Red Ladder Theatre Company, Leeds
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Leeds-based national touring theatre company. We give a platform to the voices that are rarely heard and stories that are overlooked, often working-class. redladder.co.uk
Buzzing for this new partnership with our friends in East Yorkshire. TWO NEW PLAYS - Whoop! #theatre #northern #yorkshire redladder.co.uk/pushing-thea...
Pushing theatrical boundaries with Silent Uproar - Red Ladder Theatre Company
We are beyond buzzing to announce a new partnership with our friends from East Yorkshire, boundary-pushing theatre company Silent Uproar. With a shared
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We're looking for a Finance Officer to cover maternity leave - could that be you? Have a strong understanding of financial processes within charities and support our commitments to accessibility, equity, and good governance? We want to hear from you. 🔗 Apply by 30 March: bit.ly/4rDxjtb
🍅 misery munches: a crip community anti-cookbook for when eating and cooking is hard - now available for pre-order! A love letter to disabled communities, featuring recipes and artwork from around the globe. Launching in London on Friday 20 March, at The Common Press bookshop. 🔗 bit.ly/3vVUdok
Can you believe Red Ladder Local has been entertaining audiences for ten whole years? To celebrate, we're showcasing some of the brilliant venues and amazing people who work with us on the circuit; we could not do it without them! First up #Castleford www.redladder.co.uk/celebrating-...
Celebrating 10 years of Red Ladder Local champions - Queen's Mill, Castleford - Red Ladder Theatre Company
Queen’s Mill (formerly known as Allinson’s Mill) sits on the banks of the River Aire in Castleford, and in its heyday was thought to be the largest stone grinding mill in the world. Now run by Castlef...
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This new play explores the working class roots of Theatre Workshop in Salford and Manchester. If you can, please listen and share! #Salford #Manchester @groomb.bsky.social @wcmlibrary.bsky.social @storiesalt.bsky.social @redladder.bsky.social #Salford100 #podcasts
Leeds-based companies Red Ladder and Wrongsemble collaborate on two Christmas shows, A Proper Merry Christmess and A Town Called Christmas @redladder.bsky.social #wrongsemble #Christmas www.theatrereviewsnorth.com/post/a-prope...
A proper merry Christmess in a town called Christmas
Leeds-based companies Red Ladder and Wrongsemble collaborate on two Christmas shows, A Proper Merry Christmess and A Town Called Christmas
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Do you know of the fantabulous Bay Bryan? 👇 www.redladder.co.uk/my-songs-are...
“My songs are story-driven, and my music is a blend of genres – it’s a kind of Frankenstein pop or theatrical pop!” – Bay Bryan - Red Ladder Theatre Company
Bay Bryan is a Manchester-based singer-songwriter and multidisciplinary artist who grew up in Colorado in the US. His work is a blend of music and theatre and his debut solo album, The Meadow, came ou...
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🎭 Are you studying acting? 🎭 Or have you recently graduated? 🎭 Need some reassurance? 🎭 Or just want a success story? Roo Arwen is making her professional debut this week. Read about her experience so far! #theatre #training #actor www.redladder.co.uk/you-cant-liv...
"You can’t live a full life without the arts...Even if you go and see something and you don’t like it, at least you’ve experienced it." Roo Arwen - actor, singer, musician. - Red Ladder Theatre Compan...
Originally from Yorkshire, Roo Arwen, 22, is a Manchester-based actor, singer, and musician, and a recent graduate of The Arden School of Theatre. Roo is making her professional theatre debut with the...
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Lillie-Rose is on placement with us from University Centre Leeds. She is brilliant! www.redladder.co.uk/one-thing-i-...
"One thing I hadn’t realised beforehand was just how much stage managers actually do!" student Lillie-Rose McCormick on her current placement with Red Ladder & Wrongsemble - Red Ladder Theatre Company
Lillie-Rose McCormick is a final year student at University Centre Leeds studying Production Arts (technical theatre and stage management). She is working with Red Ladder as assistant stage manager on...
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In one week and one day the grown-up Christmas comedy that myself and Seeta Wrightson have written for renowned @redladder.bsky.social opens in Leeds for just two nights before touring the North East and West Yorkshire! There isn't loads of chances to see it, so get on it! www.redladder.co.uk
🎄 Two festive shows, one incredible cast! @redladder.bsky.social & Wrongsemble bring A Proper Merry Christmess (16+) and A Town Called Christmas (ages 3+) to Stockton & Newcastle @gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk this December. Full details & dates 👇 www.northeasttheatreguide.co.uk/2025/11/news... 🎭✨
News: Double Bill of Festive Theatre Coming to the North East
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Theatre To Be Named In Honour Of Victoria Wood As New Musical Opens
Victoria Wood’s long-standing friendships, love of the Lake District and close connection to The Old Laundry Theatre in Bowness-on-Windermere comes full circle, as the intimate theatre is to be rename...
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🧙New on the blog, Brave Words' Chris Singleton on the rise and fall of Mary Bateman - the Yorkshire Witch - the inspiration for Mutton, coming to #RedLadderLocal this month. And why the tale of a nineteenth century 'wrongdoer' is relevant to an audience in 2025. www.redladder.co.uk/the-rise-and...
The rise and fall of Mary Bateman – aka ‘the Yorkshire Witch’ - with MUTTON writer and Brave Words' artistic director Chris Singleton - Red Ladder Theatre Company
MUTTON is a new dark comedy from Leeds-based theatre company Brave Words, exploring the life and times of Mary Bateman, aka the Yorkshire Witch, and how the desperation of ordinary folk in the early 1...
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A Proper Merry Christmess - Red Ladder Theatre Company
It’s Christmas Eve at West Yorkshire’s (almost) favourite garden centre – and the last chance for one lucky department to win the seasonal bonus. Over at the grotto, a reluctant Santa, relentlessly po...
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Leon Fleming@leonfleming.bsky.social · 9mo agoSaw the stagger through of the @redladder.bsky.social Christmas comedy #AProperMerryChristmess I've written with #SeetaWrightson today! #CherylMartin and all the cast and all the team are doing a cracking job!!!! Can't wait for us to open and share it with the world on 28 November!!! 😃
Seeing the first stagger-through of mine and #SeetaWrightsson's @redladder.bsky.social Christmas comedy #AProperMerryChristmess on Friday. I'm so excited!!! Can't wait to see what #CherylMartin and the team have done with our play!! Book here: www.redladder.co.uk
To celebrate #TrusteesWeek, we asked some of our fantastic trustees to tell us their stories & about the work they do... First up actor, theatre maker & producer @tylerwpickles.bsky.social on taking risks, following his dreams & creating opportunities for others. www.redladder.co.uk/if-we-want-t...
“If we want to see young people thriving in the arts then we need to create more opportunities for them” – Tyler Pickles - Red Ladder Theatre Company
I think I was always destined to have a career in the performing arts. As the son of a dance teacher who runs her own dance school I often ended up in her classes. So, for me, dancing and performing w...
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Very pleased that the #SupportPlaywrights playwrights flashmob is back next week and like last time, it’s national! Drop in: Friday 24th October 13h00 - 16h00 Venues across the country (see link)
More Playwrights Flashmob venues and ticket offer for (the) Woman at Park Theatre
Playwrights Flashmob is back at several venues across the country on October 24th, plus a reduced ticket offer for our subscribers for (the) Woman at Park Theatre.
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Rehearsals start Monday. Does that mean that's when Christmas starts????
Leon Fleming@leonfleming.bsky.social · 10mo agoBuzzing that my play #AProperMerryChristmess co-written with #SeetaWrightson (helped by @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social and @aliceinbarberland.bsky.social) for @redladder.bsky.social being directed by #CherylMartin goes into the rehearsal on Monday! Get your tickets here while you can! shorturl.at/xGXT0
20 Stories High are looking for new Artistic Leadership! They'll work alongside our Co-CEO/Executive Director & drive the company forward with ambitious, excellent & equitable theatre & art for culturally diverse, working-class young people & communities. www.20storieshigh.org.uk/artistic-lea...
🧱 MONUMENT🧱 A one-woman comedy drag show with rap, gherkins and revolution!✊ 1950s, Czechoslovakia. 2025, UK. Two stories, seventy years apart. Both searching for purpose. Catch it at Queen's Mill Castleford on 16th October at 6.30pm! Book here: www.redladder.co.uk/whatson/monu...
Monument - Red Ladder Theatre Company
**UPDATE: DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS SHOW WILL NOW BEGIN AT 6.30PM (NOT 7PM AS PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED)** A one-woman comedy drag show with audience participation, rap and pickled gherkins. S...
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🎭The Story Forge🎭 Join @rubbishshakes.bsky.social for a hilariously unique, all-ages theatrical adventure where you help create three brand-new myths!📖 Coming to St.Bartholomew's Church, Armley on the 18th of October!😊 Book Here: www.redladder.co.uk/whatson/stor...
📢 New on the blog: writer/performer Margot Przymierska on working as a migrant, making theatre that provokes reflection, and her newest play - Monument, a powerful theatrical piece that explores the cyclical nature of power, ideology, and human displacement www.redladder.co.uk/i-initially-...
"I initially thought it was just another migrant story" - theatre writer/performer Margot Przymierska on her latest play, Monument - Red Ladder Theatre Company
Margot Przymierska is a Polish-born performer, writer and creative producer now living in the UK. She brings Monument, a powerful theatrical piece that explores the cyclical nature of power, ideology,...
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Arts Emergency@artsemergency.bsky.social · 11mo agoWe want to match as many curious, talented, and ambitious young people as possible with mentors in 2026, but we still NEED to recruit at least 100 more volunteers in the next couple of weeks to make this possible. Apply now! 👉 www.arts-emergency.o... Applications close 29 Sep 25
Find out all about our brand new Red Ladder Local season which starts next week with brand new show Kailey. www.redladder.co.uk/new-red-ladd...
New Red Ladder Local season on sale now! - Red Ladder Theatre Company
As the weather is starting to turn a little nippy, let’s share our brand new Red Ladder Local shows to tempt you out this autumn. We know we’ve said it before but there really is something for everyon...
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Saw the original production of this play in Keighley. Fabulous! Great work from @kerrywright.bsky.social!! Go see it!
Red Ladder Theatre Company, Leeds@redladder.bsky.social · 11mo agoHave you booked your ticket for next week? St. Bart's Church, Armley, Leeds on 17th Sept at 7pm Belle Isle TMO Leeds on 18th Sept at 7pm The Cluntergate Centre Horbury, Wakefield on 20th Sept at 7pm 🎟Book now: www.redladder.co.uk/whatson/kail...
Have you booked your ticket for next week? St. Bart's Church, Armley, Leeds on 17th Sept at 7pm Belle Isle TMO Leeds on 18th Sept at 7pm The Cluntergate Centre Horbury, Wakefield on 20th Sept at 7pm 🎟Book now: www.redladder.co.uk/whatson/kail...
Kailey - Red Ladder Theatre Company
Who cares for you when your parent is in prison? Kailey’s mum’s been sent to prison, and she needs to grow up – fast. She’s just turned eighteen; first job, her own place, big nights out. This might j...
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Booked my ticket for #FamilyFirst from @rebelrootstheatre.bsky.social! Really excited to see this show realised by this team of bold young artists making stuff happen and making great work! Catch them on tour! www.rebelrootstheatre.com/general-7
Family First | Rebel Roots Theatre Company
The Merrow family's Balor Bar, cherished for its warmth, laughter and stout, is run by Malachy and Lizzie, who dream of passing it to their children. But not all of them share their vision, sparking a...
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🏴 We’re here to support bold creative visions from disabled artists in Wales thanks to support from Arts Council of Wales. We're offering two awards of up to £15k and £30k. Apply by Monday 29 September, midday: bit.ly/4muajdm
We know, it's the summer and you don't want to think about C time yet. But... Our new show, A Proper Merry #Christmess, hits the road with Wrongsemble’s A Town Called Christmas in Nov. And we're beyond excited to announce the brilliant actors performing in both... www.redladder.co.uk/cast-announc...
Cast announcement for Red Ladder and Wrongsemble’s festive theatre double bill - Red Ladder Theatre Company
We are delighted to introduce our cast for the Christmas shows we’re taking on tour across the UK later this year with our friends from Wrongsemble. Our brand-new dark comedy, A Proper Merry Christmes...
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Little reminder that I'm available to run workshops on playwrighting and aspects of playwrighting, and self-producing. Also available for dramaturgy and mentoring. My writing CV is available to view on www.leonfleming.co.uk #playwrighting #teaching #dramaturgy #Mentoring
Leon Fleming
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