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Andy is a master of the point and mock approach to laughs

MOCK the Week and Have I Got News For You must both be taking breaks from filming as yet another esteemed BBC comedy panelist is on tour. Read

Dancing in the streets

THE streets of Holmfirth will be packed this weekend with dancers, musicians and even a magic dragon. Read

Nina’s Monkey business

MOST of us haven’t seen ventriloquism since the days of Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop or Roger DeCourcey and Nookie Bear. Read

Sophie’s scared of spiders!

SOPHIE LAWRENCE was born in 1972 in Ilford, Essex. Read

Choir’s first-time concert in Brighouse church

THERE can be few local venues that have not hosted the musical talents of Honley Male Voice Choir, but the singers are notching up a first next weekend. Read

Jono’s busy

YOUNG actor Jonathan Gilworth was centre stage in a major professional theatre production in Leeds last night. Read

Writer’s library visit

THERE’LL be a bit of a treat in store at Huddersfield Public Library when author Erica Wagner (pictured) visits to discuss and read from her novel Seizure. Read

Hectic times ahead!

GIRL power returns to Holmfirth next week and for one of the ladies it promises to be a particularly hectic few days. Read

Greek tragedy bang up to date

AERIAL theatre is something of a newcomer to the main stage at the Lawrence Batley Theatre. Read

Life in the dark green room

THERE are plenty of Huddersfield connections in a show being staged in Halifax next week. Read

Full houses forecast for feel-good Brassed Off

IT IS a show that few can resist, even someone with the experience of Peter Armitage. Read

Choral’s major challenge as it enters the Tomb

A MAJOR musical challenge faces Huddersfield Choral Society next week when it sings in the world premiere performance of a new work by Burnley-born composer John Pickard. Read

ALL Saints’ Church at Elland hosts its 12th art exhibition and sale this weekend. Many members of local art clubs and societies from both Kirklees and Calderdale will be exhibiting work in the exhibition which opens tonight. Throughout the weekend, there will be local work on display in the church and local organists will be playing through the exhibition. Craft stalls will be housed in the neighbouring church hall where refreshments will be on sale.Tickets for tonight’s preview and opening are £3, including wine and viewing hours over the following three days are Saturday 10.30am to 5pm, Sunday noon until 5pm and Monday, 10.30am to 5pm. Admission on those days is £1. Read

Mixture of materials

STUDIO-HOLDERS at the West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Eastthorpe, Mirfield, have produced a mixed exhibition. Read

Charity sing swing

HOW better to spend a spring afternoon than with singers and musicians using their skills to raise money for a local charity? Read

Nina’s hotchpotch is in town

SHE’S a young performer with more talent than seems decent. Read

Comedy in store with Andy

WHEN you discover that he was a main writer for the original Spitting Image programme, you know that here’s a performer with a nose for the news. Read

Mikron’s Co-op pays dividends

NOWADAYS, the streamlined, slickly marketed Co-opŠ has shed its cosy image as it finds a niche in a murderously competitive retail world. Read

Choir’s bid to get the whole town out making music

‘We have invited different musical groups to come and perform in the town centre’ Read

A vivid Venice

CRIME writer Donna Leon’s love affair with the sinking city of Venice helps invest all her books with a vivid descriptive power that makes you long to catch the first flight to this eeriest of floating kingdoms. Read