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Rescheduled Performance Andy Zaltzman.
If you have not been contacted, please reach out to Box Office at 0113 243 0808.
ALT Andy Zaltzman: The Zaltgeist at City Varieties on Fri 24 January 2025, has been postponed until Tue 11 March 2025 due to Andy's travel plans from another venue to Leeds being disrupted due to a red weather warning.
All bookers have been contacted via email (check junk/spam) with details of the postponement and further options.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
A notice for bookers of today's performances of Jack and the Beanstalk: The Rock 'n' Roll Panto.
ALT Sadly, due to the heavy snow, we have had to make the difficult decision to cancel today’s performances of Jack and the Beanstalk at 1pm and 6pm. All bookers will be contacted via email (check junk/spam) with details of refund options.
We kindly ask that you refrain from contacting us.
We apologise to everyone due to attend this performance for the short notice – it is heartbreaking for you, and us - but please know that the safety and wellbeing of our audiences, staff, and Company members must be our priority.
We are hopeful that all other performances will continue as scheduled and will update bookers with news as soon as we have it.
Thank you for your ongoing support and understanding.
New shows are on sale now! 🎭
⭐ Andrew Newton 📆 22 Mar 2025
⭐ David Cross 📆 23 Apr 2025
⭐ Martha Wainwright 📆 1 Jun 2025
⭐ Myra DuBois 📆 12 Sep 2025
⭐ The Horne Section 📆 22 Oct 2025
⭐ Count Arthur Strong 📆 9 Nov 2025
⭐ James B Partridge 📆 11 Nov 2025
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A rock 'n' roll decree! 🔔
Don't miss your chance to grab a seat for this year's panto, Jack and the Beanstalk, starting THIS MONTH! 🌱
29 Nov 2024 - 12 Jan 2025 👉 loom.ly/T5pJrTA
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Andrew Newton is joining us for his 399th show since he started here in 1982! 🤯
In ONE WEEK, see world-famous hypnotist Andrew Newton return with his hilarious one-man show - it's a long-standing hit! 🌟
16 Nov 2024 👉 loom.ly/DoXyycA
ALT Andrew Newton hypnotises an audience member. Behind, a title reads 399th show
Emma Sidi is Sue Gray in ONE WEEK! 🎤
Emma Sidi is an acclaimed character comedian. And now she’s Sue Gray. But who is Sue Gray? Well, she’s [REDACTED]. 🤫
15 Nov 2024 👉 loom.ly/0hVDp7U
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Rock 'n' Roll Panto is OFFICIALLY underway in the rehearsal room! 🌟
Our cast of actor-musicians are singing up a storm preparing for this year's tall tale. Oh, no they're not. Oh, yes they are! 🌱
29 Nov 2024 – 12 Jan 2025 👉 loom.ly/T5pJrTA
ALT A wooden signpost in a forest where an image on paper is pinned, showing three performers acting in a rehearsal room. The image is labelled 'First week in rehearsal'. The logo for Jack and the Beanstalk: The Rock 'n' Roll Panto sits in the bottom left corner of the image
Crooners take the stage in ONE WEEK! 🌟
The show pays homage to some of the greatest Crooners of all time, with an injection of Britishness featuring humour, tap dance, and some quintessential songs from Sinatra, Martin and more! 🎼
14 Nov 2024 👉 loom.ly/EZGEUJY
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NEXT WEEK, Henry Rowley jumps from your screen to our stage! 📱
Join this Gen-Z internet guy for fast-paced stand-up and character sketch comedy featuring some familiar faces... 🤫
12 Nov 2024 👉 loom.ly/SewVaDU
ALT Henry Rowley against a dark green background with a straight face and lots of tiny images of his face in his hair.
Now on sale for priority members! 🎭
📽️ Macbeth (Screening) 📆 9 Mar 2025
🎤 Joel Dommett 📆 26 Apr 2025
Find out more! 👉 loom.ly/1iJKKog
With general sale to follow Fri 8 Nov 2024, grab a membership to secure your seats ahead of the crowds. 👉 loom.ly/2ikdgkY
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David O'Doherty, the disheveled prince of €10 eBay keyboards, is coming to Leeds to make you feel alive with a new pageant of laughter, song and occasionally getting up from a chair. It’s gonna be a big one. 🎼
Limited availability. 2 Feb 2025 👉 loom.ly/YSNSPho
ALT David O'Doherty stood in a long grass wearing a green and beige jacket with a keyboard.
Alex Mitchell is coming to Leeds! Reflecting on society’s perception of queer, disabled, and neurodiverse communities, as well as his own perception of himself, Mitchell creates a heartwarming, emotional but always hilarious show. 🎭
1 Feb 2025 👉 loom.ly/8Ta1Jqo
ALT Alex Mitchell smiling, wearing glasses in a green Bojack Horseman sweatshirt where a man with a horse's head is riding a horse with a human head. Alex is stood against a pink background.
Don't miss Jenny Éclair! 🎭
Still gigging to sell-out crowds 40 years on, Jenny invites you to look at what she can remember before she forgets everything. Warning: poetry, animal impressions and nursery rhymes may feature 🤭
31 Jan 2025 👉 loom.ly/jATl3AY
ALT Jenny Eclair with her arms crossed wearing a pink and orange shirt and her signature black glasses against an orange background.
Hailed as the UK’s most successful country act, twin sisters Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas are bringing their double act to our stage! 🌟
30 Jan 2025 👉 loom.ly/qjBfWVk
ALT Lizzy and Catherine Ward Thomas sat next to each other on wooden garden chairs on a beach.
Julia Fordham takes the stage in ONE WEEK! 🌟
Performing an array of her classic songs including Happy Ever After, Where Does The Time Go, Porcelain and Manhattan Skyline alongside songs from her forthcoming album. 🎼
9 Nov 2024 👉 loom.ly/CfTHUDI
ALT Julia Fordham on stage singing into a microphone in a black dress with a black sequin pattern on it.
The Motown Gospel Choir return in ONE WEEK! 🎼
The show is expertly curated and narrated by Rachel taking the audience on a history of the biggest Motown classics with an amazing gospel choir! 🌟
8 Nov 2024 👉 loom.ly/vgBMl38
ALT The Motown Gospel Choir on stage at City Varieties Music Hall accompanied by their logo.
NEXT WEEK, we have Grace Campbell! 🌟
This show is Grace’s hilarious and heartfelt tribute to the people who stick by you, no matter what. Whether you’re the Grace in your friendship or not, this is a show you don’t want to miss! 🎭
7 Nov 2024 👉 loom.ly/fbjSU3I
ALT Grace Campbell poses with dogs in front of a pink background.
Oysterband arrive NEXT WEEK! 🎼
From their earliest days as a noisy, politicised ceilidh band in the late 70s, Oysterband has never stopped evolving or providing the soundtrack to the changing times. 🌟
6 Nov 2024 👉 loom.ly/Pzt3kgI
ALT The six members of Oysterband wearing black on the top against a plain black background.