Thursday 27th November 2025 at Leeds Playhouse ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Leeds Playhouse have returned to the land of Ebeneezer Scrooge with their latest production of Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol. This time, in Deborah McAndrew’s adaptation, the tale is set firmly in Yorkshire, with Scrooge as the clutching, covetous owner of a West Yorkshire woollen mill. ... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 12th November 2025 at Leeds Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Book of Mormon has enjoyed unwavering success since opening on Broadway in 2011, subsequently sweeping 9 Tony awards and entertaining huge audiences ever since. It’s a brave, razor-sharp show which ingeniously strikes a balance between satisfying musical spectacle and pretty outrageous punchlines and plot points.... Continue Reading →
Thursday, 13th March 2025 at Leeds Playhouse ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Staging George Orwell’s iconic Animal Farm is a daring move. It’s such a brilliant piece and its messages about power and exploitation are pretty perfect for staging right now (need I say more?). But almost every character is an animal - how do you stage such a... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 25th February 2025 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House ⭐️⭐️⭐️ From the pens of Paul Whitehouse and Jim Sullivan comes the musicalised stage version of classic sitcom Only Fools and Horses: wise-crackingly, eyebrow-liftingly and elbow-nudgingly nostalgic and entertaining, but not necessarily a cracking musical. Caroline Jay Ranger directs, and it’s a likeable cast... Continue Reading →
Thursday 5th December 2024 at Leeds City Varieties ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The City Varieties panto gang are kicking off the festive season with a lovely, characteristically cheeky production of Jack and the Beanstalk - Rock’n’Roll style. Director Rob Salmon has time flying with another lively production which hurtles along at speed, with Peter Rowe’s script once again... Continue Reading →
Friday 22nd November 2024 at Leeds Playhouse ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Based on C.S Lewis’ hugely popular novel, this production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (based on the original production by Sally Cookson) is a theatrical feast for all the family. Michael Fentiman directs a fantastic cast who bring Lewis’ tale to life with energy... Continue Reading →
Friday, 8th November 2024 at Leeds Playhouse ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Chris Foxton adapts Robert Westall’s novel, The Watch House, for the stage, and it’s an interesting blend of warm comedy with a cynical edge, and very mild spookiness. Papatango’s production sees George Turvey direct a no-fuss production which relies on the cast appealing to the imaginations of the... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 5th November 2024 at Leeds Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ When a show wins six Tony awards and three Olivier Awards, it’s a pretty good sign that it’s a show well worth seeing. It turns out Dear Evan Hansen absolutely does live up to the hype - it’s an important show with a lot to say... Continue Reading →
September 2024 ‘It’s a play about the freedom to dream, to aspire and to own rather than be owned’ JN Benjamin talks to Joi Gresham and Director Tinuke Craig about A Raisin in the Sun “It took us fifty-odd years to learn that it wasn’t really about what we thought it was about,” says Joi... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 16th July 2024 at Leeds Playhouse ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Let’s (carefully) talk about Paranormal Activity, the spooky stage show based on the popular film which currently has audiences on tenterhooks at Leeds Playhouse. Once again I find myself, palms-up, declaring my ignorance of the source material - but my pal tells me the show does do... Continue Reading →
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