4/5 stars stage@leeds Leeds Theatre Group Society April 20 Director Jocelyn Cheek has taken a risk with her first production, choosing not only a foreign play by Tadeusz Slobodzianek, but also one about the […]
Theatre | Preview of ‘Architects of the Invisible’
stage@leeds April 24-27 7.30pm “You bought your ticket. You chose your usual numbers. Date of birth. Your daughter’s birthday. Your wedding anniversary. You didn’t watch the live show. You haven’t for years. You didn’t […]
Theatre | Pornography
3/5 Stars LUU Theatre Group takes another big dive into the deep end with their most recent production. Pornography is the work of winning English Playwright Simon Stephens, who like Sarah Kane, is part of […]
Theatre | Do You Expect Me To Talk?
Do You Expect Me to Talk? begins by questioning our societal obsession with the verb ‘should’, setting up some intriguing thoughts and light-humour before moving onto much darker questions. Presented to us by both Leeds […]
Theatre | Woyzeck
3/5 stars stage@leeds February 21 Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck follows one man’s descent into the rabbit hole of insanity and remains titanic on the landscape of modern drama through the universality of its central themes. […]
Theatre | That Face
4/5 stars stage@leeds February 14 @TGLeeds Families, they’re a dysfunctional bunch aren’t they; the fighting, the screaming and the punch-ups over Boxing Day lunch. In Polly Stenham’s ‘That Face’ dysfunctional families are taken to […]
Theatre | Facehunters
3/5 stars stage@leeds February 8 The Hungry Bitches’ performance of their musical Facehunters last night demonstrated their unmistakeable enthusiasm and passion for musical theatre, and exhibited an admirable level of commitment and hard-work from […]
Dance | The Object Show
4/5 stars stage@leeds January 31 Upon entering the dimly lit Alec Clegg studio, the audience is greeted by a weird yet visual feast. Light bulbs glow softly, hanging from the ceiling, apples dangle from […]
Theatre | Into the Dark
Tomorrow evening sees the final performance of Into the Dark, a piece devised and created by a company of final year students. This immersive environmental performance draws on a range of contemporary source material to […]
Theatre | Someone Else's Shoes
2/5 stars stage@leeds November 15 Open Theatre performing in stage@leeds present ‘Someone Else’s Shoes’, a heartfelt montage of the best and worst days of people’s lives. This multiform performance involves monologues, interpretive dance and […]
Theatre | Romeo and Juliet
4/5 stars November 1 stage@leeds Leeds University Union Theatre Group The renowned tale of star-crossed lovers is cleverly updated and made relevant for a modern audience, with our current economic climate central to the […]
Theatre | Sylvia: Review
4/5 stars Remember Doug, the dog in the Pixar film ‘Up’? The one with the gadget collar that translates his thoughts into English? For me personally, that nifty comic device was one of the […]