Expecting jazz pianist Jamie Cullum to head straight to the Grand Piano stage left, Cullum instead joined his band centre stage for a stripped-back rendition of “Mankind”.

From skiing trips to Mary Poppins, the Mouth from the South, Rob Beckett, talks about his posh new life at the York Barbican

Sketch comedians Foil Arms & Hog took audience interaction to a new level as their improvised sketch show came to York Barbican recently.

Gray says; “With this album, my default position was to do everything differently. I didn’t think ‘this would be a good hook or ‘these lyrics could work for a chorus’. I was keen to get away from narrative.”

’80s pop trio Bananarama bring a splash of glitz and glamour to York on the latest date of their reunion UK tour.