What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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
Sinfonia is a production that is part of the Leeds 2023 initiative ‘1001 stories’. A two-week takeover of Leeds Playhouse by older people. It brings together the work of The Performance Ensemble, Leeds Older People’s Forum, Leeds Galleries and Museums and The Playhouse itself. It promises to celebrate the vast
It’s been many years since I first read this book. I wasn’t sure what to expect from a current day version, which was true to the actual book, but brought up-to-date by the director Amy Leach in many ways including the characters. It is quite relevant to the present day,
As part of South Leeds Life’s ongoing partnership with Leeds Playhouse we are able to offer a free* pair of tickets to a range of shows coming up over the next six months. *Of course there’s no such thing as a free lunch, so although the tickets are free we
On Thursday evening I had the opportunity to see the UK premier of the new play The White Card, written by Claudia Rankine. The play is centred around the question can society progress when whiteness still is invisible? Themes explored include whiteness, white fragility, and otherness. The play is set
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’
South Leeds Life’s partnership with Leeds Playhouse continues, offering readers two free* tickets to see a show this spring. “This season is a thrilling culmination of all the work we do, both on stage and off. We have worked hard to present a season that reflects, inspires and entertains the
The scene is set for this telling of William Shakespeare’s ‘Scottish play’ by the Weird Sisters meeting on the wild heath in the mist. A place of mystery, a place that plays tricks on your mind and a place for supernatural forces. Soon we are thrown into battle – the
Leeds Playhouse has announced a dazzling and diverse Spring/Summer 2022 Season celebrating both the intimate and epic shared moments only theatre can produce. And South Leeds Life is giving away free* tickets (see below). From thoughtful small-scale pieces to bold major productions, the season will showcase a combination of classic
I was blown away by this production of Dracula: The Untold Story at Leeds Playhouse. When I first entered the Courtyard Theatre the stage setting looked very minimal but it was not to remain that way. The play is set in Marylebone police station on New Year’s Eve in 1971.