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Embrace's Mike Heaton: ‘Take Centre Stage and help Martin House Children's Hospice'

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:49:35 +0000

Back in the late 1990s, when five mates from the Bradford district got together to form a band, it was a case of getting by on raw talent and dogged determination.

Bernie Nolan heading for Bradford in Chicago

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:52:47 +0000

This time last year Bernie Nolan had lost her hair following gruelling bouts of chemotherapy.

Julian Lloyd Webber: Time to tune in to musical master

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:02:03 +0000

Most people in Bradford will be on at least nodding terms with Frederick Delius – after all, the district has a pub, a school, an arts centre and a sculpture named for him.

How Horrible Histories author came up with the idea

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:51:21 +0000

Terry Deary was an actor for 21 years. During that time, he started to write books. He had 50 to his name when, 20 years ago, he was asked to write a Father Christmas joke book.

Hilary O'Neil has a passion for panto

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:42:42 +0000

Performing in the Alhambra pantomime, opposite Billy Pearce, has now been ticked off Hilary O’Neil’s ‘bucket list’.

Omid Djalili set for the stage in Bradford

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:59:16 +0000

Omid Djalili is a rare comedian, capable of provoking huge laughter and profound thought at the same time. Yet he hasn’t toured for more than three years.

Belinda Carlisle: Solo tour is heaven for me...

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:08:18 +0000

She was the teen punk-turned-pop princess, whose purry vocals and upbeat lyrics epitomised the sunny side of the Eighties.

Actress Denise Black in Sister Act in Bradford

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:08:55 +0000

Despite an extensive theatre career, and a stint as a professional singer, Denise Black had never been in a musical.

Shakin' Stevens's Green Door still open

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:54:04 +0000

It’s around this time of year that well-worn Christmas hits are dusted down and played endlessly on the radio, in shopping centres and at office parties.

Ade Edmondson tucks into the best of British

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:37:30 +0000

Although commonly finding himself stuck in the mud while filming his latest TV series, Ade Edmondson has no such issues with his career.

Bradford's Kimberley Walsh in love with Shrek!

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:22:08 +0100

Bradford pop star Kimberley Walsh has returned to her first love – the stage – and this week began her role as Princess Fiona in Shrek – The Musical, in London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Here she talks about taking on the role and what the future holds for Girls Aloud.

Sophie McShera has got it maid as Daisy in Downton Abbey

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:34:56 +0100

With the dark shadows of the First World War looming over Downton Abbey, life upstairs and downstairs will never be the same again.

Jo Caulfield is heading on a tour of discovery

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:31:13 +0100

Whenever Jo Caulfield appears on a TV comedy panel show, she is always the only woman booked.

Paul Nicholas's affair of the political heart

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:16:09 +0100

Later this month, three new plays by Gill Adams will be read on stage at Hull’s Ensemble 52 theatre. Starman, Hooked and Wild Man on My back reportedly delve into the “highs and lows of celebrity life”.