Artistic Director - Leeds Playhouse - views my own

Joined January 2013
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Terrific 1st preview of #Macbeth tonight @LeedsPlayhouse - well done @amycleach and the whole team, onstage, backstage and FOH. Great to have the theatre so busy again
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James Brining retweeted
Meetings start again at 12pm Monday 14th February @LeedsPlayhouse Everyone welcome 🧶🧶🧶
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Our spectacular #WendyAndPeterPan adventure comes to an end today. It's not all been plain sailing but it has been a truly magical journey. Thanks to the incredible cast, creatives, crew, audiences and supporters for flying with us to Neverland.💫
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Exciting opportunity alert! We’re teaming up with @crucibletheatre in association with @RampsOTM to launch 3 FREE intro courses to directing, producing & writing for deaf and disabled artists at the start of their careers. No previous experience is necessary.
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Exciting news about our Spring2022 season which we’re announcing today. Huge thanks to the brilliant @LeedsPlayhouse teams who’ve worked so hard to pull this together⬇️🎉
Our dazzling Spring/Summer 2022 season is about shared moments & reconnecting with the joy of live theatre. We’re bringing you: ⭐️small-scale gems & epic large productions ⭐️classic plays & reimagined musicals ⭐️bold new voices & celebrated masterpieces 👉bit.ly/3ocjfZK

ALT A moving gif of upcoming shows coming to Leeds Playhouse this Spring/Summer 2022 season

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"Things will come out right now / We can make it so / Someone is on your side / No one is alone" ❤️😢 In memory of Stephen #Sondheim (1930-2021), remembering two special co-productions with @LeedsPlayhouse — Into the Woods (2016) and A Little Night Music (2021). Did you join us?
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Congratulations and massive thanks to the whole #Jitney @LeedsPlayhouse team. It’s been a brilliant show; hopefully it’ll have a further life. Great to be working with @HeadlongTheatre again
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Check out our new rehearsal trailer for #WendyandPeterPan which is jam-packed with flying, sword fighting, dancing and theatrical magic. Journey with us to Neverland this Christmas 🎟️👉 bit.ly/3mAMHrm
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This fantastic company joined us in Leeds today to start work on @ellahickson’s wonderful #WendyandPeterPan
We’re off to a flying start! First day of rehearsals for #WendyandPeterPan ✔️ Now that we’ve welcomed the wonderful cast and crew of our fabulous festive adventure to #Leeds, it’s second star on the right and straight on until Christmas. Book now >> bit.ly/3DpQKMX
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Brilliant to welcome this great company to Leeds today
Casting announced for August Wilson’s classic drama JITNEY directed by @TinuCraig at Leeds Playhouse in co-production with @HeadlongTheatre Full news story here bit.ly/3C6Zbfo 🎟️bit.ly/JitneyLeeds #Jitney #Leeds #Theatre
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⬇️ great opportunity here
⭐️Exciting opportunity for up-and-coming directors!⭐️ Entries are now open for the Sir Peter Hall Director Award. The winner will direct a full-scale, fully-funded regional touring production opening here at the Playhouse in autumn 2022. Full story >> bit.ly/3kksDHv
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Beautiful production tonight of The Promise of a Garden by @OlderEnsemble - such meaningful work by so many wonderful artists on and off stage plus terrific support from @LeedsPlayhouse teams. 2 more chances to see the show tomorrow.
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We’re excited to launch our autumn season today. Great work from all the Playhouse team to put this together in difficult circumstances. Thanks to everyone who has had an input; we’re looking forward to delivering this work with so many brilliant partners
📢 Autumn Winter Season announced celebrating everything that’s joyful and inspiring about theatre as a collective live experience. ⭐️new productions ⭐️compelling dramas ⭐️exciting collaborations ⭐️magical adventures for Christmas Full story 👉 bit.ly/AW21Leeds
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Finally, #FairyPoppins is open and ready to tour neighborhoods around Leeds - 60 shows over the next 5 weeks. Brilliant work from the team onstage, backstage and everyone involved planning the tour.
✨Our magical family show – Fairy Poppins and the Naughty Winter Ghost – is visiting @aidan_leeds, @thebridgeleeds @OldFireStaLS9 next week, so why not come along and say hello. Tickets are just £3. Book here >> bit.ly/FPtour 📸 Anthony Robling
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Brilliant opportunity here⬇️
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👊🏽 Tonight on telly 11pm on #BBCFOUR my theatre show #OrpheusInTheRecordShop in on! Followed by @BBCiPlayer Expect an epic story, beatboxing, drama, laughs & a classical ensemble! 🎤💥🎻🎶 Please spread the word! 🙏🏽Thanks to @LeedsPlayhouse @Opera_North
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Great to welcome you to @LeedsPlayhouse Warda and thank you to our brilliant partners @tuttifruttiprod and @JerwoodArts
Meet Warda Abbasi – our new Resident Designer. The Bradford-based set designer model-maker is joining us for a year in a partnership role with @tuttifruttiprod, supported by @JerwoodArts. Her creative skills are off the charts – we can’t wait to start working with her!
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This is a really wonderful film performed by @LeedsPlayhouse youth group HEARTS, in association with @ChildSocVoice and excellent production by @andy_c_g and the brilliant @Studio12Leeds ⬇️
‘The world can be different. The world will be different.’ A heartfelt message of hope and resilience from our wonderful Hearts youth group. 🧡 🎥 Click the link to see their informative and uplifting short film bit.ly/HeartsFilm #potofgold
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It was great working on this with @testamentonline and fab artists and staff from @Opera_North and @LeedsPlayhouse as well as superb creative team and @SodiumFilms - look out for it on @BBCFOUR in April #BBCLightsUp
We’re delighted to reveal that Orpheus in the Record Shop, our co-pro with @Opera_North, created & performed by @testamentonline, has been filmed for #BBCLightsUp – a major broadcast season celebrating the creativity and resilience of UK theatre. Details>> bit.ly/BBCOrpheus
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