New season at Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds

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What's On / January - February 2023   Newsletter Spring/Summer Season 2023   Hi We’re starting 2023 with the award winning community arts group LIDOS who present Puss in Boots (Fri 20 - Sat 28 Jan), a family-fun pantomime that is sure to beat those January blues. It follows hot on the heels of more fantastic panto news that Aaron Steadman and Anna Phylactic  won 'Best Dames', Matthew Hargrove won 'Outstanding Dancer' and the Carriageworks Theatre won the 'Welcoming Venue' award in the 2022 Pantomime Awards for our recent Cinderella. Keep scrolling for important dates in February, including guaranteed laughs with Shoe Cake Comedy Club (Fri 3 Feb), Haunted (Fri 3 - Sat 4 Feb) for ghost story fanatics, and Banff Mountain Film Festival (Tue 14 - Wed 15 Feb) and Mark Beaumont: Faster (Sun 26 Feb) for the adventure-seekers. Pirate Bonnie (Sat 11 - Sun 12 Feb) is the perfect show for families and there’s an exciting mix of tales and talks as part of the 2023 Leeds Literature Festival (Sat 25 Feb - Sun 5 Mar). Check out the whole of our new 2023 Spring/Summer Season brochure by clicking the link below. Take Care, Carriageworks Theatre Team New Year, New Brochure!       Look Inside   What's On: January - February   Puss in Boots Fri 20 - Sat 28 Jan When the Miller dies, Jack, his adopted son, receives his inheritance along with his brother Jasper. Jack enjoys the simple things in life, so is quite pleased to find out that he has inherited his beloved cat – Puss, whilst his brother Jasper receives all the Miller’s riches. But, this feline is no ordinary cat. Good Fairy, Priscilla, gifts a magical pair of boots to Puss who sets about to change Jack’s destiny to win the Princess Esmerelda’s hand in marriage.   More Info / Book Now Shoe Cake Comedy February Fri 3 Feb The Shoe Cake Comedy Club makes a welcome return this month with their 100% raw improvisation.  Headlined by The Discount Comedy Checkout, you can expect to see TV favourites Chris Lumb, Natalie Smeaton and Phil Smith, starring alongside Eddie French, Tom King and Mandy McCarthy. Alex Hylton and a line up of fantastic stand up open the show before the improv begins.   More Info / Book Now   Haunted Fri 3 - Sat 4 Feb Two classic ghost stories adapted for stage. In The Monkey’s Paw, the White family are presented with a strange object said to be able to grant wishes, meanwhile strange tales emerge from Cabin 105 of an ill-fated passenger ship in The Upper Berth.   More Info / Book Now Pirate Bonnie Sat 11 - Sun 12 Feb Pirate Bonnie is looking for treasure - but no ordinary treasure, for she is no ordinary pirate. The treasures she seeks are the long-lost stories of swashbuckling pirates. Feel the rush of wind in the sails as Bonnie sings the songs of pirates of old.   More Info / Book Now   Banff Mountain Film Festival Tue 14 - Wed 15 Feb The Banff Mountain Film Festival joins the world’s best adventure filmmakers and explorers as they push themselves to the limits in the most remote and stunning corners of the globe.   More Info / Book Now The Light Princess Thu 23 - Fri 24 Feb A brand new opera based on the classic fairytale by George MacDonald. Cursed from birth, The Light Princess seeks to beat the spell set upon her.   More Info / Book Now   The Language of Fear Sat 25 Feb Discussing everything from the Gothic tradition to horror fiction, and the appeal of ghost stories, a panel will attempt to answer the question: why do we love being scared?    More Info / Book Now In Conversation with Catriona Ward Sat 25 Feb Catriona Ward will discuss her experiences with her breakout bestseller The Last House on Needless Street, as well as her current novel Sundial, and her life prior to the publication of her award-winning debut, Rawblood.   More Info / Book Now   Mark Beaumont - Faster Sun 26 Feb   Faster captures the wanderlust to find new disciplines of cycling and new wild places, including those closer to home.  As Mark turns 40, he reflects on a career, now building towards a level of performance and precision that allows him to continue to push boundaries.   More Info / Book Now   Coming Up: March   Football Clichés     More info Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists     More info Shoe Cake Comedy March     More info   Lemn Sissay - My Name Is Why     More info For The Many     More info Evening Conversations with Sudha Bhuchar     More info   FOLLOW US         CARRIAGEWORKS THEATRE   Carriageworks Theatre, The Electric Press, 3 Millennium Square, LS2 3AD  0113 376 0318 | boxoffice@leeds.gov.uk www.carriageworkstheatre.co.uk     Carriageworks Theatre is part of Leeds Ticket Hub, the city's cultural ticket office: Leeds Ticket Hub, Carriageworks Theatre, The Electric Press, 3 Millennium Square, Leeds, LS2 3AD.