What's on January 7-13, 2010
TODAY MUSICAL: West Yorkshire Playhouse – the Secret Garden.
Share in a secret this Christmas as a new British Musical, commissioned by Leeds' West Yorkshire Playhouse, premieres on the Quarry stage, adapted from Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic novel by award-winning Leeds writer Garry Lyons.
As winter winds blow across the Yorkshire Moors, recently-orphaned Mary Lennox arrives at Misselthwaite Manor, the austere home of an uncle she has never met.
The wind howls around the building, but is it the wind Mary hears or the distant sound of crying from within the house?
Conceited, stubborn and bewildered by unfamiliar surroundings Mary's life is transformed when she comes across a garden which is all but forgotten.
Placing her trust in local lad Dickon, Mary breathes life into the abandoned garden and is determined to uncover the family secrets hidden inside the house, changing the fortunes of Misselthwaite and all who live there forever.
Runs until January 23. Deatils from box office: 0113 213 7700.
EXHIBITION: The Working World of Tom McGuinness, a miner and his art.
Tom McGuinness painted what he knew, and what he knew particularly well was his working life.
A miner who was conscripted into the pits as a Bevin Boy, he worked underground for 39 years.
His paintings of mining life are often in bright and vivid colours.
A free exhibition at the National Coal Mining Museum for England has combined art gathered by coal mining art authors Gillian Wales and Robert McManners, with mining artefacts from the collections, to show a little more of the reality of a miner's life.
The museum is at Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, Wakefield, WF4 4RH ands the exhibition is open from 10am-5pm daily.
Phone 01924 848806 or email info@ncm.org.uk. Runs to Sunday (January 10).
COMEDY: Comedians from the 1940s to now – Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield.
Drawn from the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, Comedians from the 1940s to now presents an array of iconic images of some of Britain's best-loved entertainers.
From Frankie Howerd and Monty Python to celebrated double acts such as French and Saunders, this collection of intimate portraits by photographers including Annie Leibovitz and Henri Cartier Bresson captures the public and private faces of British comedy.
The exhibition is free and it runs to March 20, 10am-5pm – but is closed on Sundays.
Graves Art Gallery, Surrey Street, Sheffield, S1 1XZ, call: 0114 278 2600
Website: www.museums-sheffield.org.uk
PANTO: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield.
Can good conquer evil? Can love save the day? Can Damian Williams be funnier than last year?
Find out by watching this star-studded cast that includes pop icon Toyah Wilcox as The Wicked Queen; last year's Widow Twankey, Damian Williams whi is back by popular demand as Nurse Nellie and the funniest man in town, Radio Sheffield's Toby Foster.
The BBC presenter and comic makes his Lyceum debut as Muddles the Court Jester.
Bobby Knutt also makes a special "virtual" appearance as the Man in the Mirror... joined by a top quality supporting cast and seven of the best professional dwarfs in the country.
Curtain, 7pm. Runs to Sunday (January 10) at the Lyceum Theatre, Tudor Square, Sheffield, S1 2LA.
Tickets: 10 (concs available), for more information call: 0114 249 6000.
COMEDY: Last Laugh Comedy Club – Sheffield City Hall.
This week's club meeting features Christian Riley, Justin Moorhouse, Sean Percival and Toby Foster.
At the age of 15 Christian Riley joined a band to get laid. But the Salvation Army had different ideas. Now a stand-up comedian, Christian uses his music to target histrionic rock bands, musical theatre and morose indie musicians.
Bar food available for less than a fiver, bar till late plus cheesy disco.
Doors 7pm, starts 8pm; also on tomorrow. Tickets 16. For more information call 0114 223 3740.
TOMORROW
PANTO: Jack and Jill – Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield.
The Wales Methodist Panto Players present Jack and Jill. Curtain, 7pm.
Further shows on January 15-16. Montgomery Hall, Surrey Street, Sheffield, S1 2LG. Call: 0114 272 0455
SATURDAY
CRAFTS: Recycled bird feeders – Bradford National Media Museum, Bradford.
Inspired by Neeta Madahar's photographs of wildlife at bird feeders in Gallery One, families can turn up and create their own bird feeders from recycled materials. Free; also runs tomorrow.
For opening times or to book tickets call 0870 70 10 200 or visit: www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk
ICE HOCKEY: Sheffield Shadows v Nottingham Vipers.
The Shadows host are at home Division 1 rivals Nottingham Vipers at iceSheffield. Starts 12.15pm.
Details: iceSheffield, Coleridge Road, Sheffield, S9 5DA. Call 0114 223 3900
SUNDAY
ANTIQUES: Antiques & Collect-ables Fair – Elsecar Heritage Centre
As seen on BBC's Bargain Hunt, this fair features a diverse selection of traders, dealers and specialists, with large and small items for sale – from the pre-Victorian era to more modern kitsch collectables.
Prices: Adults 1.50 / Conc 1. Open 10am-4pm.
Elsecar Heritage Centre, Wath Road,Elsecar, Barnsley, S74 8HJ.
Call 01226 744425
Website: www.newcomenfairs.co.uk or email: elsecarheritage@barnsley.co.uk
MONDAY
PUB TALK: Sheffield Skeptics in the Pub – The Persistence of Delusion.
This group is about getting people together to have a relaxed evening while listening to talks on a wide range of topics.
This month, Andy Lewis talks about homeopathy – an alternative mediciine that has survived almost unchanged from the late 18th Century. The majority of alternative medicines available today have been invented and developed within living memory... despite claims of their origins in antiquity.
Andy looks at the factors that make pseudo-medicines thrive and why consumers and practitioners latch onto them.
Free at the Lescar Hotel, 303 Sharrow Vale Road, Sheffield, S11 8ZF. Starts 7.30pm. More details call 0114 268 8051.
TUESDAY
GENEALOGY: Family History course – Mexborough Community Partnership.
Fancy tracing your family history? If you want to trace your family tree, the partnership are running a six-week course to show you how... for just 15 quid!
Enrolment is today at 3.15pm and classes are from 3.15-5.15pm. For more details, call 01302 862688 or email:
WEDNESDAY
JAZZ: The Trio – Lescar Hotel, 303 Sharrow Vale Road, Sheffield.
You can expect some tightly arranged swing and Bebop from this virtuoso band featuring Tony Ormesher (guitar), Andrzej Baranek (piano) and Nick Blacka (bass). Starts 9pm, tickets (available on the door) 3. Details, 0114 268 8051.
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