4-12 Chapel Street, Bradford…read more BD1 5DL 01274 820666 Its sad that this independant theatre never gets the funding it asks for. I think this is a brilliant place for your normal everyday amateur dramatics to come and put on a show. The actors/actresses here work so hard to keep the good shows coming and they are usually brilliant. They also do some jazz productions which are also very good. The costume and scenery for the shows are always brilliantly made and a lot of hard work goes into them. After each one is used they are offered to be leased out until needed again. The theatre is only small but is unique and still very much original. Unfortunately it is also hard to find as it is quite out of the town centre and up a very steep hill - access is quite hard. There is a nice little friendly bar downstairs which is very unique and everyone is very friendly.

I love it here, the staff are brilliant, it's an old eccentric little place, with a nice bar in the…read morebasement. They seem to be in constant financial difficulty though. We saw an excellent production of Pinnochio there last year- a tiny little theatre a really special night out with the children. They also rent out constumes too, there is an amazing woman, Ange, who can get together just about any costume anyone would ever want.

Stylish historic concert hall in downtown Bradford. Sonics are good, too…read more Bradford in West Yorkshire is not necessarily the town that comes up first when you think about historic buildings and monuments in the UK. There are a few stunning examples, like the town hall - and of course, St. George's Hall, the premier concert venue in the city. It is a lovely 19th century building outside and inside, very well preserved. The auditorium especially is wonderfully ornate and pleasant. Unlike German cities its size, Bradford does not have its own, standing professional symphony orchestra, so they depend on guests. A regular visitor to St.George's Hall is the Manchester-based Hallé Orchestra, one of the oldest professional classical ensembles in the country. I visited St. George's Hall for a Hallé concert in September of 2014. The acoustics are very good. Maybe not as transparent and dynamic as those of Nottingham's modern Royal Concert Hall, certainly not comparable to the magnificent The Bridgewater Hall. But very good indeed if an orchestra is in town. Amenities are on the traditional side: Toilets are small and few, the bar certainly doesn't impress compared to the above-mentioned venues. The decor is cozy, rather 1960-ish. Everything feels a little cramped until you get into the auditorium. Definitely worth a visit in a city with few outstanding features.

I went here earlier this month to see Russell Brand and was so excited for the night. The bar area…read morewas filling up pretty quick but there was enough time to get a drink and take a seat in the bar. The bar had not only a very poor selection of drinks but the staff had very poor knowledge of what was actually stocked on the bar. They were also happy to serve whoever pushed to the front which was unfair on everyone else who was waiting patiently.  Breaking free from the nightmare that was the bar area we went to take a seat in the theatre. It looked great and seeing the stage made me even more excited of what was to come.  We found our seats and went to sit down. Painful! I am unsure whether the seats were actually designed for children, they were so small! It wasn't the seat space it was the leg space you had to literally wedge yourself down. I have no idea how people with long legs sat in these seats as I am not exactly the tallest person ever and found it quite hard.  The most comfortable position was to sit with your legs apart as it gave you a little more room however it isn't exactly the most lady like of positions.  We were seated at the end of a row and had to get up to let people in and out about 800 times which was fine but each time we sat back down it really hurt your legs. Great show just shame on the seats, they are in no way made for adults.

In contrast to other reviewers I did not have a good time here…read more I bought tickets early for the show I wanted to see and, to my disappointment, found myself in the upper circle - the only seats available. These seats are so steep that my companion genuinely had a mild attack of vertigo - this should have been mentioned at the time of booking as I would not have bought the tickets had I know about the nature of the seats. The view and acoustics were terrible here. You may say I simply bought too late but a few weeks later, when a friend asked if any seats were left, I looked again to see and, to my disappointment, found that seats in the stalls were now available. I hadn't been given any option to buy these a few months earlier so I wasn't happy. Be careful where you park too - the car park the Alhambra recommended I use had just two payment machines and a crowd of around 300 people queued for about 20 minutes after the show to pay for our car park. All in a all a very negative experience and one I won't repeat.

Great theatre in the centre of Bradford. It's quite a magnificent building from the inside and out…read more Excellent venue for watching shows and tends to get lots and lots of the bigger touring productions there. There's a bar on each level and you can get pre-show food. However, there are also lots of nice restaurants and bars nearby. I would recommend here as a place to go on a nice evening out.