5ofthebest
Your guide to events you must not miss this week
Peppa Pig’s Best Day Ever
Victoria Theatre, Halifax, March 5and6
Peppa Pig’s Best Day Ever, a brand-new live show based on Entertainment One’s (eOne) much loved animated TV series, is coming to the Victoria Theatre Halifax on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 March.
Get ready for a road-trip full of fun adventures. From castles to caves, dragons to dinosaurs and ice-creams to muddy puddles – there is something for all the family and their friends to enjoy, including Miss Rabbit, Mr Bull, Suzy Sheep, Gerald Giraffe and more.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Peppa Pig Live, and their hugely successful productions, which have been enjoyed by over 1.5 million in the UK alone. Peppa Pig Live has also toured throughout the US and Australia and played eight consecutive West End Christmas seasons.
This new live stage adaptation of Peppa Pig is produced by leading children’s theatre team Fierylight, in partnership with licensor eOne. The production is directed and adapted for theatre by Richard Lewis, and features music from BAFTA awardwinning composer Mani Svavarsson. www.victoriatheatre.co.uk
Two Mr Ps in a Podcast LIVE
Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax, March 3
Teaching and podcasting sensations the Two Mr Ps have announced they’ll be taking their award-winning podcast on a new string of 40 live dates across the UK in 2022: Two Mr Ps in a Podcast (LIVE).
Performing at Square Chapel in Halifax on Thursday, March 3, brothers Lee and Adam Parkinson will delight audiences with hilarious stories from their experiences of teaching on the front line in the nation’s primary schools, reminisce on their own childhood school days and celebrate the never-dull world of education. www.squarechapel.co.uk
Chamber Choir Concert
The Carlton Centre, Halifax, Saturday, March 5, 7.30pm
The first concert this year by Halifax Chamber Choir is an exciting contrast of sacred music from the Russian Orthodox and the Western Catholic Churches. This concert ‘East meets West’ will take place in The Carlton Centre, Halifax on Saturday March 5 at 7.30pm. www.halifax chamberchoir. co.uk
Jane Hair: Brontës Restyled
The Viaduct Theatre, Halifax, March 5, 7.30pm
The Brontë Sisters as you’ve never seen them before; an oft-told tale with a modern twist. Stylists Anne, Emily and Charlotte Brontë are back taking bookings for an evening of sibling rivalry and literary debate in Bradford’s most creative beauty salon where the sisters cut, colour and style whilst sharing their hopes and dreams. www.theviaducttheatre.co.uk
Shazia Mirza: Coconut
Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, March 5, 7.30pm
Following the success of her critically acclaimed recent shows, With Love From St. Tropez, and The Kardashians Made Me Do It, comedian Shazia
Mirza returns to Hebden Bridge Little Theatre with her latest show, Coconut, on Saturday 5 March 2022. Nominated for ‘Best Stand Up Tour Show’ in Channel 4’s National Comedy Awards, Coconut takes on the burning (and infectious) issues of our time. www.hblt.co.uk
this temporary retirement with an infectious thirst for life. But what kind of life? And does it bear any resemblance to the one he had before?
He said ‘usually I spend much of the year touring around the world so the pandemic lockdown’s gave me time to reflect more and think about how the pandemic has affected people from all walks of life. After so long It’s going to be a thrill to take this new collection of poems on tour’.
No less a personage than Patti Smith praised his ‘cool poems’ and Carl Barât of The Libertines said ‘Luke is one of the greats. A poetic
pugilist. Beguiling and hypnotic.’
With an international reputation as a leader of the spoken word scene, Luke Wright is one of the UK’s most riveting spoken word performers. His poems are delivered with dynamism, intensity and charisma. Keenly personal but always inflected with irreverent humour, his poetry is always based on his life - as a poet, a father and a son. He is acknowledged as one of our top poets and one of the principle architects of the now thriving UK spoken word scene. www.squarechapel.co.uk