Well, now that we are past Midsummer’s Day, the nights have started drawing in so it is time to look forward to the offerings from Leeds Playhouse to cheer us up and divert us from watching the digits on our smart meters increase quicker than the altimeter on Sir Richard Branson’s spaceship. Fear not, there…
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Opera North 2021/22 Season
I have been sitting on this information for a while now because I was getting pretty depressed having to pass on the news of scheduled performances by various organisations being cancelled or postponed over the past eighteen months. Some have been postponed and then cancelled. With the proposed lifting of restrictions and the vaccine roll-out…
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Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Are you finding life to be a drag just now? You’re not the only one. The hit musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert is playing at Leeds Grand Theatre until Saturday, 10th July so why not grab a ticket while you can to go and get cheered up. The show is packed with your favourite…
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A Little Night Music at Leeds Playhouse
This morning I received a text purporting to be from the NHS inviting me to follow a link to receive my on-line Covid Passport. Whilst it looks totally genuine, after my experience last night I feel a bit wary about taking things at face value. I don’t want to become prey to scammers and end…
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Whistle Stop Opera: The Magic Flute (Recycled)
Opera North are at it again, bringing opera to people who would not normally experience it and what a great choice. There can have been no more appropriate work to air on the weekend of the G7 Summit on Climate Change. As the name suggests, there is a green message in this work, not only…
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Decades at Leeds Playhouse
I hate being late for anything, so much so that when I have to be somewhere I always catch the bus before the one I need. I was so pleased to be going back to the theatre on Saturday that I didn’t go for the bus before the one I needed, I didn’t even go…
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Connecting Voices: A Reflection on Krapp’s Last Tape
I went to see this production in sombre mood after having been out for lunch the previous day to what was my local pub when I lived at Candle House in Granary Wharf. It was 1.45pm on a Friday so I had booked a table but when I arrived I entered to the sound of…
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Connecting Voices – Orpheus in the Record Shop
The rapper and playwright Testament gave a performance with members of the Orchestra of Opera North and the result was stunning. Could it be the world’s first Hip Hopera? I have to say that even at the tender age of 71 I am quite the fan of rap now that it has evolved into a…
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Connecting Voices – Krapp’s Last Tape
Samuel Beckett is one of the quirkiest playwrights of his, or any other, time. Although he was Irish he wrote his early plays in French and one of his works featured the leading actress buried up to her waist throughout the performance. Even he would be surprised at the way this performance panned out. Krapp’s…
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Tyke It To The Limit 