1. Soho Sequence in Scarborough

Poet Jo Reed has joined the line-up at Scarborough Art Gallery for Museums at Night on 17 May.   Jo will read a section of her poem A Soho Sequence called St Anne’s...

05 May 2013 | Read more...

2. Stagecraft finds a home

Yorkshire Coast Homes and the Stephen Joseph Theatre have joined together to offer an exciting new project – Stagecraft.   Stagecraft is a performance arts project...

05 May 2013 | Read more...

3. New club for Watermark

Scarborough is to host a new music club at up-and-coming venue the Watermark Cafe. Titled Driftwood, the club will feature roots, rock, folk & acoustic music, guest bands...

04 Apr 2013 | Read more...

4. Review: Losing the Plot

With women routinely working and men (at least some) cooking and shopping, is there any such thing as role reversal? Well John Godber is willing to give it a go as a...

04 Apr 2013 | Read more...

5. Bombardment centenary remembered

Scarborough Museums Trust is to spearhead an ambitious programme marking next year’s centenary of the start of the First World War and the bombardment of Scarborough, Whitby...

03 Mar 2013 | Read more...

6. Review: The Thrill of Love

Who was the second-last woman hanged in Britain? The seventh-last? No, me either. Ruth Ellis achieved the saddest variety of fame, in being the final one, and helping...

03 Mar 2013 | Read more...

7. Eastwood and Pine head for jazzfest

Scarborough Jazz Festival has announced another great programme.  One highlight is Courtney Pine whose CD House of Legends was voted, by a convincing margin, the...

02 Feb 2013 | Read more...

8. Bloke from the Big Country: Rich Hall

Fairly loud though he is, Rich Hall is a comedian who creeps up on you. His appearances on TV shows like Buzzcocks and Have I Got News For You haven't been the motormouth type...

02 Feb 2013 | Read more...

9. Women's Day words and music

Two singing groups are to headline at an all day event celebrating international women's day in March. Local six-piece Raven are joined by Global Voices, another all-female...

02 Feb 2013 | Read more...

10. The Valleys come to the moors

Arts Council meanness can’t keep the irrepressible Esk Valley Theatre down. The small but perfectly formed professional company has reacted to a grant cut with a...

01 Jan 2013 | Read more...

11. Gallery flies a Clytie

The final painting by Scarborough-born Victorian artist Frederic, Lord Leighton is to spend three months at Scarborough Art Gallery.   Clytie, which is considered to be...

01 Jan 2013 | Read more...

12. Review: The importance of being Earnest

An encounter with old friends can be tricky. Will they still be the same, or will we have grown apart? Will our idealised memories be rudely dashed by the real...

12 Dec 2012 | Read more...

13. World films on show

Yorkshire’s oldest film society has returned after a summer break with a new season representing world cinema. Movies from France, the USA, Scandinavia, Italy, Chad,...

09 Sep 2012 | Read more...

14. Musicport back to its roots

MUSICPORT returns to its Whitby roots this year. The homecoming line-up, from 5-7 October, includes acts from France, Palestine, the USA, Papua and Madagascar. The annual...

09 Sep 2012 | Read more...

15. Review: Lost and Found

The SJT has grown used to staging world premieres of Alan Ayckbourn’s plays, but it’s still quite a coup to get John Godber to write and direct a...

07 Jul 2012 | Read more...