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Leeds Lads
Coinciding with the centenary anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, Red Ladder Theatre Company, Carriageworks Theatre and Leeds Civic Arts Guild present new play Leeds Lads, with words and music by Anthony Clavane and Nick Stimson A young woman’s journey into Leeds’ secret, inspiring past It’s 2016. Tara stands on the steps of Leeds Town Hall on the day the […]
Rabbitskin
Joe’s always loved stories – reading them, listening to them and making them up himself, but tonight he’s going to tell you his story… one that he’s never told before and that no one else knows. Joe’s dad loves football and poaching for rabbits, Cal mostly loves picking on Joe (but that’s what big brothers […]
Nicobobinus
Red Ladder Theatre Company and DumbWise present a new family musical based on Monty Python star Terry Jones’ much loved children’s book. ‘This is the story of the most incredible child… His name was Nicobobinus. He lived a long time ago in a city called Venice, and he could do anything.’ Or, could he? When Nicobobinus […]
Hurling Rubble at the Moon
by Avaes Mohammad “It’s not about the Scousers, or the Geordies or even the Irish anymore. It’s not even about the Blacks or the Asians. It’s a new age with a new threat and you don’t even know it.” This side of town. The first years of the millennium and Skef’s dad is back. Reliving his […]
Hurling Rubble at the Sun
by Avaes Mohammad “Sometimes all you can do is make them see what it is they’re doing to you. What they’ve done to you. What they’ve turned you into. Sometimes that’s all you have left to show.” That side of town. July 2005. One blistering night. One blazing day. T labours over hot-plates cooking […]
The Thing About Psychopaths
Britain. 2013. Times are hard, but the money’s still out there if you know where to look and are prepared to gamble. Whether it’s prison or the corporate world, there are rules to be followed. Only the fittest survive. It’s every man for himself. A searing, funny and thought-provoking new play from Ben Tagoe (‘Cold […]
Sex & Docks & Rock ‘n’ Roll 2013
A musical comedy written and composed by Chumbawamba founder member and guitarist, Boff Whalley, with musical direction from former band mate Harry Hamer. Sex & Docks & Rock ‘n’ Roll returns to Leeds and Liverpool following its national tour in 2010, this time with Red Ladder Artistic Director, Liverpool-born Rod Dixon, playing the leading role […]
Promised Land
Winner of Sports Book of the Year 2011, Promised Land tells the story of Leeds, its football club and its communities. The stage adaptation tells that same story through the eyes of Nathan and Caitlin, two young idealists growing up in mid-1970s Leeds, living in the same city but on opposite sides of a cultural and […]
Big Society! A Music Hall Comedy
Crash-landing loudly into the rambunctious world of Edwardian Music Hall, Big Society! follows the on- and off-stage exploits of the cast of a Music Hall variety show. It’s 1910 and the cast are fighting for survival, threatened with shock/horror disclosures by a corrupt and moralistic newspaper, ‘The Double Standard’. (Yes, the whole show is based […]
Ugly
Set in the not too distant future where climate change has reached the point of no return, where mass global migration is the norm and a new malevolent world order has begun to exist, UGLY presents audiences with bold and darkly funny theatre. An absurd futuristic satire about 4 characters’ survival and their search for […]
