Don Quixote
Your guide to events you must not miss this week
The Russian State Ballet and Opera House is back. Don Quixote delights in stories of brave knights, fabulous giants and other fantastical creatures, which will be on at the Spa on November 21.
New ‘Punk’ Festival 1 Whitby
Pavilion, Friday November 22 Sham 69 will play at Whitby Pavilion Theatre for the first time.
Original members including the iconic lead singer, Jimmy Pursey will be playing a set list including their greatest hits and classic songs. Jimmy and the band are enjoying something of a renaissance as their unique brand of punk and social comment is being heard by a new audience while older followers are keen to relive the great atmosphere the band create.
Sham 69 guarantee a magnificent show with energetic performances and sing-along classics that catapulted the band to success in the 1970s. Supporting Sham 69 at the new festival will be Whitby legends, Raw 60s who have a huge local following of their own. Tickets: 01947 458899 Don Quixote 2Scarborough
Spa, Thursday
November 21 at 7.30pm The Russian State Ballet and Opera House is back. Don Quixote delights in stories of brave knights, fabulous giants and other fantastical creatures. But most of all, he dreams of his beloved Dulcinea, a woman that he believes to be so lovely and noble that she must be divine. His dreams are of their romantic adventures. As he approaches the windmills, he can no longer see the moon and thinks that evil magicians have hidden his beloved mistress. So, spear in hand, he tilts at the sails of the windmill, which he mistakes for a giant!
Don Quixote has all the elements of the great classical ballets: emotion, drama and unforgettable characters.
Love, duels and spectacular choreography are mixed with a dash of Spanish passion in this most beautiful and moving ballet. Featuring live orchestra with more than 30 musicians. Tickets: 01723 821888 Maxwell Quartet 3 Stephen
Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, Thursday November 21 at 7.30pm The programme: Mozart Quartet in B flat K458 – The Hunt
Debussy Quartet in G minor Op10
Schubert Quartet in D minor D810 Death and the Maiden Trad. Scottish encore
Get closer to the music with the award-winning Maxwell Quartet, known for the energy and passion they bring to live performances. Tickets: 01723 370541 A Christmas Masquerade 4 Castle
Howard from now until to Sunday January 5 Experience the magnificent decorations as you journey through the house’s grand state rooms. Open fires, candle light and live music 25ft traditional Christmas tree adorned with over 3,000 baubles providing a breathtaking highlight in the Great Hall.
The theme is A Christmas Masquerade and includes displays and installationsto celebrates the house’s theatrical roots and the influence of the Italian Baroque on its architecture and interiors.
Among the decorations and costumes, a troupe of travelling players prepare festive entertainments for the guests. Admission charges apply Christmas Through the Ages 5 Nunnington
Hall, from now until December 15, daily at 10.30am to 4pm Discover the hall as it would have been through history, from the indulgent Georgian era and impressionist Victorian age to the
memorable post war years. Admission charges apply The South 6Scarborough
Spa, Friday November 22 at 7.30pm The South are a nine- piece band who feature former members of The Beautiful South including singer Alison Wheeler and lifelong sax player Gaz Birtles. The South are keeping alive all those timeless songs - A Little Time (the number one single), Perfect 10, Rotterdam, Old Red Eyes Is Back, Good as Gold, Don’t Marry Her plus many more singles and album tracks as well as a few choice South originals. Tickets: 01723 821888 Christmas opening 7 Burton
Agnes Hall, near Bridlington, from now until Monday December 23 Simon and Olivia CunliffeLister decorate their Elizabethan home to create a wonderland with traditional and contemporary handmade decorations. Young visitors are encouraged to find homemade felt snowman dolls, hidden in each room. Christmas-light-strewn topiary bushes, the Great Hall’s fire glowing warmly and twinkling lights throughout.
Visitors can visit the courtyard, enjoying festive treats in the café.
Little ones can also visit Father Christmas in his courtyard grotto every Christmas opening weekend Admission charges. Christmas Market
8St Catherine’s Hospice, Throxenby Lane, Scarborough, Saturday November 23 from 10am to 2pm The day is a great way to get some of your Christmas gifts bought, while being able to sample some of Yorkshire’s finest food and drink and support Saint Catherine’s at the same time.
As well as stalls to buy gifts at, there will be regular demonstrations, a fashion show and fun for all the family with a Santa’s grotto, children’s craft stalls and much more. Free event Get Ready For Christmas 9Market
Hall, St Helen’s Square, Scarborough, Saturday November 23 from 10am to 3pm There will be a lovely array of craft stalls where you can purchase some wonderful Christmas decorations, gifts and maybe even something for yourself.
Make sure you also visit the Market Vaults and the Mezzanine Floor to see more wonderful shops and food outlets during your visit. Free to enter 0 Easy Street Live 1Farrer’s
Bar and Brasserie at Scarborough Spa, Monday November 25 Relax with the wonderful backdrop of Scarborough’s South Bay while listening to some of the very best musical talent that the local area has to offer.
This week it’s the turn of ‘the King of The Keyboards’, Scarborough Spa’s resident Organist Howard Beaumont with his trio Easy Street. Howard is joined by vocalist Roger Maughan and double bassist Bob Malinowski to play some of the finest standards old and new, chosen from the music of Tony Bennett, Matt Munro, Oscar Peterson, Stevie Wonder and many more. Easy-on-the-ear, yet exciting arrangements with just a hint of jazz.
These three musicians have come together after working worldwide on cruise ships, in concert halls and theatres, to play the kind of music that they really enjoy. Monday Menu served from 5pm; live music 7pm to 9pm. Book table: 01723 821888