7 of the best
Your guide to events you must not miss this week
1The
Victoria Theatre, Halifax, Friday April 21 at 7.30pm
The show celebrates the music of Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchestra. Expect all the hits including 10538 Overture, Evil Woman, Living Thing, Diary of
Horace Wimp, Don’t Bring me Down and Mr Blue Sky. Tickets: 01422 351158
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Victoria Theatre, Halifax, Saturday April 22 at 3pm
Join panto favourites Wally, Dame Dolly and Fairy Tale as they embark on a quest to break an enchantment that keeps Rapunzel locked away in her tower.
But the wicked sorceress Gothel has other plans for Rapunzel and her everlengthening hair! Will Rapunzel escape? Find out in Anton Benson Productions’ brand new hair-larious pantomime adventure. It stars Jamie Leahey and Chuck – Britain's Got Talent runner's up and stars of America's Got Talent All
Rapunzel
Stars; Atomic Kitten's Kerry Katona, EastEnders star Dean Gaffney and Strictly Come Dancing's Joanne Clifton.
Tickets: 01422 351158
3
Square Chapel, Halifax, Friday April 21 at 7.30pm
Snake Davis brings his fourpiece band, with guitar, bass guitar and drums.
There will be something for everybody, from floaty to dance-able, from soul through pop to jazz and world, original material and classic sax pieces such as Baker Street and Night Train.
Tickets: 0343 208 6016
4
9a Projects, Robinwood Mill, Todmorden, from now until April 30
Two Rivers has been created by IOU in collaboration with artist Richard Wincer, writer Louise Oliver, composer Dan Morrison and sculptor Andy Plant.
The installation fuses woodcuts, sculpture,
Snake Davis Band IOU Two Rivers
technology, spoken word, and sound art to explore themes of evolution, heritage, legacy – the circle of life, the passage of time, the cycles of nature.
Free entry
5
John Hegley – Biscuit of Destiny
Square Chapel, Halifax, Thursday April 27 at 7.30pm
John Hegley, the star of radio, TV and school assemblies, is ready once more to take to road and rail with a clutch of new verses, a few older favourites, and a cardboard camel with a moving jaw.
Tickets: 0343 208 6016
6 The World Dock Pudding Championships
Mytholmroyd Community and Leisure Centre, Saturday April 22 Dock Pudding is a local delicacy little-known outside the Calder Valley and the competition was founded in 1971 to help preserve it.
The pudding is made from the leaves of Polygonum Bistorta/Persicaria Bistorta mixed with nettles, oatmeal, onions and seasoning, and served with bacon and eggs. Competitors gather on the day of a food and drink festival to prepare a cooked breakfast including the Dock Pudding and the winner receives a cup and the title of World Champion.
Free entry
7
Brighouse Artisan Markets
Brighouse, Saturday April 22
Find out more about the fantastic produce the town has to offer. There will be cheeses, bread, meat, cakes, sweets and chocolates, jams and chutneys, wines, beers and ales, pasties and pastries plus locally-produced crafts.
Free