Tag: Red Ladder Theatre

Review: Mother Courage and Her Children

A single mother with three children by different fathers – sound familiar? Mother Courage And Her Children is set during the Thirty Years War in the seventeenth century. Mother Courage is an entrepreneur, she buys cheap and sells at a profit. Her customers are the armies criss-crossing backwards and forwards

Cloughie in the community – The Damned United on tour

Continuing West Yorkshire Playhouse’s commitment to taking artistic work into Leeds communities, this April The Damned United will visit venues across the city following its Playhouse run. The production embarks on a tour visiting community and non-traditional venues including working men’s clubs and sports centres; taking the beautiful game of

Playing The Joker at Hunslet RLFC

Red Ladder Theatre visit South Leeds Stadium on Friday (9 March 2018) with Anthony Clavane’s play about legenendary Rugby League commentator Eddie Waring. Playing The Joker counts Jamie Jones-Buchanan amongst the cast. Following on from The Damned United, Red Ladder took Playing The Joker to Belle Isle WMC last month. Here’s Linda

Red Ladder bring Playing The Joker to South Leeds

In this 50th year since the legendary ‘Watersplash Final’, Red Ladder Theatre Company is touring rugby league play ‘Playing The Joker’ to rugby clubs and non-traditional arts spaces across Yorkshire. Written by award-winning author and former Sunday Mirror journalist Anthony Clavane (Promised Land/Leeds Lads), ‘Playing The Joker’ examines the People’s