Twentytwo year-old Richard Longbottom works in a bank during the day but his evenings are filled with his passion for the stage. This month he will be turning his hand to the part of cheeky chappie Bobby in the Guiseley Amateur Operatic Society’s production of ‘The Boyfriend’.
Sinbad ready to sail into town 9:20am Thu 10 Jan 08 THE Ilkley Upstagers pantomime Sinbad the Sailor' has been written by Upstagers doyen Gill Jackson.
Comedy Cabaret back at The Courthouse 9:17am Thu 10 Jan 08 Start the year with a good laugh on Friday, January 25, when the popular Comedy Cabaret Heaven returns in a Friday night slot at Otley Courthouse with an eclectic show to delight and disarm you.
Dame and the Daft Lad polish their acts 9:14am Thu 10 Jan 08 As final preparations and rehearsals take place for this year's Yeadon Charities Association pantomime Sleeping Beauty', the pair responsible for most of the traditional mayhem during the show - the Dame and Daft Lad are polishing their respective roles!
Musical star who shone brightly for 60 years 8:58am Thu 3 Jan 08 As reported last week, 86-year-old musicals star Pat Kirkwood died on Christmas Day at the Kitwood Nursing Home in Ilkley. Here MEL VASEY talks to her close friend, author and royal biographer Michael Thornton, and traces the glittering career of the legend of stage, screen and television.
The script was already written for Yeadon panto man 8:54am Thu 3 Jan 08 WHEN the pantomime Sleeping Beauty' is performed at Yeadon Town Hall it will be yet another off the production line of scriptwriting team Peter Long and Keith Rawnsley.
Twelth Night at Ilkley Grammar School 8:48am Thu 3 Jan 08 To mark the end of Ilkley Grammar School's 400 year celebra-tions, a small group of committed and enthusiastic parents, pupils and staff staged a production of Twelfth Night' - with a modern twist.
Bat Boy to be set free at Yeadon Town Hall 9:32am Thu 8 Nov 07 HALLOWE'EN night brought a fantastic spectacle to Yeadon Town Hall last week as captured Bat Boy, Tom Kyle, was displayed in his cage on the Town Hall steps by The Grove and Rawdon Theatre Company.
Musical will evoke mixed memories of wartime 2:12pm Thu 1 Nov 07 MARJORIE Inman is looking forward to getting to grips with her role as Gran Parker in Guiseley Amateur Operatic Society's forthcoming production of the wartime musical When The Lights Go On Again'.
