The Wizard of Oz (Leeds Playhouse, 2019)
- December 7, 2019
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This digitally revamped first Christmas production in the new re-styled Quarry Theatre space at the Leeds Playhouse definitely inspires, but narrowly misses key beats on the way to Oz and back again. We all know what this classic is about: innocent but courageous Dorothy transports to the wonderful technicolour land of Oz and voyages through […]
Read moreReview – Kes (Leeds Playhouse, 2019)
- January 30, 2019
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An adaptation by Robert Alan Evans of Barry Hines’ influential and iconic book, ‘A Kestrel for a Knave’, this production of Kes is an intimate two-hander performed in the temporary pop-up theatre space at Leeds Playhouse. “Dirty, grey lives”, a line uttered in the play, is exactly the sentiment that Hines tries to portray in […]
Read moreReview – A Christmas Carol (Leeds Playhouse, 2018)
- November 24, 2018
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This adaptation of Charles Dickens’ celebrated novel is the first seasonal production since the theatre’s name-change from West Yorkshire Playhouse, and was first staged at Hull Truck in 2017. The newly-renamed Leeds Playhouse opens its doors to offer its audiences Christmas cheer in its temporary pop-up space while the building work of its regeneration project […]
Read moreReview – Othello (Lawrence Batley Theatre, 2018)
- October 10, 2018
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This production is the centrepiece of a wider piece of work called The Othello Project, curated by Abdul-Rehman Malik – a series of bespoke, multi-art events in response to the production, to provide a platform to some of the most exciting Muslim artists and writers working in the UK today. The project is co-produced by […]
Read moreReview – Frankenstein (2018)
- March 14, 2018
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This new adaptation of Frankenstein marks the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s novel and Matthew Xia’s return to the theatre since his tenure as Associate Artistic Director. It’s always exciting to see radical, rarely performed genres on the British stage, and the promise of a good horror or a gory thriller definitely fits the […]
Read moreReview – Black Men Walking (2018)
- February 23, 2018
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Black Men Walking is the first production of a 3-year programme of work called Revolution Mix, spearheaded by Eclipse Theatre. A marathon-walk through 2,000 years of British history, and not a single white person in sight! Black Men Walking is a defiant and proud look back into our nations past to uncover the lost and […]
Read moreA Young Lad and his Giant Peach!
- February 23, 2015
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- February 23, 2015
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