The organisers of the Brits have apologised to Adele after she was unceremoniously forced to cut short her acceptance speech for the top gong at this year’s awards.

Broadway’s longest running show The Phantom of the Opera is heading to Leeds in August.

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Ryan McBride’s production of Leeds born Louise Rennison’s witty tale of teenage dilemma makes its debut at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Angus, Thongs and even more Snogging is about typical young teenage girls who hang out with their mates, chatting about boys and trying to work out where they have got to on the snog-o-meter which ranges from holding hands to the full monty.

EIGHT dancers brought together by a France-based Spaniard are bringing their first ever UK tour to the region.

Solo singers Helen Marie and Darren Sweeney have come up with a new duo project, which is to be known as American Heartbeat.

BOOGIE-woogie piano master Jools Holland is set to take his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra on the road once again for what has now become one of the UK’s most popular annual tours.

FOR Sue Pomeroy, I, Bertolt Brecht is like introducing audiences to a good friend.

WHETHER or not young Daniel Radcliffe has the longevity, talent or the chops to survive beyond Harry Potter remains to be seen.

The title of this album is nothing saucy, it’s actually a line from a song by Fats Waller which Paul McCartney covers on this well-crafted nostalgic collection.

AN ALL-BLACK British production of Samuel Beckett’s surrealist masterpiece Waiting for Godot will give audiences at the West Yorkshire Playhouse a fresh take on the classic play about humanity and friendship, says actor Guy Burgess.

AUDIENCES will be transported to the magical world of Oz during a spectacular production by Wakefield Little Theatre.

SOME films have titles that give you an idea of what you’re about to get.

News of two major fundraising events in our area dominate this week. The Motor Neurone Disease Society is set to benefit from an event at Lee Moor Club on March 9.

IF you thought you had to fly to Nashville for a bona fide Dolly Parton experience, look no further than Theatre Royal Wakefield when Queen of Country tribute act Andrea Pattinson rolls into town next month.

BROADWAY’S longest running show The Phantom of the Opera is heading for Leeds in August.

GET ready to paint the town pink – the award-winning musical Legally Blonde is coming to Sheffield Lyceum.

CONTEMPORARY artists will explore what happens when man-made and natural worlds collide during The Hepworth Wakefield’s first spring exhibition.

SOUTH Elmsall youngsters have helped mark the end of a exhibition of their work at a new art gallery.

FILMS – in their golden age – used to rely almost solely on two things: a good story and solid acting.