Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
2025 seems to be the year of Lewis Carroll’s Alice books insofar as Leeds is concerned. After the spectacular Wonderland Awaits installations throughout the City during the school holidays, we now have the Joss Arnott Dance presentation of Meet The Hatter, the headgear wearing character from the pen of Charles Dodgson. On looking at his…
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I don’t normally venture out on Saturday evening, especially as press nights tend to be midweek, but, as it was my birthday and the brilliant Courtney Pine was playing at my favourite music venue, I just had to go for a listen. I began my wild partying with two pints of Three Swords, and a…
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I could make things very simple for myself here and just say that if you are a regular reader of mine, have seen any of the things I write about and agreed with my assessments, log on to https://www.mockingbirdplay.com/tour and book yourself a ticket when the play comes to somewhere within 50 miles of you,…
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This past six weeks or so have been a case of feast or famine insofar as the world of theatre is concerned. August was definitely a famine – and drought – with only one engagement in the whole month; September, however, brings the feast – and the rain! When it comes to feasts there can…
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The more observant amongst you will have noticed that I classified this play under the heading Comedy, which indeed it was, but there was so much more to it than a laughfest. The whole production was set – pardon the pun – in the kitchen/diner of a house on the occasion of Great Grandma’s 90th…
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There is an old saying that you should always beware of what you wish for – you might just have it answered. Normally this is a warning that something which might seem like a good thing, can go disastrously wrong. I recently reviewed War Horse at Leeds Grand Theatre and started by saying that it…
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I can’t believe that it was the end of May when I last visited the wonderful Howard Assembly Room. Like most of my regular haunts it has been having a fallow period, was it something I said, but is now back in full swing with some amazing performers in the Autumn/Winter programme. Judith Hill was…
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There are times when I wish I didn’t write theatre reviews, not many I grant you, but this was one of them. Not because I thought that the play was bad, far from it, it was absolutely superb, ironically that was the problem. Instead of concentrating on the different elements which make up a great…
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It’s been five years since the last Slung Low Shorts, but well worth the wait. The venue has changed to The Warehouse at Holbeck but the standard of plays hasn’t. The Producers Mark Catley, Jonathan Hall and Lisa Holdsworth have brought together some of the finest local actors and writers to stage five short pieces…
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Another week, another end of academic year celebration, this time showcasing the talents of Leeds Grand Youth Theatre. I recently saw The Maladies, which was presented by the alumni of Leeds Actors In Training, featuring the age group 18-25; Leeds Grand Youth Theatre comprises the younger aspiring actors in the 8-18 bracket. Both of these…
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Tyke It To The Limit 