Leeds Echoes – Walking Through Time
There is a danger that heritage is confused with nostalgia. That it is seen as the province of the old and lacks relevance to young people. The National Trust and Heritage Open Days are challenging this perception. New Wave will bring a range of innovative, dynamic, youth-led events across the country as part of the […]
City Varieties – The Good Old Days
Bernie Clifton and Bobby Crush top the bill as The Good Old Days returns to City Varieties Music Hall from 17 September. The New Variety Dancers and a variety of acts will join the. Mr Paul Smith will direct the Varieties Orchestra. Bernie Clifton is a household name – a versatile entertainer on tv and on stage through […]
Northern Ballet’s Dangerous Liaisons Returns to Leeds Playhouse
The bodice-ripping, scandal-dripping tale of love and betrayal is back at the Playhouse from 2 – 11 September, adapted by Northern Ballet, choreographed by David Nixon OBE and performed to music by Antonio Vivaldi. Two bored aristocrats spin a web of heartbreak and ruin as Northern Ballet’s Sinfonia performs Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, a rousing […]
Waitress – Coming to Leeds Grand Theatre
The smash-hit musical comedy Waitress is at Leeds Grand Theatre from Tuesday 14 – Saturday 18 September, brought to the stage by a ground-breaking female-led creative team. Jenna dreams of being happy some day as she expertly makes her pies and waits on tables – but life easily becomes complicated when a new doctor comes […]
In Conversation With Alan Lyddiard
Alan Lyddiard is Director of The Promise of a Garden, at Leeds Playhouse’s Quarry Theatre on 18 – 21 August. The audiences are in for something not just a little bit different. We knew that the production was unusual. So what could audiences expect? Alan explained that the audience enters a completely empty space and […]
