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Pushing theatrical boundaries with Silent Uproar

We are beyond buzzing to announce a new partnership with our friends from East Yorkshire, boundary-pushing theatre company Silent Uproar. With a shared...

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The Cluntergate Centre, Horbury

Red Ladder Local venue, Cluntergate is a vibrant community hub in the heart of Horbury, in...

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Theatre workshops for 2026

We are starting 2026 with a bang, in the form of four free* theatre courses, including a...

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St. Bart’s, Armley, Leeds

Red Ladder Local venue, St Bartholomew’s Church as seen today, took six years to build and...

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Queen’s Mill, Castleford

Red Ladder Local venue, Queen’s Mill (formerly known as Allinson’s Mill) sits on the banks of...

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“My music is…a kind of Frankenstein pop”

Bay Bryan is a Manchester-based singer-songwriter and multidisciplinary artist who grew up in Colorado in the...

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“You can’t live a full life without the…

Originally from Yorkshire, Roo Arwen, 22, is a Manchester-based actor, singer, and musician, and a recent graduate of The Arden School of Theatre....

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Meet The Christmess/Mas gang

Our online programme for A Proper Merry Christmess & A Town Called Christmas Maryam Ali –...

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Just how much stage managers actually do!

Lillie-Rose McCormick is a final year student at University Centre Leeds studying Production Arts (technical theatre...

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What does Christmas mean to you?

With the yuletide season fast approaching, we asked the writers, cast and director of our new...

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The rise and fall of ‘the Yorkshire Witch’

MUTTON is a new dark comedy from Leeds-based theatre company Brave Words, exploring the life and...

“Art is a human right.” – Coralie Datta

“I have people who come to my sewing group each week and for some of them...