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Dewsbury Town Hall to star in new BBC1 Drama Love, Lies and Records, Thursdays BBC1 at 9pm A new Kay Mellor drama partly filmed in Dewsbury Town Hall has been given a prime time slot on BBC One The six-part Love, Lies and Records will be broadcast from 9pm on Thursday 16th November. LOVE, LIES & RECORDS follows Registrar Kate Dickenson, played by Ashely Jensen (Catastrophe, Ugly Betty, Extras) as she tries to juggle her personal life with the daily dramas of births, marriages and deaths and the impact they have on her. Joining the cast alongside Ashley Jenson are Adrian Bower (Granchester, The Last Kingdom), Kenny Doughty (Vera, Stella), Rebecca Front (Doctor Thorne, War & Peace, Humans) and Mark Stanley (Dark River, Dickensian). Yorkshire-born Kay Mellor got the idea for Loves, Lies and Records while registering the death of her mother, saying: “When I was waiting to register the death of my mother at Leeds Town Hall, I was next to a couple who were waiting to register the birth of their much wanted baby girl" Filming took place at Dewsbury Town Hall from February until June and used the Main Hall, Foyers, Offices and Function Rooms. BBC WEBSITE Showstoppers present Snow White Cleckheaton Town Hall, 9th to 17th December Showstoppers bring the magical story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Cleckheaton Town Hall this Christmas with amazing special effects, hilarious comedy and spectacular song and dance routines that we have come to expect from a Showstoppers Pantomine - A MUST FOR ALL THE FAMILY. No age restrictions. Tickets £12 + concessions BOOK Marvellous Musical Moments... Oliver, Cleckheaton Town Hall, 21st to 25th November  Wizard of Oz, Batley Town Hall, 22nd to 25th November Cleckheaton & Spenborough AODS presents Oliver the musical. Based on the Charles Dickens book and music by Lionel Bart. A lively show suitable for all the family. Tickets from £12. Batley Thespians present the Wizard of Oz. Follow Dorothy, Toto, Tin Man, Lion and Scarecrow on their journey to see the Wizard. A show for all the family featuring “Somewhere over the Rainbow”, “We’re off to see the Wizard” and “Follow the Yellow Brick Road. Tickets £14 + concessions BOOK Pantomines in January? Oh yes there are! Robinson Crusoe, Batley Town Hall, 12th to 14th January  Mother Goose, Dewsbury Town Hall, 18th to 21st January Carlinghow Theatre Company present Robinson Crusoe. Join Robinson Crusoe and a host of comical characters for his amazing and hilarious adventure to find the buried treasure. Heroes to cheer, baddies to boo and a lot of fun along the way! Tickets £14 + concessions Dewsbury Collegains present Mother Goose. If at an end your family's loose, Bring them along to "Mother Goose", With song and dance and love and laughter, Not to mention happy ever after, Brought about the Collegians way, And the golden eggs "Mother Goose" can lay, A family treat for all and sundry, Starting Thursday and through till Sunday! Tickets from £9 + concessions BOOK Subscription Services      |  www.kirklees.gov.uk    Christmas is coming... If you’ve been near a shop or supermarket lately you will have noticed that the shelves are heaving with festive products and the weather is starting to get the distinctly wintery chill. To mark the start of the Xmas season community groups and business associations across Kirklees are putting on switch on events. See the Christmas events list Vote for a new play area at Oakwell Hall... Friends of Oakwell Hall are encouraging local people and visitors to vote for 'Adventurous Oakwell’s Landscape Adventure' in the Aviva Community Fund. If we win, we will gain a grant of £10,000, and we'll work with the local community to get thoughts and ideas. Cast your vote We've got another date with Sarah Millican! Due to phenomenal demand, Kirklees Town Halls are delighted to announce that Sarah will also be performing an additional date on her new Control Enthusiast tour - you can now buy tickets for Thu 26 July 2018 at Huddersfield Town Hall too! Book tickets Remembrance Sunday services in Kirklees The Mayor of Kirklees, Cllr Christine Iredale, has appealed to local people and businesses to support the poppy appeal again this year. We've added her letter to an article, and listed all the services that are taking place in Kirklees. See your nearest service More articles: A Sense of Place: Recent Artworks by Maxwell Doig Subscription Services          |  |  www.kirklees.gov.uk

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Rich Hall's Hoedown Cleckheaton Town Hall, Wed 6th June 2018 The Hoedown begins as a withering dissection of Trump’s America, but ends up being a celebration of Americana. There’s stand-up, improvised ballads, cracking good musicianship, and ultimately a hilarious, foot-stomping, kicking good time to be had by all. Even if you don’t own a hoe. Rich Hall’s critically acclaimed new show begins its second leg of touring. There has never been a better time to be an American comedian in the UK. Hall’s precision dismantling of the tenuous relationship between two countries is as freewheeling and deadly accurate as ever. His BBC Four documentaries, most recently Rich Hall’s Countrier Than You and Rich Hall’s Presidential Grudge Match and BBC Radio 4 series Rich Hall’s (US Election) Breakdown have built him a new legion of followers, as has appearances on Have I Got News For You and QI. But if you’ve only ever seen Hall on TV, you’ve short-changed yourself. Tickets £17 Tickets on sale now!  Note: 14+ (Parental Guidance) BOOK 80's Icons Go West! Huddersfield Town Hall, Fri 1st December This Brit Award winning band was formed in1982 by Peter Cox and Richard Drummie, who went on to have huge commercial success and established themselves as one of the most successful singer/songwriter duos of the 80s. Six albums and 20 million sales later, Go West are stronger than ever. They have enjoyed numerous chart singles worldwide, notably 'King Of Wishful Thinking', the opening song in the hugely successful film 'Pretty Woman'. Performing all of their greatest hitsincluding: We Close Our Eyes, Call Me, Faithful, King of Wishful Thinking and Don’t Look Down. Tickets £27.50 Stalls Sold Out, Balcony still available BOOK Classic Festive Favourites We have a fantastic range of festive favourites this year Christmas at Kirklees Town Halls goes hand in hand with mulled wine and mince pies! This season of merriment we have annual festive favourites including Huddersfield Choral Society who return with their ever popular Christmas concert and Handlels Messiah concert. Brass Bands and Male Voice Choirs are a plenty this year including concerts by Lindley Band, Black Dyke Band and Hammonds Saltaire Band, Honley Male Voice Choir and Colne Valley Male Voice Choir. Orchestra of Opera North present family favourite The Snowman and Cinderella, Dewsburys annual Christmas Concert  featuring the Opera North Youth Choir and finish your year on a high with our Viennese Whirl! BOOK 2018 Highlights Bowie to Blues Brothers, ABBA to ELO, Whitney to Elkie... We have a fantastic line up of live music coming to our Town Halls in 2018 including:- Huddersfield Town Hall welcomes Bowie Experience, Magic of Motown, Chicago Blues Brothers, Whitney Queen of the Night, This Is Elvis, ELO Again and Elkie Brooks. Cleckheaton Town Hall welcomes ABBA Thank You for the Music, The Magic of the Beatles and The Tina Turner Experience! BOOK Subscription Services          |  www.kirklees.gov.uk

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