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Noah and Celeste Quilter met on a blind date organised by a newspaper, fell in love and settled down. But from the earliest days of their relationship, they were under surveillance. And when they started a fight for their future, they never guessed it would cost them their lives.
Celebrated Virgins reimagines the true story of the ‘Ladies of Llangollen’, Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, two upper-class women in the 18th century who fall in love, and flee their homophobic home in Ireland, to a rural life in Wales. The play follows the entirety of their much-speculated 50-year partnership, and is a...
Virginia Woolf’s entrancing modernist classic follows six friends from childhood into later life, exploring identity and friendship alongside the miracles and tragedies of loving. Adapted for the stage by Flora Wilson Brown, this new production sets out to explore the self as a shifting mosaic of memories, encounters and shared experiences. Through the interweaving lives...
'The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. Enter the hilarious world of Oscar Wilde, where scandals are exposed, double lives are led, secrets are kept, and the very important business of being in love conquers all Length of performance: Approx 2.5 hours including 25 minute interval
The Real Thing is a comedy of love and infidelity, centred mainly around the married couple Henry, a playwright and Annie, an actor. Their relationship is the result of affairs, and delves into themes of honesty, commitment and Henry’s battle with the concept of ‘real love’. The play creates a tension between reality and performance...
Spun follows Safa and Aisha, two British Pakistani Muslim girls from East London whose friendship has lasted since school. As they enter adulthood, their friendship, identity, and sense of belonging are tested. Safa moves into a corporate world in the City, while Aisha stays in Newham, working at their old school. When a terrorist attack rocks London,...
The Importance of Being Earnest is Wilde’s comedic play about two bachelors, Jack and Algernon, who invent alter-egos named “Earnest” woo two women (Gwendolyn and Cecily) who are infatuated with that name. There are hilarious mix-ups, deceptions, confrontations with the formidable Lady Bracknell and a lot witty conversations. Length of performance: Approx 2.5 hours including 25...
Fri 2nd June 6:00pm - 9:30pm stage@leeds £5 Open Theatre & Theatre Group present their end of year Fringe Festival! Come along for any or all of the performances taking place in Alec Clegg and our Foyer. See our celebration of theatre from a collection of wonderful theatre makers. Alec Clegg:6pm - Every Brilliant Thing...
It's May 1997. Tony Blair has won the election and Katrina and the Waves have won Eurovision. Channel 5 is a month old. No one knows who Harry Potter is. Britain is the coolest place in the world.
'Everyone lived like we did! Well maybe not everyone, everyone. But... I wasn't any worse than anyone else.'