Direct from its triumph in the West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy and the Evening Standard Award, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) returns to Leeds Grand Theatre by public demand and is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story.
The Book of Eternity has been stolen!
Join us to help solve the mystery!
An interactive musical adventure for 7 to 11 year olds.
Team up with our detectives to track down clues to find the rare and mysterious Book of Eternity … can you find the book and the culprit before the end of the show?
Written by acclaimed children's author Clare Povey and produced by Northern Opera Group.
“It was amazing and I want to see it again”
“Thank you so much for the event – really enjoyable for the adults as well as the kids!”
(Spring 2024 audience feedback)
In 2017, Leeds local, Ruth Berkoff, had a brain haemorrhage. A perimesencephalic brain haemorrhage. She didn’t know anyone else who’d had one before, so she felt alone.
It got even worse when the neurologist said that there was little chance she’d go back to her dream job (being a gnome, getting people to high five her giant carrot).
Leeds Arts Centre brings you a night of Crime Theatre in two Deciphering Different Detective plays.
Stake Out by Simon Brett OBE
Detective Sergeant Craig Downs is on his final stake-out before retirement to catch the serial ‘Kilburn Killer’. Ever the traditionalist, Downs is keen to tell new comer, Hayley Poulson, all about being a proper cop, however, she is also keen to show Downs an alternative approach. Will they see eye to eye, and can they work together to catch the Kilburn Killer before they strike again?
Join Mouse on a daring adventure through the deep, dark wood in Tall Stories’ magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler – celebrating 25 years in 2024!
Searching for hazelnuts, Mouse meets the cunning Fox, the eccentric old Owl and the high-spirited Snake. Will the story of the terrifying Gruffalo save Mouse from ending up as dinner for these hungry woodland creatures? After all, there’s no such thing as a Gruffalo – is there?
Toxic tackles men’s mental health, masculinity, and friendship. It follows two best friends and the circumstances which have caused them to spiral. Andy’s husband has left him. Best friend James is a man’s man, who uses gags to disguise his vulnerability.
As Andy’s mental health spirals, they both must learn to face their demons head on or destroy their friendships and themselves forever. Time is running out, and their lives are not the only lives at stake.
Warnings: Contains strong language, homophobic references and references to self-harm.
Join us as we tell the tale of The Wind in the Willows, from “Hang Spring Cleaning”, to boats, gypsy caravans, and of course – “poop poop…” – a few cars.
Mike Kenny’s cheerful adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s story sets our stage in the ruins of Toad Hall on the day it is to be sold. Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad reminisce about tales of years gone by and bring the events of this much loved story to life.
Craig, your friendly host, has just inherited a creepy mansion from his Great Uncle Vladimir. Join him as he explores the mansion’s secrets and meets some of its strange and spooky inhabitants.
What GHOULS and SPECTRES haunt the gloomy corridors of this old house?
What are those EERIE SHAPES moving through the dark forest outside?
And what MYSTERIOUS CREATURE lurks in the cellar down below?
The Windrush Secret, set in 2018, is about a young white far right racist party leader, a black Caribbean diplomat and a white Oxford educated Home Office government official who are giving speeches on the same day, at different times, in separate locations about a million people who migrated from the Caribbean to Britain between 1948 and 1973 (The Windrush Generation), and the British political scandal which began in 2018.
One of them has a dark secret that he struggles to come to terms with during his fiery speech–it will change his life forever!
Join us for Invisible Pain Theatre Company’s latest original production Olivia!
Based on the well loved Charles Dickens tale of Oliver, this steampunk extravaganza follows our heroine Olivia as she navigates hardship, friendship and mental health on her quest to find her true self.
Packed with both original music and big hits, this feel good show is bound to have you dancing in the aisles.