A Play, A Pie
& A Pint launched this
September with Richard Cameron’s Schoolboy/Lover. Feedback was very
positive for the whole experience – a decent bite to eat, a drink and good
bit of drama all for a tenner. AND you’re out by 7pm – time to get home
before kids’ bedtime/go paint the town red depending on your age and
lifestyle!!
The next two shows
coming up are Bag Lady
by Marcia Layne 19 October – 2 November and Playing The Joker
by Anthony Clavane 19-23 November. Book now on 0113 213 7700.
My Generation by Alice Nutter opens on 5 October.
I’m hugely excited having seen this grow from an idea to a full all singing
all dancing production. We are offering a Question and Answer session with
Alice Nutter on how she became a writer and her advice to emerging writers
now. It will be Tuesday 8 October 6-7pm and it is free. We are also
offering to writers attending the workshop a special offer of one £12
ticket for the performance on Tuesday 8 October only. Book both via the box
office on 0113 213 7286.
Watch a video
interview with Alice and Harry Hamer about My Generation here
Playing with Words
Seven Arts 24 Oct
5.30 - 6.30pm
An insight into
the writing processes and work of Hannah Silva, writer and director of 'The
Disappearance of Sadie Jones'.
How are
non-Aristotelian plays structured? What happens to character when you're
writing a dream world or a world with no characters in it at all? How can
working with a dramaturg support a play's development? What does producing your
own work entail?
A session for
writers, theatre makers and those interested in alternative ways of writing
and producing plays.
A practical
workshop for those wanting to explore the power and musicality of language
in non-naturalistic plays and performance. We will work with voice and
text, rooted in the physicality of the performer and use simple exercises
to reveal layers of meaning behind the words. The workshop is appropriate
for writers, actors, performers and directors of all levels of
experience.
Workshop is FREE
with a ticket to see the performance. Book your ticket here
or pay on the day. To book a place on the workshop email Milan.govedarica@gmail.com
The
Disappearance of Sadie Jones is performing 23-24 Oct: Seven Arts, Leeds
'This brave and powerful play confirms
Hannah Silva as a truly original voice.' * * * * Exeunt magazine - read
the review
Sadie Jones wants
to disappear. She walks a tightrope between reality and imagination; a
chaos of words and silence. Sadie leads her lover and her sister into the
strange landscape of her unconscious where speech sounds like music, buying
apples is a lesson in absurdism and she see words etched into her own
skeleton.
The Disappearance
of Sadie Jones is a unique blend of language, image and physicality,
inspired by the ideas of August Strindberg and companies such as Frantic
Assembly.
‘Silva uses
techniques like cut-up and collage, sound poetry and physical theatre to
create something that’s unique but nods to older forms like shamanism,
pre-religious ceremonies, Dadaism and the kind of games that children play
with language.’ BBC Radio 3, The Verb
Previews
and Preparations at the Playhouse
It's previews and
preparations at the Playhouse this week, as the highly anticipated Sweeney
Todd bursts onto the Quarry stage and My Generation makes the move from the
rehearsal room to the Courtyard Theatre. What's more, it's Light Night on
Friday, so keep an eye out for weird, wonderful and thrilling theatre at West
Yorkshire Playhouse and all around our city.
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Sweeney Todd
The Demon Barber
of Fleet Street
Now - 26 October
7.30pm, plus matinees
Suitable for 12+
The Demon Barber
has opened his doors for business, if you haven't already booked get going
because tickets are selling like hot cakes, or should it be hot pies?!
'Attend the tale of
Sweeney Todd...'
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My
Generation
5 -
26 October 7.45pm, plus matinees
Set to an
explosive mash-up of the best pop from across four decades My
Generation has its world premier right here on the Courtyard stage
from 5 - 26 October.
'A serious play
that's full of laughs and music and passion'
Alice Nutter,
writer of My Generation
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Sweeney Todd Musical
Theatre Project
for ages 13 - 19
Cost: £15 for 3 day
project, plus backstage tour and theatre trip
Aged 13 - 19 and
interested in making theatre? First Floor's Sweeney Todd Project is
your chance to create your own Musical Theatre piece inspired by
our spine-chilling production of Sweeney Todd. Come and see the
show, have a backstage tour and then make your own musical in three days!
Saturday 5
October: 11am – 4pm (Backstage tour & matinee theatre trip.)
Saturday 12, 19
& 26 October, 10am – 4pm
Call Box Office to
book a place.
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