What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
On Wednesday (17 August 2022) families in South Leeds are invited on a (f)un-expected family adventure at BITMOs GATE in Belle Isle as hit local theatre company Wrongsemble (Not So Ugly Sisters/Tinsel) return with the Grimm Brother’s fairytales told like never before … Meet world-famous twins Jake and Will Grimm,
Carrieanne Vivianette and her theatre company CViV Arts began a research development project last year and concentrated on three key subject matters: Desire and want Societal Rejection Resilience The end piece of drama “What Are You Hungry For?” draws upon various theatre techniques and wide-ranging viewpoints gleaned from the community
Once again we are offering a pair of tickets for readers to take in a theatre show in return for writing a review for us. First up we have a drama on the Leeds Liverpool Canal as This Island’s Mine starts its tour at Crown Point in Hunslet … This
Family favourite theatre company Wrongsemble return this Christmas with HUMBUG: a Covid-safe family show that promises to delight and unite all ages. This innovative digital production will allow families to enjoy seven filmed episodes of this exciting story throughout December, accompanied by an interactive HUMBUG ‘Fact File’ filled with 13
Leeds theatre company The Performance Ensemble is on a quest to grow its company and gather 1,000 stories from the city’s older population that will ultimately create a piece of theatre for the Leeds Cultural Festival in 2023. The Performance Ensemble is a company of performers over the age of
Everyone’s favourite kooky family, The Addams Family, will take to the Cockburn stage for this spectacular musical comedy. From the writers of multi award-winning hit musical Jersey Boys, with music and lyrics by Tony Award nominated Andrew Lippa. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, is all grown up and
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
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 few months. *Of course there’s no such thing as a free lunch, so although the tickets are free we
It’s somehow appropriate that a play created to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1984-5 Miners Strike and the 2015 closure Hatfield Main colliery, should come to an industrial wasteland in South Leeds, the historic birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, powered by coal. Ironic though that Holbeck Underground Ballroom, a
Marking the closure of one of the last deep seam mines, Hatfield Main Colliery, and fifty years after the closure of South Leeds last coal mine, Middleton Broom Pit, a powerful new play The Last Seam comes to Holbeck’s own theatre: Slung Low’s HUB this Sunday (23 September 2018). During the