Past shows - Leeds Playhouse

Learn to Beatbox

27 Jan 2024

For ages: 4-16. Learn the fundamentals of human beatbox - creating drumbeats, sound effects and all manner of musical noises with your mouth, with world record holding beatboxer Testament.

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An Introduction to Human Beatboxing with Testament

27 Jan 2024

For ages: 16+ Learn the basic techniques of beatboxing, beatbox performance skills, and how to create your own sounds with world record holding beatboxer and acclaimed writer and theatre-maker Testament.

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Playhouse production

The Enormous Crocodile

2 Dec 2023 – 6 Jan 2024

A new musical version of Roald Dahl’s picture book featuring tasty tunes and mischievous puppets suitable for those 4+.

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Playhouse production

Beautiful Thing

18 – 28 Oct 2023

A revival of Jonathan Harvey's iconic, coming-out and coming-of-age story about community, friendship, rites of passage and what it is to be sixteen and in love.

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James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome

25 – 28 Oct 2023

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'One of comedy's most original voices' (Evening Standard) has written a new show. He's very proud of it. That being said, you are allowed to ruin it. Fill your boots.

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As You Like It

14 Oct 2023

The Forest of Arden grows in the Quarry this autumn. This gripping 90-minute performance is by graduating actors and actor musicians from Leeds Conservatoire.

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OH DEER!

13 – 14 Oct 2023

Audio Described

BSL

BSL Interpreted

For one hour, Australian company APHIDS make a lively new space for adults who have lost a parent – from Melbourne to Leeds.

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Romeo and Juliet

12 Oct 2023

The most famous of love stories, Romeo & Juliet has intense passion at its heart, alongside an irrepressible desire for change. This gripping 90-minute performance is by graduating actors and actor musicians from Leeds Conservatoire.

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Sir Jon Cunliffe and Tom Duff Gordon: Other Side Of The Coin

30 Sep 2023

BSL

BSL Interpreted

CAP

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What does the future hold for crypto and stablecoins with CBDCs like the digital pound in place?

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LIFI23

27 – 30 Sep 2023

A festival of new ideas and innovation, presenting a programme of conversation, connection and curiosity exploring some of the most pressing questions of our time. A platform for fresh ideas…

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Who does our political system benefit?

30 Sep 2023

BSL

BSL Interpreted

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Recent years have seen our political landscape dogged by questions of integrity – but are our leaders the ones to blame, or is it the systems in which they operate?

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How do we talk about grief?

30 Sep 2023

BSL

BSL Interpreted

CAP

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Experienced universally but felt so uniquely, grief will find its way into our lives and affect us in ways sometimes impossible to articulate. Manifesting in all forms, shapes and sizes,…

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