By Liz Coggins on September 24, 2019
Past Events

Leeds Playhouse will reopen this October following a major redevelopment that will enable the city’s pioneering theatre to be fully accessible to everyone for the first time. Open to the public from 3 October, the Playhouse is inviting audiences, artists and participants back to the building for a celebratory Open Weekend, Friday 11 – Sunday […]
By Liz Coggins on September 24, 2019
Past Events

Northern Ballet have teamed up again with CinemaLive to screen their critically acclaimed, scary ballet production of ‘DRACULA’ at cinemas in and around Leeds on Halloween, October 31st at 7.15pm. The show will be broadcast LIVE to cinema audiences from Leeds Playhouse where Northern Ballet will be performing the show onstage. It’s guaranteed to be […]
By Liz Coggins on September 23, 2019
Food & Drink

With its cosmopolitan black and white décor, marble floors and skilfully choreographed tables its hard to imagine you are in the middle of the city’s shopping hub. In fact if you close your eyes and take in the ambience of Prezzo around you could well be dining in some stylish bistro somewhere in Italy rather […]
By Liz Coggins on September 23, 2019
Past Events

The first opera in the new season by Opera North The Greek Passion by […]
By Liz Coggins on September 23, 2019
Past Events

Award-winning Yorkshire poet Andrew McMillan has written his first stage play which is set to premiere at Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax and will go to Huddersfield, Doncaster and Barnsley. Dorian is a re-telling of Oscar Wilde’s classic The Picture of Dorian Gray and is presented by Huddersfield’s Proper Job Theatre Company; it is […]
By Liz Coggins on September 20, 2019
Past Events

With songs by award winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, Kinky Boots takes you from the factory floor to the glamorous catwalks of Milan. Charlie Page is struggling to live up to his father’s expectations and continue the family business of Price and Son. With the show factory’s future hanging in the balance, help arrives in […]
By Liz Coggins on September 20, 2019
Past Events

Coming to St George’s Hall on Friday 11th October is a must for all Cher fans’ Experience the ultimate tribute to Cher complete with dazzling costumes changes and outstanding musicianship. In this spectacular production Believe – The Cher Songbook there are spectacular production numbers including I Got You Babe, Gypsys, If I Could Turn Back […]
By Liz Coggins on September 20, 2019
Past Events

Victoria Leeds will be hosting its highly anticipated Shopping Affair event on Thursday, 3rd October from 5pm until 8pm. The event will give shoppers in Leeds the opportunity to immerse themselves in the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas and the chance to indulge in some retail therapy to shop for the upcoming party season […]
By Liz Coggins on September 11, 2019
Theatre

From West End Classics to Hot Historical Hits they are all coming to The Grand Theatre at Leeds next year. CABARET Tue 3 – Sat 7 March Bill Kenwright presents the multi-award winning production of Kander and Ebb’s landmark musical, Cabaret, starring John Partridge (Celebrity MasterChef 2018, EastEnders, A Chorus Line, Chicago, La Cage Aux Folles) as Emcee, Kara Lily Hayworth (Cilla The […]
By Liz Coggins on September 10, 2019
Past Events

As a very young journalist I was dispatched to Edinburgh to cover some cultural event and when I got to my hotel I couldn’t get near as The Bay City Rollers were staying there! I remember having to convince security who I was and why I was there until eventually when I produced my press […]