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Beautiful Octopus Club Festival

28 – 31 Jul 2025

Are you ready to have fun and make friends? Join us for our Beautiful Octopus Club Festival - a week of fun activities for our BOC Crew and guests, celebrating…

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Reception: A New Musical

22 Aug – 6 Sep 2025

At The Warehouse in Holbeck (Slung Low). Reception is a new musical inspired by and featuring the songs of David Gedge and his bands The Wedding Present and Cinerama.

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Leeds West Indian Carnival: The Carnival Royalty Show  

23 Aug 2025

The Leeds West Indian Carnival returns to the Playhouse to celebrate its 58th year.

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Playhouse production
To Kill A Mockingbird

8 Sep – 4 Oct 2025

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‘All rise for this powerfully uplifting theatrical event’ — Evening Standard

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CONSUMED

10 – 13 Sep 2025

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A 90th birthday party that no-one seems to want.

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Ay Kash / کاش ای / If Only

4 Oct 2025

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Eleven young women - using their pens, paints, and voices to share their memories and experiences since the Taliban took power in 2021 and their hopes and dreams for a…

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Hollie McNish / Brand New Book Tour!

11 Oct 2025

The title is still under-wraps but Hollie is back with a brand-new book tour in Autumn 2025. 

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Leeds International Festival of Ideas

14 – 18 Oct 2025

Leeds International Festival of Ideas returns to Leeds Playhouse this October!

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Transform 25

21 – 25 Oct 2025

Transform 25 is a festival of powerful international performance, happening from 21–25 October 2025 right here in Leeds.

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EXXY (TRANSFORM 25)

22 – 23 Oct 2025

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Audacious, vulnerable and tender, Exxy explores imposter syndrome and fluctuating self-worth against the backdrop of working-class beginnings in the Australian outback.

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Last few
Fin vs History: Live!

23 Oct 2025

Join Fin Taylor and Horatio Gould on their trademark disgusting sofa for their first live episodes of their new smash hit podcast.

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The Last Supper (TRANSFORM 25)

25 Oct 2025

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Food, farewells, religion, transition – Brazilian artist collective MEXA present The Last Supper, a performance-banquet.

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  • MAJOR FUNDERS

    Arts Council

  • Leeds City Council

  • LTB Foundation

  • Founded by UK government

  • Suppoprted by west Yorkshire

  • Principal Partner

    Caddick Group

  • Principal Access Partner

    Irwin Mitchell