Bad Girls at The Carriageworks LIDOS Theatre Group will stage Bad Girls the Musical at The Carriageworks, Millennium Square from Tuesday 7th – Saturday 11th June. Based on the highly successful television drama that ran for 107 episodes on ITV, this fresh, funny and original British musical was developed by the creators of Bad Girls, Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus, in collaboration with composer and lyricist Kath Gotts, and director Maggie Norris. LIDOS, formed over 35 years ago, performs three shows a year at the Carriageworks. It has a membership of over 70 who throw themselves enthusiastically into the many aspects of amateur theatre, including set building, costumes, publicity, directing, choreography, acting, singing and numerous back stage roles. LIDOS raises money for local charities through their performances, last year donating £3,000 to Take Heart, Chloe’s Appeal, The Jenny Ruth Trust and Bridge2aid. During Bad Girls they will be raising money for Breast Cancer Care. Bad Girls the Musical runs from 7th – 11th June at the Carriagworks Theatre. Tickets start from £10 and can be booked by calling 0113 224 3801 or from www.lidos.co.uk
More Arts and Culture pages 26 - 29 Poets’ Words Set in Stone As part of an art project funded by Leeds City Council and Yorkshire Forward, local writers Peter Spafford and Antony Dunn have created poems about Kirkgate’s thousand years of history and these have been carved into the street’s paving and on a pair of granite seats. Kirkgate’s history dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086. Over the years it has been home to a prison, a museum and, up until the 19th century, was a fashionable residential district for Leeds’ wealthy merchants. “Kirkgate was once the main artery between the heart of old Leeds - the Parish Church - and its main market, Briggate”, said Headingley-based Peter Spafford, formerly the Royal Armouries’ Writer in Residence. “The poems do not refer to particular events but seek to evoke the antiquity of the street; the impermanence, but persistence, of human traffic over the centuries.” “I hope my poem says something about our communal life in Leeds”, said Antony Dunn. “Its residents, its traders, the tourists who visit for a short time, have all contributed to the history of this street and the wider city.” The pieces were engraved by local masons Mastercraft Memorials.
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