What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Two companies, alike in grace and mastery, At Leeds playhouse, where we lay our scene, Northern Ballet brings fire to tragedy, As star-crossed love is woven through each scene. From the moment the sheer curtain separated on Friday, 20th June 2025, the audience was transported from the heart of Leeds
Slung Low, Holbeck’s own theatre, are presenting four shows this month. Third Class is one-man theatre show based on the life of Titanic survivor Edward Dorking. Edward was gay. Openly gay, and on Wednesday 10 April 1912, he set sail for New York on a ticket bought for him by
Leeds Playhouse is taking ‘Sisters 360’, an exciting family-friendly play by acclaimed Bradford playwright Asif Khan, on a Community Tour from 13-22 May 2025 to schools and neighbourhood venues across the city. ‘Sisters 360’ is a 60-minute show for young audiences inspired by real-life skateboarding sisters Layna, Maysa and Amaya
When I first heard about this play I was intrigued if not a little worried, how do they do Animal Farm on stage? Is this going to be a load of people running around in cheesy pig and donkey costumes? What about the hens? It turns out there was no
I am a huge fan of the Netflix series Kim’s Convenience, so when I saw it was being performed in the Courtyard Theatre at Leeds Playhouse, I just had to see it. I hadn’t realised that it had been a theatre production first and was developed into the TV series
Laura Lomas’ exceptional modern-day reimagining of the Swedish playwright August Strindberg’s 1888 text ‘Miss Julie’ packs an extraordinary punch, masterfully interrogating some of the most powerful issues in youth culture and broader society today, including the role of class, gender and trauma. The setting: a house party thrown to celebrate
Once again we are offering free* tickets to shows at Leeds Playhouse this spring and summer. What’s the catch? Well in return for two free tickets to the press night, we ask you to provide us with a review of the show. Don’t worry if you’ve never written a review
Mr Snow is a seasonal production at the Leeds Playhouse which is aimed at toddlers and young children from the age of 3 upwards. On a wet and cold afternoon, my three year old daughter Rosie and I went along to the show, with me wondering just how much of
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is the seasonal offering in the Quarry theatre at Leeds Playhouse until 25 January 2025. We attended the signed performance on Friday 22 November. The audience was mixed with quite a lot of children present. I spoke to four children whose comments were
Tutti Frutti’s The Glass Slippers is on a UK tour and is heading to Leeds Playhouse on Saturday (26 October 2024) for two performances. Adapted by BAFTA nominee and Chair of the Writer’s Guild of Great Britain Emma Reeves (Tracey Beaker, The Worst Witch), The Glass Slippers puts a modern