stage” Lancaster Guardian on MARA, September 2023 1868, northern Sweden: discharged from the army with malaria, Morten scrapes a living on the edge of the vast forest. Suddenly he begins to suffer nightmares and mysterious visits as he sleeps. A friend tells him he’s plagued […]

The Breath

By Richard |

The Breath is Manchester-based guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer/flautist Ríoghnach Connolly. They met on the city’s gig circuit in the late noughties. An unlikely pairing though it was, he an acclaimed guitar whiz, ex long-time member of The Cinematic Orchestra and a softly spoken Manchester urbanite, she a folk singer with a larger-than-life personality and […]

Billy Liar

By Richard |

A lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.

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