'For you...a thousand times over...' Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family … Continue reading The Kite Runner at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
LBC Theatre Reviews
Grounded at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
“My pulse quickens. It is not a fair fight, but it quickens.” She's a hot-rod F16 fighter pilot. She's pregnant. Her career in the sky is over. Now, she sits in an air-conditioned trailer in Las Vegas flying remote-controlled drones over the Middle East. She struggles through surreal 12-hour shifts far from the battlefield, hunting … Continue reading Grounded at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
Interview with WY Playhouse Literary Director – Part 1
This is a review from March 2013. Refugee Boy is now on a national tour and is about to start a new run at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. So I thought it was an ideal time to dust this interview off!! ALEX CHISHOLM WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (LITERARY) Leeds Book Club caught up … Continue reading Interview with WY Playhouse Literary Director – Part 1
Interview with WY Playhouse Literary Director – Part 2
This is a review from March 2013. Refugee Boy is now on a national tour and is about to start a new run at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. So I thought it was an ideal time to dust this interview off!! ALEX CHISHOLM WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (LITERARY) Leeds Book Club caught up … Continue reading Interview with WY Playhouse Literary Director – Part 2
Refugee Boy at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
This is a review from March 2013. Refugee Boy is now on a national tour and is about to start a new run at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. So I thought it was an ideal time to dust this review off!! As you know, I’ve been very excited about the West Yorkshire Playhouse production of … Continue reading Refugee Boy at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
Sherlock Secrets – The game is afoot…keep up!
OUTLINE Two years after his public defeat of his arch-nemesis Professor James Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls; Sherlock Holmes is a shadow of his former self. Retreating from the world, Holmes has by now retired from detection and survives only by selling the details of his past cases to an unscrupulous journalist. However, when Mycroft Holmes is … Continue reading Sherlock Secrets – The game is afoot…keep up!
Interview with Mark Catley
Leeds Book Club is thrilled to be joined by Mark Catley - a scriptwriter for TV (such as Casualty, Eastenders and a Call the Midwife episode here and there) and the stage (Angus Thongs and Scuffer). We discuss his upcoming production at the West Yorkshire Playhouse of Sherlock Holmes - Best Kept Secret (squee!); his … Continue reading Interview with Mark Catley
Podcast – Transform 13
We at Leeds Book Club are delighted to welcome our friend and Very Talented Person @EmergentP Pauline Mayers onto out podcast. Pauline is a former dancer and choreographer who is currently working at the West Yorkshire Playhouse on the Transform 13 project - specifically working on Burmantofts Stories. Join us as we chat about upcoming projects, dance … Continue reading Podcast – Transform 13
World Book Night Prizes!
Leeds Book Club is thrilled to announce the following prizes for our World Book Night extravaganza! Waterstones have very kindly provided us with vouchers - perfect for book lovers and emerging readers alike. The Leeds branch is choka-full of enthusiastic staff members who will help you find the ideal treat! Say hi @WaterstoneLeeds Our friends at … Continue reading World Book Night Prizes!
The Count of Monte Cristo Free eBook and Harrogate Theatre details!
The Count of Monte Cristo ALEXANDRE DUMAS iTUNES THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO KINDLE THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO PROJECT GUTENBERG THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO BLURB The story of Edmund Dantes, self-styled Count … Continue reading The Count of Monte Cristo Free eBook and Harrogate Theatre details!
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