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16 October

Music
 
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Leeds University Union; one of the most exciting new artists around, with 2012 bringing them straight into the limelight with the release of the album ‘Trouble’.
 
The Invisible, Nation of Shopkeepers; London based experimental electronic pop group, also Mercury prize nominees
 
Scissor Sisters, O2 Academy; roaming and ruling the music scene since 2001 but now promoting their new album Magic Hour.
 
 
Art
 
Sarah Lucas- Ordinary Things, Henry Moore Institute; last few days of the YBA’s exhbition in the city centre (until 21st October)

Comedy

Pigeon Hole, Brudenell Social Club, 8pm; top comedy from Edy Hurst, James Bourke, Nigel Needham and others. Free entry, not to be missed!

The Brig Society, Marcus Brigstocke, City Varietites Music Hall; the master of satirical comedy who has frequented the Edinburgh fringe since graduating from Bristol University.

Hyde Park Picturehouse

On The Road (Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley), Tale of three youngsters travelling North America in search of the world and themselves (6pm and 8.40pm).

The Lodger- A Story of the London Fog, a silent 1926 Hitchcock, murder, love triangles and London…

Club

Space; Leeds’ finest electro night with 80p shots and £5 entry (£4 before midnight)

Little Miss, Fire; said to be the ‘sexiest new night in town’, RnB/hip-hop/electro/chart

Theatre 

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, West Yorkshire Playhouse; set on a Mississippi plantation, this revival of Tenessee Williams’ best known drama brings us a slice of Broadway (until Saturday)

Lady Boys of Bangkok, Millenium Square; last week of performance!

15 October

Club

Safe Sex Circus, RAG and Tequila combining for a fund raising evening of burlesque fun. Find it at The Warehouse from 10.30pm onwards.

Bierkellers Got Talent‘; Offer any talent you have to the heats, ready to compete for a £500 prize!

Music

Benjamin Francis Leftwhich, City Varieties

Gallows, Cockpit; London based punk band

Fun Adults, Nation of Shopkeepers; airy and harmonius Leeds based quartet

Hyde Park Picturehouse

On The Road (Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley), Tale of three youngsters travelling North America in search of the world and themselves (6pm and 8.40pm).

Theatre Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, West Yorkshire Playhouse; set on a Mississippi plantation, this revival of Tenessee Williams’ best known drama brings us a slice of Broadway (until Saturday)