The National Science and Media Museum will reopen to visitors on 8 January 2025 with an exciting public programme and newly renovated foyer space, as well as returning favourites such as interactive gallery Wonderlab and the Kodak photography gallery, alongside Yorkshire’s biggest independent cinema.

Doncaster's Tommy Carmichael who trained at Bath School of Music and Performing Arts and who has a host of theatre credits is appearing in Aladdin at York Theatre Royal. Who do you play in Aladdin and how do they fit into the story? I play the role of Charlie, Aladdin’s younger brother, who’s always there to give his support with many laughs along the way.

Dr. Andrew Liddle talks to an artist who in later years returned to his roots to celebrate the beauty of an often overlooked area of the county

They promised it would be “packed with sparkle and festive fun” and Harrogate’s Beauty and Beast did not disappoint. We were accompanied by over 100 very excited schoolchildren from Brackenfield for one of the first performances of the season. To say it was loud would be an understatement! There was booing and hissing and laughing and joking.

This recording marvellously captures the idyllic nature of MacDowell's most famous work, To a Wild Rose from the Woodland Sketches. The playing is lusciously sublime, so romantic and well controlled; two minutes of utter peaceful calm.

National Saturday Club in partnership with Bradford College have announced a free programme designed to empower aspiring filmmakers and screen enthusiasts in Bradford. Selected local teenagers can join the Film&Screen Saturday Club, offering them a unique opportunity to explore their creativity and potential career paths in the film industry.

If you take a walk up Calverley Street, which starts between Leeds Town Hall and the Central Library, you will eventually come to a large white-painted building. Now signed as a ‘Conference Auditorium’, if you step inside you will discover a plaque which states: “Leeds Playhouse. This foundation stone was laid on 25 September 1969 by the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Alderman A.R. Bretherick”.

With occasional changes to its style every now and then, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman’s hit musical, Hairspray, will always be a crowd pleaser because of one thing – it has a memorable opening number and one of the catchiest curtain closers in the business.

The first visitors to Auckland Palace’s illuminated outdoor trail ALGOW were dazzled by the new installations as the popular spectacle returns to Bishop Auckland for 2024. An updated route and five glittering new light displays illuminated the picturesque parkland, as well as the new indoor event Christmas at the Palace, wowed crowds during its preview night on Thursday 21st November.

Despite psychologists and bereavement counsellors telling us there are five stages of grief which we all experience, I have found that we can display grief differently. Some people cry immediately or at the funeral or later, when something seemingly unconnected occurs and unleashes a wave of pent-up or carefully controlled emotion.

Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week.

Established in 1883 York Railway Institute Band and Skipton Choral Society, established in 2013, join forces once again at Selby Abbey for an evening of carols and festive music on Saturday 14th December at 7.30pm in a Christmas Celebration of Voices and Brass.