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Nearly 200 people braved the weather on Friday night to attend The Nutcracker Christmas Dinner. The Harvey Nichols champagne reception soon got everyone in the party spirit and the guests were completely enthralled by the magical performance of The Nutcracker.

Northern Ballet’s Director of Communications gives us the low down on the Festive Family Workshop

£10 tickets for the matinee performance of The Nutcracker at Leeds Grand Theatre available now.

Due to poor weather conditions a number of schools have cancelled their plans to attend todays 2pm performance of The Nutcracker at Leeds Grand Theatre. If you are in Leeds or can travel in safely we are selling tickets at £10 for best available seats for this afternoons matinee performance only. Please phone the Leeds Grand Theatre box office to book your tickets on 0844 848 2701 and quote 'Snow'. This offer is not available to book on-line.

We can confirm that all performances of The Nutcracker at Leeds Grand Theatre are going ahead as planned.

Please travel to the theatre safely and keep warm.

The Tim Crouch performance tonight at the studio theatre at Quarry Hill has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.

The production will be returning next season so you can hold on to your tickets for then (dates will be announced later) or, if you prefer, we will refund the price of the ticket.

Please call 0113 220 8000 for further details.

Northern Ballet's performance of The Nutcracker at Leeds Grand Theatre is going ahead as scheduled.

Academy classes for the evening of 1 December have been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.

Please call 0113 220 8000 for further information.

'Everything about Northern Ballet's Swan Lake makes this a stunning production the perfect first event for this landmark theatre. The drama, the breathtaking beauty and the live orchestra all create a sense of occasion that will captivate hearts and minds - and show off Aylesbury's new jewel.'

No pressure then! This was the opening page of the brochure for the sparkling new Aylesbury Waterside Theatre. It was a fantastic new theatre to end a three week leg of Swan Lake and as you will have seen great to be part of such a star studded event.

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been traveling up to Durham on a Wednesday to work with The Flex Dance Company. Run by TIN Arts, The Flex is a company of 9 artists with learning disabilities who come together to create, devise and perform new contemporary dance work. TIN Arts is quite an inspirational organisation who deliver arts programmes for people of all ages and abilities over the North east so for me it’s a brilliant opportunity to work other experienced artists who are experts in this field. I was immediately made to feel very welcome and quickly got to know everyone.

Quarry Hill exploded into colour last night with a stunning display of fireworks, courtesy of Wates Construction. 

The construction company  hosted a celebratory cocktail party at the new home of Northern Ballet and Phoenix Dance Theatre, their most recently completed development. Around 200 colleagues and friends from the world of building and architecture came to hear about the building project, watch performances by students of both the Northern Ballet Academy and Phoenix's Youth Academy and take guided tours of the unique new building.