Tuesday 10th May 2022 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Chicago features some of the most iconic sights and sounds of musical theatre and it’s always a pleasure to behold, whether live or in its immortalised movie form. With Book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse (based Maurine Dallas Watkins’ play) and the... Continue Reading →
Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Touring)
Tuesday 13th April 2022 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a particularly exemplary adaptation. In the hands of Simon Stephens as adaptor and Marianne Elliott as director, it takes its source material - the brilliant best-selling novel by Mark Haddon - and transforms... Continue Reading →
Review: School of Rock (Touring)
Monday 4th April 2022 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This stage adaptation of the popular 2003 film is a treat. Not just because it features a cracking cast, but because it features a fantastic group of multi-talented young actor-musos who play their instruments live each night while telling us a witty and... Continue Reading →
Review: Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks (Touring)
Tuesday 14th December 2021 at the Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is to know the secrets of the illusions in this show… I’ll start as others have and confess that I don’t know the movie and I didn’t know anything about the story going in, but... Continue Reading →
Review: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Touring)
Tuesday 2nd November 2021 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Based on the true story of Jamie Campbell, “Drag Queen at 16”, this bouncy, uplifting musical follows a young teenager navigating school life while nurturing aspirations of becoming a drag queen. From lived experience to BBC documentary (2011), from theatre production to West... Continue Reading →
Review: Waitress (Touring)
Tuesday 14th September 2021 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A good ol’ fashioned American diner sets the scene for baking and romance in this bubbly story of sisterhood, connection and standing on your own two feet. Briefly, waitress Jenna is stuck in a rut with her controlling slimeball husband Earl and hoping... Continue Reading →
5 Things to Love About: The Grand Theatre & Opera House Leeds
The Grand Theatre & Opera House Leeds? A theatre which truly lives up to its name. Take a look at the website for this grand institution and you can learn an awful lot about one of Leeds’ star attractions. In short, it ‘was built in 1878, cost a total of £62,000 and took 13 months... Continue Reading →
Review: Cabaret (Touring)
Tuesday 3rd March 2020 at The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️Cabaret returns to the stage in a raw and playfully warped form in this latest tour of the the 1966 musical (Book: Joe Masteroff, Music and lyrics: John Kander and Fred Ebb). Directed by Rufus Norris with an unnerving flair for the dark... Continue Reading →
Review: Band of Gold (Touring)
Tuesday 3rd December at The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kay Mellor writes and directs this adaptation of Band of Gold, bringing the 90s screen hit to the stage as a play which is as much about a nostalgic return to a groundbreaking show many have loved as it is about highlighting the... Continue Reading →
Review: We Will Rock You (Touring)
Monday 11th November 2019 at the Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ We Will Rock You celebrates the legendary music of Queen with maximum volume and plenty of energy - by the end of the show the audience are lapping it up with roars and footstomps. Set in a futuristic dystopian world in which... Continue Reading →