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Stand-up Comedy Courses at The Grove Hall
We’ve seen a huge demand to sign up for our free Stand-up comedy courses at The Grove Hall in South Kirkby and The Cluntergate Centre, Horbury, run by comedian Alex Dunlop. The courses are going really well and attendees are loving the introduction to stand-up comedy and sessions that teach them the basics of creating […]
Smile Club: The Audio Series
A Six Part Audio Series Written by Andrea Heaton & Adam Z. Robinson Starring Andrea Heaton, Luke Dickson, Matthew Lewney, Rachel Morris and Stephanie Rutherford Come on love, cheer up, it might never happen. Welcome to Smile Club. Life’s so much better when you smile. Everyone knows that. So go on – give us a […]
The ‘Not So’ Grimm Twins – Red Ladder Local
Family Theatre from Red Ladder Local We are delighted to be bringing more family theatre to Red Ladder Local this August, with The ‘Not So’ Grimm Twins by Wrongsemble Theatre! About the show A (f)un-expected family adventure, where fairy-tales really do come true… Roll up one and all, to hear the fabulous Grimm […]
My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored
My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored by Nana-Kofi Kufuor returns for a second national tour. About the show Fifteen-year-old Reece is roughly accosted by the police outside M&S. His face presses into the wet gravel as a policeman digs a knee into his back. His teacher Gillian watches on, frozen out […]
The Damned United
THE DAMNED UNITED By Anders Lustgarten Adapted from the novel by David Peace Directed by Rod Dixon Down the stairs… Along the corridor… Round the corner… Into the dressing room… HIS dressing room. Hateful, hateful place. Spiteful, spiteful place. Dirty, dirty Leeds. 1974. Brian Clough, the enfant terrible of British football, tries to […]
Acting Taster Session
Live in the Castleford area? Want to give acting a try? We’re thrilled to be working with our brilliant Red Ladder Local partner Queen’s Mill in Castleford to offer a FREE Red Grit taster session for people in South East Leeds. In this 3 hour session Rod Dixon (Artistic Director, Red Ladder) will introduce you to a range of acting techniques, offering a taste […]
The Not So Ugly Sisters
You’ve heard the fairytale, now here’s the whole hair-raising truth! Dolly rests on her broom counting the passers-by outside the salon window, whilst her sister Barb watches the phone that never rings. It’s the morning of Cindy and Prince Smarming’s big royal wedding – but Dolly and Barb are not invited! Hell hath no […]
Tinsel
Tinsel is the tale of one little boy who dreams of being the fairy on top of the Christmas tree! He can sing, dance, and wear a sparkly tiara as well as anyone else. But to get to the top, he’ll have to convince a whole tree of doubting baubles and naysaying ornaments that anyone can […]
Life Below
There’s more than coal beneath your feet, there’s a Life Below. Life Below explores the Gooder family and their life within the mine and after a terrible incident in the Gawber Pit. Rosie Gooder fights for the mines to stay open as her family’s lives’ have evolved around the pits. Jumping between 1849 to 1984 we see […]
Peter Pan Flies Again
Gwen looks out of the window and wishes on a star. Maybe one day Peter Pan will whisk her off to Neverland just like her Great Great Great Granny Wendy before her?! Come with us on a theatre adventure for all the family as we fly “straight on ‘til morning”, across Bradford, and land in […]
