On Thursday 18th January Thackray Museum of Medicine is opens its Victorian operating theatre for a one-night-only performance of care - and you’re all invited. Trephination for the Twenty-First Century is a brand new one-woman theatre performance by your friendly travelling madwoman Amanda Grace.
Open to everyone.
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A spectacular event bringing Leeds 2023 to a close.
For the past 12 months, LEEDS 2023 has celebrated arts and culture in all our diversity as part of the Year of Culture. Transforming the city and astonishing the public with everything ranging from public installations to pop-up festivals and large-scale theatre.
But the challenge is: how do you bring a year like this to close?
A world premiere stage adaptation based on the hit Paramount Pictures films, Paranormal Activity expands the world of the iconic horror movies into a new dimension, creating a theatrical experience that will haunt you long after the lights go out.
Join us for the bloomin’ loverly time of your life at Lerner and Loewe’s much-loved musical My Fair Lady.
This is the classic story of Cockney flower-seller Eliza Doolittle who is taught to “talk more genteel” by Professor Henry Higgins so that she may pass as a lady. But it’s not only Eliza who gets an education.
Ten puppet-makers have spent three months creating twenty puppets for this joyful musical of Roald Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile, with the world premiere at Leeds Playhouse between 6th December 2023 and 6th January 2024. In this blog post Director Emily Lim and Co-Director and Puppetry Designer Toby Olié talk about this new family musical and working with puppets.
There is life after Romeo!
Get whisked away on a fabulous journey as Juliet ditches her famous ending for a fresh beginning and a second chance at life and love—her way. Created by the Emmy-winning writer from Schitt’s Creek, this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told and asks – what would happen next if Juliet didn’t end it all over Romeo?
In partnership with the National Theatre, Leeds Playhouse is excited to be hosting the New Views programme this year.
If you are aged 14 - 21 you could be part of an amazing playwriting opportunity, with the chance for the winner to have their play read and rehearsed by professional actors.
New Views is the National Theatre’s playwriting programme for young people wanting to learn and develop their playwriting talents.
The House with Chicken Legs author Sophie Anderson on the magical stage adaptation at Leeds Playhouse this month.
For a long time the bestselling children’s author didn’t think she would find an audience for her work, “I’d been writing for ten years, mainly for my own children, and purely for the love of it,” she says.
So when her YA novel The House with Chicken Legs was accepted for publication, and quickly became a hit, it came as something of a surprise.
"Picture a stadium show, but without the stadium, set against the backdrop of the evening and night sky, surrounded by the stunning natural environment. We have a talented cast of around 100 young performers who are driven by a strong desire to tell stories that promote positive change." - Paul Roseby, Director