Performance rearranged after Bradford market ends

They will be involved in The Tailor of Bradford, an adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s The Tailor of Gloucester.

The performance will be at St George’s Hall on Tuesday at 1pm and will last approximately 40 minutes. Anyone can attend and entry is free.

The children from Allerton Children’s Centre and Ley Top Primary School should have been performing in Centenary Square as part of the German Christmas Market, and are among a number of groups left disappointed by the market’s early closure.

Dave Morrison, head of the Children’s Centre, said: “I would like to thank everyone at Bradford Council who has helped us to ensure that the performance goes ahead. The children and staff have worked so hard on this production and it will be great for them to perform in this wonderful venue.”

Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, the Council’s executive member for environment and culture, said: “It is a pleasure to be able to help and ensure that these children can perform in the city centre.”

The German Market in Centenary Square closed a fortnight early last weekend after poor sales and complaints of a lack of variety and traditional gifts. The company behind the market has closed a similar market in Wakefield after complaints that it was not up to standard.

About 20 young pupils from the Pamela Naylor School of Dance had been due to perform on the stage in Centenary Square last week as part of the market’s entertainment.

Some of the three to eight-year-olds already had their snowmen costumes on and started crying when they were told they could not perform as the stage was in the process of being dismantled.

Pam Naylor told the Telegraph & Argus: “My pupils were really upset. They were so disappointed, as was I, after turning up only to be turned away. There was obviously nothing we could do, so I had to send them home.”

Charly Barber, whose company CB productions put on the markets, was unavailable for comment.