Saturday 12th October 2024 at Leeds Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Midsummer Night’s Dream is undoubtedly one of Shakespeare’s greatest works. Inventive, playful and magical with a characteristically dark underbelly, the twisted tale of supernatural beings toying with amorous (or plain foolish) mortals is a real winner. Here, the tale takes shape as a three act... Continue Reading →
Friday, 27th September 2024 at Leeds Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 1791 opera Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) is a fantastical tale in two acts. With Libretto by Emmanuel Schikaneder but sung here in English according to Jeremy Sams’ interpretation, Opera North’s revival of their 1978 production is wonderfully accessible. Alongside the accessibility of... Continue Reading →
Friday, 7th June 2024 at Leeds Playhouse ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Leeds Playhouse, Opera North and director James Brining reunite as the creative forces behind this production of Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady, and the magic of that combination really shines through in this richly layered show. With book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music... Continue Reading →
Thursday July 1, 2021 at Leeds Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s always a thrill to see a celebrated giant of the musical theatre world for the first time, and this production does not disappoint. With a story inspired by an Ingmar Bergman film, book by by Hugh Wheeler and music and lyrics by the great Stephen Sondheim,... Continue Reading →
Saturday 10th October 2020 at Leeds Playhouse (Quarry Theatre). Orpheus in the Record Shop brings the incredibly talented Testament back to Leeds Playhouse, and it’s a return worth waiting for. With text and music by Testament (with additional music by Taz Modi) and direction from Aletta Collins, musical and storytelling styles merge to tell a... Continue Reading →
Saturday 10th October 2020 at Leeds Playhouse (Bramall Rock Void) Before Jonathan Larson was penning musings about 525,600 minutes to measure a year, Samuel Beckett had the supremely underwhelmed Krapp facing the exact same existential crisis, just from much further down the line of life experience... In this co-production from Opera North and Leeds Playhouse,... Continue Reading →
Saturday 10th October 2020 at Leeds Playhouse (Courtyard Theatre). Leeds Playhouse and Opera North’s collaboration series, Connecting Voices, is bringing audiences back to live theatre in actual theatre spaces. Going a step further, the series also includes some reflective works based on the main productions, offering audiences excerpts of music and words which engage with... Continue Reading →
Saturday 10th October 2020 at Leeds Playhouse (Barber Studio). So you’re on a bus, or a train, or a plane, and you’re hearing one side of a scandalous/ tragic/ break-up call. It’s one side of the story, but gradually the fragmented pieces begin to find one another and the story takes shape. That’s the dynamic... Continue Reading →
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