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Rules For Living
Everyone creates their own coping strategies or rules for living. But what happens when an extended family gathers in the kitchen for a traditional Christmas and they each follow those rules, rigidly?
Shylock
Explore the tragic, funny and often unbelievable life of fiction’s most famous Jew in this acclaimed theatre production that has toured over 50 countries.
Feathers
18th February 4pm Stage OneFree entrance (30 minutes performance followed by a Q&A) £FREE Feathers is a project that explores ways of making dance and movement more accessible and inclusive to the Blind and Visually Impaired (B/VI) community. It has been devised by choreographer Sandrine Monin, in collaboration with and performed by a group of…
Liar, Liar
Why do we lie? To be liked, to be seen as impressive, for the thrill of it all?
The Trials
‘Everyone lived like we did! Well maybe not everyone, everyone. But… I wasn’t any worse than anyone else.’
Swallowing The Whale
by Andie Curno Enter into the dreamscape world of Marlowe as they navigate the riptides of identity, friendship, young love and sexual awakening. In this coming-of-age play, the lives of three young people are intertwined in a powerful LGBTQIA+ story, celebrating their experiences. Yet, Marlowe’s memories resurface like waves, carrying in their depths the swallowed…
We Are All Crew
In 1965 Marshall McLuhan said ‘There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew’. In this festival of design-led performances, students from the MA Performance Design programme present original performances that explore the interconnections and interdependencies between people and environments in the context of climate crisis. Full Programme TBC Mon 06 – Fri…
Education, Education, Education
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.
Yarrow
Evelyn and Joe were the top spies in the Communist regime, but a betrayal by their lover lands them in the pits of nothing, running pointless surveillance out of a newsagents. But when their ex-lover returns decades later – now, their new boss – they have a chance to return to glory. And they will do anything to make their dreams come true.
Dead Cats
In rooms like this room people lie. Not little lies, the kinds of lies that kill people, or worse…
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2-4-1 – LUU Open Theatre
Following on from the success of last year’s “Swipe Right” LUU Open Theatre Society bring you not one, but two shows back to back. The cast are given a concept, a piece of text and this year, the numbers 2-4-1.
Boys – LUU Theatre Group
The Class of 2011 are about to graduate, and Benny, Mack, Timp and Cam are due out of their flat tomorrow morning; five bedrooms, five chairs, four boys – and one hell of a party.
Treading Water – Manic Chord
Manic Chord return to stage@leeds with their new work, exploring everyday sexism and the world of elite swimming through their own distinctive physical and visual style.
Striking Dilemmas – The Melting Shop
30 years ago the Miners’ Strike divided this nation…
Three plays, each one telling a different story, of ordinary people caught up in the momentous political events of 1984 -1985.
Feast – Clout
The evolution of mankind’s relationship with food through the triptych of a daily routine: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
‘A smorgasbord of carnal horrors. Left me unable to look at a melon the same way again’ ★★★★ Everything Theatre
Superfunadventuretimes – Mouths of Lions
Chloe, Georgia, Louise and Rimi have been reading fantasy novels… and watching fantasy films… and getting into Dungeons and Dragons.
Featuring death-defying battle scenes and excellent dancing, SUPERFUNADVENTURETIMES is a new show about friendship and fantasy.
In The Middle With You – Hagit Yakira
Hagit Yakira’s sophisticated and intimate work explores the varying dynamics of human relationships. She plays and shapes fiction and reality seamlessly shifting drama and humour through well-constructed structures.
Ham & Passion – Denada Dance Theatre
“Daring, audacious, sublimely and riotously funny” The Stage
Carlos Pons Guerra has choreographed an evening of seductive, provocative and alluring contemporary dance theatre that perverts the senses. Kitschy, filmic and darkly hilarious, it promises to be a gender‐bending night of luscious entertainment.
21,000 Miles of Rail – Hannah Butterfield
It isn’t a show about one person or one story or one, one-way ticket. It’s a season pass taking you on a number
of routes, through a number of stations, following a number of people making their way… somewhere.
Ruby’s Voyage
Ruby’s Voyage brings us a tale of love and loss, combining music, laughter and drama to explore how one person’s final voyage, can be the catalyst in a new adventure.