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Sanctuary
Red Ladder Theatre Company in collaboration with Theatre Royal Wakefield & supported by CAPA College Traditionally, churches across the world have offered sanctuary to those seeking safety from persecution. But how do we react when that ideal becomes a reality? When Alland, a young Iranian man, begs to be given sanctuary at St Mary’s church […]
We’re Not Going Back
Red Ladder Theatre Company and Unite the Union present We’re Not Going Back Written by Boff Whalley 75 Mines. 3 Sisters. 1 Cause. (And a six-pack of Babycham) 2024 is the fortieth anniversary of the 1984/85 miners’ strike, a dispute that still resonates today. But the strike wasn’t just about pickets vs police – in […]
We’re Not Going Back
Red Ladder Theatre Company and Unite the Union presents We’re Not Going Back Written by Boff Whalley 75 Mines. 3 Sisters. 1 Cause. (And a six-pack of Babycham) 2024 is the fortieth anniversary of the 1984/85 miners’ strike, a dispute that still resonates today. But the strike wasn’t just about pickets vs police – […]
Homebaked: The Musical
Out of hard times, something magical can rise. They didn’t just want the loaf, they wanted the whole bakery. They didn’t just want the bakery, they wanted the whole street! Head over to the Royal Court this autumn to see a story of hard graft, hope and pies (mainly pies to be honest). Back in […]
Wrong ‘Un
February 1918, and after several decades of protest and four years of bloody war Parliament is poised to grant what the suffragettes have demanded and fought for – votes for all women. After years of direct action, arrest, imprisonment and force-feeding, it seems their time has come. Wrong ‘Un tells of the adventures of Annie […]
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 […]
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 […]
Riot, Rebellion and Bloody Insurrection
Red Ladder and Chumbawamba join forces to make a riotous musical comedy featuring live music by the band. Set in Northern Industrial Britain Riot, Rebellion & Bloody Insurrection fuses theatre, music, banter and action for an audience looking for an antidote to TV Talent Contests and multi-millionaires taking multi-million pound pensions in this winter of […]
