Last night, after 18 long months, I headed back to Leeds Grand Theatre. I was beyond excited – not only because I was heading back to one of my favourite places but because I was seeing one of my favourite comedy companies – Mischief. I spent a lot of my teens enthralled by the dark … Read more
“Dear diary, did you hear?” after 16 long months live theatre is back and once again we will be pootling along to Leeds Grand Theatre to review the upcoming delights. The award-winning Heathers The Musical will launch its touring production at Leeds Grand Theatre from Thursday 5 to Saturday 14 August 2021 before spreading corn … Read more
Last night we took a family trip to Leeds City Varieties to watch the legendary Rock n’ Roll Panto. This year’s offering of Red Riding Hood was not only going to be a fun evening out, it was also Seth’s (5) first ever panto trip….OH YES IT WAS! The City Varieties is a Leeds Institution, … Read more
Summer days will soon be over, soonly autumn starts, and tonight our memories whisper softly in our hearts. On Monday 5th August, Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage, did the Mambo into Leeds Grand Theatre for the final dates of the 2018/19 tour and I, for one, could not wait to head down … Read more
Summer sun – somethin’ begun… And that something is Grease at Leeds Grand Theatre! Following a highly acclaimed sold-out eight-week run at Curve Theatre in Leicester, Grease is now running at Leeds until July 20th. Produced by Colin Ingram, directed by Nikolai Foster, choreographed by Strictly Come Dancing’s Arlene Phillips and starring Peter Andre and Ore … Read more
Although this year marks 50 years since Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat left the pens of Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Tim Rice, I am young enough to be of the 90s, Jason Donovan era of the show. After dinner on a Sunday we would wash up while singing along to the soundtrack and we even … Read more
The last time I attended the theatre with my mum, I was assured that we were going to watch a ‘heart-warming’ show – an adaptation of a film my family like to watch at Christmas. The show was Goodnight Mister Tom and it was harrowing. When I told my mum that Blood Brothers was coming … Read more
Next week we are embarking on a mini cruise to Bruges, what better way to prepare than hopping aboard the SS Italian Castle at Leeds Grand Theatre for a peek at Rough Crossing? Having not seen Rough Crossing before but being intrigued by the synopsis, we really wanted to like this show. The six-handed cast … Read more
Last night my buddy Hannah and I trotted off to the Grand Theatre Leeds to watch the stage adaptation of one of the most acclaimed Yorkshire, nay British films – The Full Monty. It may have been 22 years since the film was originally released but it has only been a couple of years since … Read more
Shrek the Musical at the Leeds Grand Theatre – You may have picked up from previous posts that we are very much a House of Mouse family with regards our film watching proclivities – the joys of kids who, given the chance, would take the remote control to bed/ the bathroom; and whose love of … Read more