In Conversation With The Enormous Crocodile Directors Emily Lim and Toby Olié
The world premiere of The Enormous Crocodile is at Leeds Playhouse on 2 December until 6 January. Ten puppet-makers spent three months creating twenty puppets for the Roald Dahl classic. Here, we bring you images from behind the scenes from puppetry designer Toby Olié’s workshop as the co-directors Toby and Emily Lim tell us about […]
The Gifting: at Versa Studios Holbeck in December
The final chapter of LEEDS 2023, a magical new show by Kully Thiarai and Alan Lane at Leeds’ Versa Studios, on 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 & 31 December Following a year of exceptional cultural experiences, including The Awakening, Making A Stand, The WOW Barn, Moon Palace, events in all 33 wards of Leeds […]
New Production of Calendar Girls at Leeds Grand Theatre 7 – 11 November
In the 25 years since the creation of the original calendar and the 20 years since the film was released, £6 million has been raised by Calendar Girls for Blood Cancer UK. Calendar Girls the Musical premiered at Leeds Grand Theatre in 2015, and now the brand-new production will return to make audiences ‘cry with […]
Leeds Gigs Coming Up – In Brief and Will be Updated
We confess we have so many press releases coming in just for gigs that we can’t do justice to them all. (It would be so nice if we could.) What we can do is give you the bones so that you can flesh out the information yourself. So here they are! Please keep an eye […]
‘Becoming the Brontes: Tracy Chevalier meets Dr Katy Mullin on 3 October.
Join bestselling novelist Tracy Chevalier as she brings Brontë artefacts to life at the University of Leeds‘ Esther Simpson Building from 6.30 p.m., sharing insights into the artefacts on display in ‘Becoming the Brontës’. The evening event ‘On the Brontës: Tracy Chevalier in conversation with Dr Katy Mullin’ is free and open to all, as […]
