Thursday 18th December 2025 at York Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Northern Ballet are bringing festive cheer aplenty with their production of the classic The Nutcracker. Following the story of Clara, a little girl with a very big imagination, the story tells of her whirlwind dreams the night before Christmas (sparked, of course, by the gift of... Continue Reading →
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 →
Wednesday 17th September 2025 at Leeds Playhouse ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird tops many a list of important classics, and with good reason. I remember falling in love with the charming ruffian nature of the Finch children and the admirable dignity of Atticus Finch as a teenager, and I have to say this... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 19th August 2025 at Leeds Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Michael Morpurgo’s celebrated novel has been a roaring success on stage for some years - and this latest touring production proves very quickly why that is. There’s an emotive magic to the story of a young boy and his deep connection with his horse, but there’s... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 24th June 2025 at Leeds Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A good few years ago, I saw a production of Moira Buffini’s Handbagged and thought it was pretty inspired. A two hander, allowing us to watch Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher behind the scenes? Fascinating. Now, this new work from Daisy Goodwin takes us behind... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 20th May 2025 at Leeds Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kinky Boots is back! This latest production from director Nikolai Foster delivers on all the fun-loving, sassy wholesomeness we’ve come to love about this show, and offers some refreshing takes on central characters. In brief: the show covers a failing small town shoe factory and a... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 13th May 2025 at Leeds Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Alan Bleasdale’s Boys from the Blackstuff is a pretty dark look at the lacerating impact of unemployment in 1980s Liverpool. Based on the 1982 BBC drama (which I haven’t seen - I know, shocking really), this staging by James Graham follows the criss-crossing lives of out... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 22nd April 2025 at Leeds Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️ From “Bat Out of Hell” and “Dead Ringer for Love”, to “I’d do anything for love” and “It’s all coming back to me now”, Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf have some cracking hits to their names. In Bat Out of Hell, The Musical, those hits are... 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 →
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