Tag: Leeds Playhouse

Review: Quality Street at Leeds Playhouse

This play, originally written in 1901 by JM Barrie who famously also wrote the story Peter Pan was the inspiration behind the name of the very recognisable and popular chocolates Quality Street. The play begins within the walls of the local Halifax, then Mackintosh, now Nestlé factory with the actors

Playhouse brings Football Freddie to a community venue near you

Audiences in neighbourhood venues across Leeds will be having a ball this summer when Leeds Playhouse takes Fidget Theatre’s ‘Football Freddie’ on a two-week Community Tour, kicking off on 5 June. Ten community venues, including Jamyang Buddhist Centre in Holbeck, the Hamara Centre in Beeston and Middleton Parochial Hall, will

Playhouse brings ‘I Wanna Be Yours’ to South Leeds venues

Leeds Playhouse is touring award-winning slam poet Zia Ahmed’s play ‘I Wanna Be Yours’ to community settings in Middleton and Beeston this month following its run at the Playhouse. Over the past 9 years, the Playhouse has shared productions such as Alan Bennett’s ‘Talking Heads’, David Peace’s ‘The Damned United’