YORKSHIRE
Holocaust Centre North, Huddersfield
Through Our Eyes
This is an interactive multimedia exhibition driven by survivor testimony, focusing on 16 children and young people who survived Nazi persecution across Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. See personal photos, artefacts and documents, together with an original prisoner uniform and other items from the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora. The survivors reveal their experience of discrimination, persecution, escape, hiding, ghettos, forced labour, concentration camps and liberation.
No end date specified
HD1 3DH. 01484 471939. www.hcn.org.uk
The Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Marc Chagall: The Circus
Lithographs, paintings and archival materials uncover the life and work of Marc Chagall through his portrayal of acrobats, clowns and fantastical performers. Reflecting on the artist’s Hasidic Jewish upbringing in Vitebsk (now Belarus), the images represent the close-knit life of a shtetl before he – along with many Eastern European Jews – was forced out of his homeland during the 20th century. This exhibition brings together the complete set of colour works from Le Cirque, which symbolises the ups and downs of life, for the first time, exploring how the symbolism of the circus and his personal experience shaped his works.
21 November – 25 April
WF1 5AW. www.hepworthwakefield.org
ART
Friday 27 November
Bob Dylan
Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has experimented with folk, blues, rock and any other musical styles throughout his six-decade career. His works draw on political, social, philosophical and literary influences, some of which explore his Jewish heritage and upbringing in Hibbing, Minnesota. Following the huge success of his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour, Dylan hits the UK stages, performing in London (3-8 Dec) and Blackpool (30 Nov & 1 Dec).
8pm. From £122.50. Utilita Arena Sheffield, S9 2DF. www.utilitaarenasheffield.co.uk
MUSIC
Tuesday 6 – Saturday 10 October
Present Laughter
A revival on Noël Coward’s 1939 play, which for the first time, stars a woman in the lead role of Garry Essendine. Tracy-Ann Oberman takes on the role of hugely successful actor Geri Essendine. As the beloved star is about to embark on a tour of Africa, she finds herself weighed down by the adoration of fans and lovers, not to mention her estranged husband. Can she separate herself from her stardom - and does she even want to? See this touring production to find out.
7.30pm, 2.30pm (Wed & Sat only). From £15.60. Grand Opera House York, YO1 9SW. www.atgtickets.com/venues/grand-opera-house-york
THEATRE
available indefinitely
Sheffield Jewish Heritage Walking Trail
Download the Jewish Heritage Walking Trail app and head to Sheffield’s city centre, where you’ll virtually explore the stories, images and soundscapes related to locations steeped in Jewish history.
FREE. Sheffield City Centre, S1 2DJ. www.jewishheritagesheffield.co.uk
