What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Red Ladder are a theatre company based in Leeds. We’ve been bringing theatre shows to Belle Isle for a few years now, but now we want to make a show, with you, in the heart of our community. We’re working with Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation (BITMO) on a project
With men’s mental health finally getting on to the agenda, a new play, The Parting Glass from Red Ladder Theatre Company, is a welcome addition to the debate. Leeds writer Chris O’Connor has developed his prize winning play The Life And Soul from a one man show into a two
Red Ladder’s new play The Parting Glass, exploring men’s mental health and the culture of silence that can prevent men from opening up about their experiences, is coming to South Leeds as part of a Yorkshire tour. Jim’s always been a bit of a character – cracking jokes, telling funny
Freedom Studios’ acclaimed stage adaptation of Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile will be performed at three community venues in South Leeds as part of a touring partnership with Red Ladder Theatre Company. Adelle Stripe’s compelling novel recounting the brief and defiant life of the celebrated Yorkshire playwright Andrea Dunbar
As soon as we entered the warehouse we were entering into the spirit of the production – a wrestling gym had been recreated, complete with ring and inspirational posters. Most of the action took place in the ring and the audience surrounded the stage just as they would at a
Set in a decrepit gym in the north of England, it sees faded star Jim ‘Glorious’ Glory and amateur wrestlers Dan, Ben and Sami confronting their demons and each other, as their lives collide – inside and outside the wrestling ring. As British wrestling experiences a resurgence across the UK,
The acclaimed Red Ladder Theatre Company are bring two plays to south Leeds in November. Wrong ‘Un has been described as a “one-woman suffregette musical.” Its February 1918, and after several decades of protest and four years of bloody war Parliament is poised to grant what the suffragettes have demanded
Red Ladder Theatre Company, supported by West Yorkshire Playhouse, presents THE SHED CREW A stage play in verse by Kevin Fegan; adapted from the book URBAN GRIMSHAW AND THE SHED CREW by Bernard Hare 21 September – 1 October: Albion Electric warehouse, Hunslet “We were totally off the lead, we