Past shows - Leeds Playhouse

Costume Sale

28 Jun 2025

Turn up the drama in your wardrobe with one-of-a-kind costumes from our first-ever Costume Sale.

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Community Showcase

28 Jun 2025

A staple of Open Season, the Community Showcase is a multi-artform performance that brings together artists and groups from across Leeds to showcase their talents.

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‘Remember Me’ by Leeds City Academy

27 Jun 2025

Join us as we celebrate identity, honour the past, and share the journeys that define who we are today.

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Romeo & Juliet: Northern Ballet

18 – 21 Jun 2025

Audio Described

Touch Tour

In the ultimate tale of forbidden love, two young people risk everything to be together.

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For artists

Introduction to Puppetry Design & Direction

20 Jun 2025

A practical one-day intensive exploring the role of Puppetry Design and Direction within the creation of a theatre production with Set, Costume and Puppetry Designer/Director Rachael Canning.

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Playhouse production

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A Thousand Splendid Suns

28 May – 14 Jun 2025

Audio Described

BSL

BSL Interpreted

CAP

Captioned

Touch Tour

A powerful new production of A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini's spiritual sequel to The Kite Runner.  

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Sunny Side

12 – 13 Jun 2025

Where do young men stand in a world that seems to have no place for them?

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For artists

Introduction to Theatre Lighting Design

4 Jun 2025

A practical one-day intensive exploring the role of Lighting Design within the creation of a theatre production with Lighting Designer Jai Morjaria.

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Pocket Rocket

30 – 31 May 2025

BSL

BSL Interpreted

She’s shorter than 5ft and funnier than a 10ft badger. She’s got more energy than a Duracell bunny. It’s that Bradford Pocket Rocket: Kat Rose-Martin.

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TESS

28 – 31 May 2025

PSD

Post Show Discussion

An ensemble of performers weave together Hardy’s words and the extreme physicality of circus to tell this tale of power, loss and endurance.

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Playhouse production

Tambo & Bones

14 – 24 May 2025

BSL

BSL Interpreted

CAP

Captioned

PSD

Post Show Discussion

Tambo and Bones are stuck in a minstrel show. Their escape plan: get out, get rich, get even.

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Closure?

22 – 24 May 2025

Do you have questions after a breakup that were left unanswered? Well, Lydia did, so she sent a questionnaire to all her ex-partners and made a show out of it.

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