Tab Essential: 22nd-28th

‘Take Me With You‘, upstairs at The Carriageworks, 7.45pm- brought to audiences by celebrated theatre group Starving Artists, the play tells the story of three disillusioned strangers struggling to capture their Hollywood dreams

Terror, Brudenell Social Club; hardcore California punk

Little Comets, The Cockpit; North East four-piece with a blend of tricky percussive rhythms and Afro-beat-tinged guitars… British Vampire Weekend?

Dancing Years, Empire

Mr. Bens Comedy Night, Mr Bens; Sully O’Sullivan and others,

Brotherhood Soundsystem Presents: XXXY & Girl Unit! Monday 22nd October @ Holbeck Underground Ballroom

Mezz Mondays, Mezz Club; two rooms of pure R&B

Mint Mondays, Mint Club

Attitudes in the City: Works on Paper by the Camden Town group, Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery

 

RAG Firewalk 5pm-9pm. Faversham. RAG’s at it again, walking over fiery hot coals  to raise money for Simon on the Streets – a charity that helps the homeless around Leeds.

The Blackout, Cockpit; Welsh post-hardcore, previously backing for Lostprophets

Anchored by Avarice, Empire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJDo1aDw1lY

CAS Social, Nation of Shopkeepers

Frankie Boyle, Leeds Town Hall; need we explain…

 

 

 

 

Give It A Go Gardening 3:30pm to 6pm On Campus. Got a green thumb? Want to literally see the fruits of your labour? The Bardon Grange Project will be planting herbs, flowers and bulbs on campus.

QCumber Fruit Stall, outside the union; grab your fruity jumper!

‘Sylvia‘, Stage@Leeds 7.30pm, TG’s production of AR Gurney’s unique drama following middle-aged couple Greg and Kate, who find their life turned upside down by an unexpected furry friend.

Dan Le Sac, Brudenell Social Club

O Children, Oporto

Moveonup, Hifi; weekly 60s soul night

 

 

Better Union Forum 5:30-7:30. LUU Room 6. The forum that discusses your ideas for making Leeds better for students.

Give It A Go with the Rifle Club. £10. Parkinson Steps, 6pm. Fed up with the urban foxes trawling Hyde Park? Maybe these chaps could point you in the right direction. Booking in advance required

‘Duets‘, The Carriageworks, 7.30pm; four couples explore different aspects of the chaotic reality that makes up our romantic lives (finishes on saturday)

Submotion Orchestra, Stylus; presented by Vagabondz Leeds

Leeds Snowriders Centurion, Shooters Bar

Tequila, Mezz Club

Stolen Soul, The Rock Bar; city’s most exclusive mid-week haloween party.

Kwes, Brudenell Social Club; London musician, previously worked with The xx

Marmozets, Dr Martens Leeds (FREE)

Bat for Lashes, LMUSU; debuting material from the newly released album

House of Fun Comedy Club, Andrew Bird, Junior Simpson, The Original Oak

Clarks, Hifi; see the club turned into an underground dancehall!

 

‘Don Giovanni’, Grand Opera House Leeds, 7pm; Mozart’s classic tale of sex, morality and temptation, revived for the first time in 7 years by acclaimed director Alessandro Talevi.

Fruity presents Twisted Circus, Stylus; a transformation of the familiar students union into a Big Top with stilt walkers and a fire stage show.

FunkSoulNation, HiFi, classic sounds of funk, soul & hip hop mixed with the best in intelligent contemporary beats and boogie,

 

‘Fairy Tales for Grown-Ups’, Upstairs at The Carriageworks, presented by Cabinets of Curiosity, a trio of monologues put a thought provoking twist on familiar characters.

The DOT and Get People, Brudenell Social Club

Boogaloo, Hifi

Asylum, System and Louche present Circo Loco, Mint Warehouse