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NEW SHOWS COMING SOON
We have two stonking new Red Ladder productions to announce very very soon so please check back soon. Until then, please enjoy the spring 2026 Red Ladder Local line-up
The Story Forge
Prepare for pandemonium and tidal waves of laughter in this hilariously unique, all ages theatrical experience! Two ludicrously loopy Professors create three brand-new myths by unleashing cardboard chaos and your boundless imagination! Will your adventure unfold in Ancient Egypt, Viking fjords, or Neptune’s deep? You choose! Shape the story, suggest the world and even become […]
Rubbish Romeo and Juliet
Enemies. Balconies… Sausage Rolls?!?! Three award-winning fools tackle Shakespeare’s epic love story with nothing but a box of bargain bin wigs, a tatty floral dress, and a burst air mattress they found by the bins… Described as ‘like Horrible Histories but funnier’ (Primary Times), the ‘delightfully wacky’ Rubbish Shakespeare Company return with an anarchically joyous, […]
Selene
From the internationally award-winning team behind ORPHEUS comes a new sibling show to the hugely acclaimed HELIOS. Wright&Grainger’s S E L E N E A STORY ABOUT THE GODDESS AND THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON A radical explosion of an ancient myth about the moon from the internationally award-winning company behind HELIOS, ORPHEUS and […]
A Proper Merry Christmess
It’s Christmas Eve at West Yorkshire’s (almost) favourite garden centre – and the last chance for one lucky department to win the seasonal bonus. Over at the grotto, a reluctant Santa, relentlessly positive Elf, and stressed-out student Tree all need cash and quick. Forget Christmas miracles, they’ll have to pull together to sleigh this competition. […]
A Town Called Christmas
Far away, beyond the snow, and nestled in a perfect nook you’ll find a town called Christmas… Clementine dreams of a place where gingerbread houses glow under twinkling fairy-lights, and chocolate coins are currency. Where the streets are filled with snow-ball fights, and laughter hangs like baubles in the air! The happiest place on Earth. […]
Kailey
Who cares for you when your parent is in prison? Kailey’s mum’s been sent to prison, and she needs to grow up – fast. She’s just turned eighteen; first job, her own place, big nights out. This might just be freedom after all. But when you’re young and your parent is taken away, who do […]
Monument
**UPDATE: DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS SHOW WILL NOW BEGIN AT 6.30PM (NOT 7PM AS PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED)** A one-woman comedy drag show with audience participation, rap and pickled gherkins. Steeped in ‘ost-algia’ MONUMENT is a relatable story for the Western world freed from ideology. Right? Set at mysterious construction sites in Czechoslovakia and the UK, MONUMENT […]
MUTTON
You know how it is – one day you’re rubbin’ pennies together, desperately trying to pay the rent. The next, you’ve found fame and fortune stuffing eggs back up a hen and pretending it’s prophesying the end of the world. 1809. Mary Bateman is about to be hung for witchcraft and murder. Only one of […]
Troubled
Troubled is a 60-minute one woman show about love, death and division told with tea and biscuits. Memories of violence clash against a huge-hearted Northern Irish story, revealing the impact of a childhood shaped by conflict. A lone woman stands under the moonlight, far away from home. Big Red and Little Red, the voices in […]
