Saw Jack and the Beanstalk over the Holidays. I first my opportunity but not my last. From the…read morebeing to the end, I was laughing, and enjoying myself. If you need a great night with your family/friends.. I will return as soon as possible. Thank You for a Great Night......

Fantastic place for children and adults wanting to learn to dance, sing, act, in fact anything to…read moredo with the performing arts, then this is the place to go. Exceptional , qualified teaching staff, warm and friendly family atmosphere. Well groomed and disciplined students from tots to the more mature.. Take a good look at their website, its well worth a visit and you will find something to suit everyone. My girls adore their lessons here, never have to cajole them into going, in fact have a hard time to get them home again ! Mic, mum to two budding little stars.

From the owner: Performing Arts School. Teaching Dance, Drama & Singing.read more

Love this hidden gem. The owners are really nice as are the staff. This venue needs supporting more…read moreby the locals and tourist. I think it has a much better atmosphere than the bigger cinemas

The palace cinema used to be a great place to go, but since then they have made what used to be…read morequite a large screen (for a small town anyway) into two separate ones. When it first had its grand reopening it was really busy but on the first showing it was so hot that most people had to leave, one person even fainted! It was much better before they split the screen up. Now it is much too small to enjoy a film as much.. On the upside, it is cheaper than most of the major cinemas and it doesn't get the new blockbusters too much later than the main ones, but obviously can't show as many at once so doesn't get all of them. The seats are comfortable, drink/food is relatively cheap if you compare it to a normal cinema, but still expensive.

So much fun! We had to drag the kids away…read more All indoors and the staff were funny, friendly and full of knowledge.

If you're up in York and the weathers good go and take the kids to the Yorkshire Museum of Farming…read more Its fantastic value for money. I think my little family of 3 got in for about the same price as it cost one of us to get in to York Minster. Theres several parts to it with a small viking settlement, how farmings changed through the years, an old steam train, farm animals, the shop (so the kids can buy spend their pocket money) and a great cafe. Theres also a large grassed area with picnic tables. You can either take your own or buy something freshly made from the cafe. They have lovely home made cakes and all the food and drinks are really good value for money and very tasty indeed. I think we spent all morning here and then had lunch. It was a lovely warm day and my daughter played away on the monkey bars and talked to a pony (obviously it didn't talk back, but she was happy!) We just sat in the sunshine and relaxed. Theres lots of information about, but nothing is forced on you and you're left to wander round the site at your own pace and leisure. I've often seen the signs when Ive been up in the area and wondered what it was like. I'm glad I went and would go again.

Farming museum, tractors, steam train, World War 2 home front exhibition, Roman fort, viking…read morevillage, Tudor brick house, goats and ponies and chickens and all sorts of animals to look at, play park area - it's not big and it won't take you all day to go round, but there's plenty to look at. They use it as an educational site during the week and it's always full of school parties dressed as Roman soldiers or viking villagers. If you go at the weekend, you may be lucky enough to see some of the historical re-enactors who live on the village for many weekends over the summer - everything from vikings, medieval, cowboys (the Roman fort can double as a wild west fort easily) or Spanish Civil War re-enactors trying to blow up the train. In December, they turn the viking village into Santa's village and all the staff dress up as elves - you can get the steam train up to the village and see the elves making Xmas presents in the longhouse / Xmas present factory. Definitely one to take your children to if you can. They do events throughout the year, all of which you'll find on their website - from spooky Halloween storytelling to learning about bees and beeking, all kinds of interesting stuff. I have to admit, I'm one of the re-enactors who live on the village occasionally over the summer months and so this isn't the most unbiased review, but I absolutely love this place.

At first I hated this place because it involved the demolition of my two favourite places, the…read moreDovecot arts centre and the Cannon Cinema. But it grew on me. It is big and yellow and was shut down for a year or so because of mis-management. A bit of the wall revolves because of 'art.' The outside is spoilt by metal walkways to save on cleaning costs. There is one big theatre, a smaller auditorium used for stand up gigs, a gym, a cinema and rehearsal rooms, as well as bars and restaurants. It is a little too big for the area but I think the guys have got their act together in terms of publicity so that people in the area who want to go know when stuff's on. It really comes alive during Stockton festival, when all the weird european street performers use it as a base. If you're in the area this is the best place to go for a night out.

I Love this show - its the last friday of every month and they do a couple of special gong shows…read moreeach year - watch out for those in the arc brochure. The setting up stairs is excellent you can either reserve seats for larger groups or just turn up on the night. You have a choice of sitting at a table or sitting in stadium seating up the side. Only complaint I have is that the breaks between acts where you have time to go to the bar are too long - they are supposed to be 15 mins but are always at least 30 mins as the staff try and get people in from the bar area - you can bring your drinks into the show with you. By the end of the night people are getting a little rowdy as a lot of alcohol is consumed. But very good fun.

Good place to meet up and chat with a quiz night and friendly locals…read more Live bands and events, micro brewery, shop and hotel for visitors.