Leeds Heritage Theatres is the new umbrella term for Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds City Varieties Music Hall and Hyde Park Picture House. In the past I have done previews of the two live venues separately but now that their website is a comprehensive list of everything on offer it seems logical to treat them as…
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Open Doors at Howard Assembly Room
This article is as much about the venue as the event and I must say that both elements were excellent. I was at the newly refurbished Howard Assembly Room for its first concert in over two years and to celebrate the occasion three performers had been assembled to showcase their considerable talents and introduce the…
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Carmen at Leeds Grand Theatre
What a great way to kick off the first Opera North Season since lockdown. Carmen is one of those operas where everyone knows at least two of the arias even if only from adverts or film scores. Before the curtain opened the audience was given a brief welcome back by Richard Mantle, Opera North’s General…
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Dracula – The Untold Story at Leeds Playhouse
imitating the dog (with no upper case letters) are back at Leeds Playhouse, this time presenting the story of the only surviving victim of the world’s most famous vampire as a ‘live graphic novel’. The production is graphic in every sense of the word, being both gory and presented in the form of what we…
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Kerry Godliman’s BOSH Tour
That wonderful actress and comedienne, Kerry Godliman, is coming to Yorkshire with her BOSH Tour. I’m not sure what BOSH stands for, I can imagine you all rolling your eyes in disbelief at that, but I am sure that it will be made clear on the nights. The press release for the tour contains a…
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Waitress at the Grand Theatre Leeds
I must admit that the musical Waitress has slipped under my radar and so when it came to The Grand I approached it blind. I had a sneaky peek at the pre-show publicity and was delighted to find that it was about a woman whose has been gifted with the ability to create pies. After…
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Looking Good Dead at Leeds Grand Theatre
I have had a chequered history insofar as ‘straight plays’ at The Grand are concerned. During the 1960s there was a period when, each summer, there would be a series of dramas staged starring popular television actors of the time. As a teenager I would go see these as it was not often you got…
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The Work of the Devil
Simon Evans has now rearranged his rudely interrupted tour, The Work of the Devil, and we in Yorkshire are lucky enough to be able to see him five times on his marathon. For those who don’t know of his work he is a comedian whose view of life is somewhat different from the norm. Probably…
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Heathers The Musical at Leeds Grand Theatre
I can’t tell you how good it was to be back at Leeds Grand Theatre for the first time since 4th March, 2020 – so I won’t. Seriously, they say that you should never go back but, after a disconcerting start, the place was full and masks optional, it was as though I had never…
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Piaf at Leeds Playhouse
I have been waiting months to see this show which was originally scheduled for May 2020 but was postponed for some reason. No disrespect to the other Covid casualties but I think that this was the one I was looking forward to seeing the most as, although not an expert, I am fascinated by the…
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Tyke It To The Limit 