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Leeds Playhouse Youth Theatre

Leeds Playhouse Youth Theatre's 2025 Spring Term is now on sale!

Secure a spot for someone you know now and let them be part of weekly drama sesions led by outstanding professional artists and directors. 

Sign up for the next term by Mon 6 Jan. 

Please note, places are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. 

Elf the Musical

Elf the Musical starring Jordan Conway lands at first direct arena this Christmas.

After sell-out arena tours and a record breaking two West End seasons at The Dominion, the musical theatre arena spectacular of the hilarious hit movie ELF will be hitting the road again in 2024, coming to the first direct arena on 23 & 24 December.

Pipistrelle Pipistrelle

In an abandoned railway arch in the deep dark woods of West Yorkshire, two strangers set out to count bats. Biology professor Alison wants to track the endangered Daubenton’s bat, while young offender Tim wishes his probation worker had got him a work placement at Batley Shoezone instead. As they head into the cold, dripping arches, they find more than just a roosting site for Britain’s smallest flying mammal. Is there an unexpected guest in the arches?

Cirque: The Greatest Show Reimagined

It’s time to step into the light. Escape with us for a night like no other, where we take you into a world where the very best of musical theatre showstoppers meet jaw-dropping circus spectaculars.

A world that explodes into kaleidoscopic colour as everyone’s favourite West End and Broadway hits combine with breathtaking circus artistes performing thrilling feats of agility and flair.

Here & Now: The Steps Musical

Happiness is only a heartbeat away with this hilarious and heart-warming new musical based on the songs of pop phenomenon Steps.

Welcome to seaside superstore Better Best Bargains, where it’s Friday night, the vibe is right and everyone’s dancing in the aisles. With Caz and her friends around, who knows what love has in store…

Here & Now is produced by Steps themselves, ROYO, and music legend Pete Waterman, and features many of Steps’ iconic hits, including Stomp, 5,6,7,8, and Last Thing On My Mind.

It’d be a tragedy to miss it!

Miss Saigon

Michael Harrison in association with Cameron Mackintosh presents a new production of Miss Saigon as Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical is reborn. The soaring score features original hit songs including The Heat is On in Saigon, The Movie in My Mind, Last Night of the World, and The American Dream.

Advanced Acting Course (16-18 year olds)

A 10 week acting training course for 16-18 year olds interested in professional acting and further training at HE level.

Train with University Centre Leeds to gain a headstart in the dynamic acting industry and gain valuable skills to prepare you for auditioning for professional work or higher level training.

The group meets Thursday 6:00-8:00pm beginning 23rd January 2025.

Train with The Mill School of Performance in

Theatre Acting Techniques

TV & Film Acting Techniques

Physical Theatre

Vocal Techniques

Stagecraft

The elves and the Shoemaker

presented by Grandly Strange Puppet Theatre.

Mr Shooz is on his uppers. Nobody wants to buy his footwear anymore! Then something magical starts to happen! Someone, or something is making amazing shoes in the middle of the night and leaving them on the workbench for him to find every morning.

Who are the midnight cobblers and how can he say thank you in return?

The elves and the Shoemaker is a sole-full treat, ideal for children aged 3 to 7. 45 mins long / £8 per ticket (babies in arms free)