by Thaj Rathore | May 14, 2021 | Opinions, Views & Contexts
We are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The UK government is recommending caution as we begin to come out of the national lockdown. Even though there is talk of the easing plans for 21st June being affected due to the variant from India, 17th May is...
by Thaj Rathore | Dec 7, 2019 | Off/Stage Reviews
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...
by Thaj Rathore | Jun 11, 2019 | Projects
Earlier this year we officially launched the Tribe Fundraising Network in true Tribe fashion, with good conversations, mutual learning and of course good food. The concept of forming the network came from years of struggling as Black and Asian actors in an exciting...
by Thaj Rathore | Jan 30, 2019 | Off/Stage Reviews
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...
by Thaj Rathore | Nov 24, 2018 | Off/Stage Reviews
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...
