What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The much-loved film has been brought to the stage of Leeds Playhouse for the first time, 32 years after the events it portrays. I’m sure most readers will be familiar with the plot of Brassed Off, which revolves around a colliery brass band as the pit is shut in the
Filled with love, joy, warmth and care, ‘Perfect Show for Rachel’ is a brilliant antidote to all that can seem stuffy and exclusionary about traditional theatre. Rachel O’Mahony is a funny, cheeky and personable woman who suffers from learning disabilities. Flo O’Mahony is artistic director of theatre company Zoo Co,
In the Autumn of 2016, Ken Loach’s social-realist film was hitting the nation’s cinemas, and it got everyone talking. Whilst ‘We’re all in this together’ was bandied about relentlessly by politicians, up on the big screen the everyday, personal tragedy of poverty reflected what many of us were seeing across
Punch, written by James Graham and directed by Adam Penford, tells the story of Jacob Dunne (Jack James Ryan), a teenager from Nottingham who embraces the more antisocial aspects of life until a run‑of‑the‑mill fight ends in fatal consequences. One punch kills a complete stranger, James Hodgkinson. After serving time
How are they going to do the Martians? That was my first thought when I heard they were doing War Of The Worlds on stage. Would it be giant tripods on strings? People in costumes? Or would they maybe use a projector? This is a question which directors Andrew Quick,
Andrea Levy’s Small Island at Leeds Playhouse serves both as a compelling drama and an education presenting perspectives that are often absent from narratives. Set in the 1940s (but could just as easily been set today), it follows the story of Hortense and Gilbert who relocate from Jamaica to Britain
“Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?” Scrooge’s scornful question opens Leeds Playhouse’s lively production of A Christmas Carol, adapted by Deborah McAndrew and set in Victorian Leeds. Directed by Amy Leach, with set and costume design by Hayley Grindle, this retelling bares the heart of Dickens’ story and
I have been fortunate enough to see many fantastic plays at Leeds Playhouse but To Kill A Mockingbird is hands down the best performance I have seen there. I still have the copy of the book I could not return to the college library because I loved it so much,
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