Tuesday 4th February 2020 at Leeds Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Absurd anarchy abounds in the best possible way in Kneehigh’s latest offering. All in all this 'promenade musical' and 'sing along satire' is a mixed experience - night club scene, street protest, circus act and avant-garde fearlessness come together to take us on a wild ride of... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 29th January 2020 at Leeds Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In seeing Leeds Playhouse’s latest offering, Doctor Janusz Korczak and his brilliant work are no longer in the realm of the unknown to me and for that I am so grateful. We now know that the plague of Nazi rule and the creation of places like The... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 18th December 2019 at Leeds Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is one of those relentlessly fabulous shows which leaves you smiling and giggling away to yourself long after the house lights come up. In A Night at the Musicals, we’re treated to a delicious feast of theatricality which delivers genuinely fantastic voices, sassy sardonic stand up... Continue Reading →
Saturday 14th December 2019 at Leeds Library. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wrongsemble continue their winning streak of Children’s theatre shows with Hansel and Gretel. Much like The Princess and the Sprout and Billy Shakes before it, this new show from writer and director Elvi Piper is cleverly constructed with an eye for fun and and delicate moral messaging,... Continue Reading →
Thursday 5th December 2019 at City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Who knew panto could be such a joyride as a grown up? Red Riding Hood The Rock’n’Roll Panto is an absolute smasher. I’ve never had so much fun at a panto as I did in seeing this show - it’s wild and without fear,... Continue Reading →
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 →
Tuesday 25th November 2019 at Leeds Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lions and tigers and bears? Witches and munchkins and ruby slippers? Oh my! Oz is well and truly back in town! When it comes to the highly anticipated show for the festive season, Leeds Playhouse likes to go BIG. This production of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard... Continue Reading →
Thursday 21st November 2019 at Leeds Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘... this is the story of how a woman took revenge through her art to become one of the most successful painters of her generation.’ It’s True, It’s True, It’s True tells a tale of old in a dynamic, brilliantly modern production, balancing uncomfortable truths with comic... Continue Reading →
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 →
