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Caviar and Chips
A one woman musical by award-winning writer Matthew Knowles. Meet Sadie Tara-Thompson, an ‘it’ girl with a wealthy, well connected family and a glamorous social life. She lives life from one boy friend and cocktail party to the next, but her life is about to change dramatically…
Dreams
A true story about Jubane, an African man, who was forced to join the liberation struggle. He was promised milk and honey, free health treatment and jobs. After the independence, he was left with nothing.
Dreams vividly documents the highs and lows of immigrating and seeking asylum.
Memoirs of a Sofa Bed
When it takes a piece of household furniture to tell you what’s going on, then you know things are going wrong...
With wit and humanity, broken people and their stories are seen through the filter of the sofa bed.
Plastic Parenting
Kate loves Paul. Paul loves Kate. They both love men – but it just never seems to last that long. They both see their future together. But what happens to marriage and kids when your relationship is based on bad wine, fattening ice cream and a mutual appreciation of Matt Damon?
Not suitable for children.
Lord Arthur's Bed
In Fanny and Stella's extraordinary and comical story, two modern men find a hidden history and some uncomfortable truths that threaten to wreck their new life together.
Blood Brothers : The Play
Their lives were worlds apart. Their destiny joined them together…
This is the original play, on which the multi-award-winning musical was based.
The Exciting Road To Nowhere
A close community receives an exciting invitation to attend a dance competition. So they take to the streets to raise money for costumes in order to enter, hoping to victorious!
Strictly Bellydance
Colourful, vibrant, dynamic and informative. Come and see what bellydance is really all about.
The Tarab Dance Company have taken shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for two years with great reviews. Don’t miss their debut performance in Leeds.
Alice in Wonderland
Join the Mad Hatter for tea, and discover the delights of Alice in Wonderland in a magical retelling of this classic children's tale.
Lipstick and Lollipops
A deaf teenager moves to London with her mother. Unsettled, she rebels by escaping to a late night party. As the night unfolds, she confronts the past she has been hiding for so long.
Suitable for 14+ only. This production integrates British Sign Language and voice over.
Dancing Thru The Decades
Dancers from La’fay School of Dance have joined together to take you on a journey through the musical decades, from the 1950s to the present day.
More Or Less Ourselves
Do the people in your house ever feel like strangers?
Chloe has tracked down her long-lost brother Richard. Only trouble is, Richard has no memory of who she is. He was washed up on a beach nearly twenty years ago, with no idea where he came from.
A Life in the Theatre by David Mamet
A Life in the Theatre follows two actors through the highs and lows of a life-changing season, sharing the detritus of their lives and their dressing room together. David Mamet's play is a revealing glimpse behind the scenes of theatrical life from a writer who knows what's really going on....
Script Night : Summertime
Are you a writer? Are you interested in new writing? Don’t miss the hottest new writing for theatre this summer. This regular mini-festival is performed script-in-hand by Cento Productions in partnership with Script Yorkshire and The Carriageworks.
Annie
A heart-warming musical set in America during the Depression of the 1930s. Annie lives in an orphanage run by gin-swigging tyrant Miss Hannigan, but yearns to find her long-lost parents and escape.
Demons With Clean Faces
There's a plot afoot, and when a plot is afoot there are always people standing in the background taking notes. They're sneaky, they're underhand, they'll stop at nothing to be the first to break the news... and they're looking in completely the wrong direction!
Alone Time
Alone time is a necessity that is often overlooked. For some of us, it is quiet period of reflection. For others, it is an opportunity to let our hair down. Experimental, poignant and uplifting, Alone Time playfully explores varying states of loneliness: from delight to despair.
Originals : a short festival of new work
A short festival of original work created by arts and media students at Leeds Thomas Danby. Originals will present a screening of short films, an exhibition of art work and a double bill of new plays.
Looking Back
Martin and Louise sit together on a bench. Their love story that has lasted for 50 years. Looking Back tells the tale of this love - its trials and tribulations, its teenage beginnings and its journey into old age.
OnkeOse
A story about Zimbabwe, told by the people of Zimbabwe, celebrating ‘the spirit of oneness’. In a country with many types of music, many dances and one people, history meets today, social meets spiritual and political meets the ‘not so political’.
Ruffwell Scandals
So you think you know all there is to know about sex? That’s what they thought. Scandalous secrets that have been hidden over the summer are laid bare at Ruffwell High School. A day at Ruffwell High School highlights the topics and issues surrounding teenage pregnancy, sexual health and relationships.
Joe Levi's Short Stories
Twisted host Joe Levi and his colourful friends perform a collection of bizarre and original tales, both dark and daft. Joe Levi’s Short Stories is a surreal, laugh-out-loud comedy extravaganza.
Breeze International Youth Festival
The Breeze International Youth Festival broadens the horizons of Leeds’ young people in an exciting weekend of performances, workshops and exhibitions.
The Wizard of Oz
Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are caught in a tornado’s path and somehow end up in the land of Oz. On her journey to meet the Wizard of Oz she encounters both friend and foe. Everyone says the Wizard can help her return home and grant each of her friends their dream: a brain, a heart and some courage.
Carmina Burana / The Nightingale and the Rose
Leeds Youth Opera offers fantastic value for money with two one-act operas in one show. Carmina Burana, a well known work, will be followed by the world premiere of a new opera, which has been written by an exciting, young, local composer.
The 8th Leeds Jewish International Performing Arts Festival
30 outstanding international pieces of music, drama and comedy! Fans of theatre are sure to be delighted by what promises to be one of the highlights of the theatrical calendar outside of Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Six shows a night – something for all tastes!
www.leedsjewishfestival.co.uk