LEEDS GRAND THEATRE IN 2016
(Basically there’s loads on!)
There’s a heady mix of comedy, drama, dance, music and musical theatre at Leeds Grand this year. With big names including Pixie Lott taking the role made iconic by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s,Alexandra Burke in The Bodyguard, Strictly’s Pasha, Paddy McGuinness, Sean Lock, Ray Mears, Jodie Prenger, Derren Brown, Jane McDonald and many more.
Big Musicals include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cats, Guys & Dolls, The Commitmentsand Blood Brothers.
Booking details: leedsgrandtheatre.com / 0844 848 2700
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UNTIL 27TH FEBRUARY
OPERA NORTH
present
ANDREA CHENIER
COSI FAN TUTTE
L’ELISIR D’AMORE
Visit operanorth.co.uk for further details
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SUNDAY 28TH FEBRUARY 2016
PADDY MCGUINNESS
Star of ITV’s Take Me Out returns to his performing roots with his brand new show Daddy McGuinness.
Tickets: £28 – £38
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THURSDAY 3RD TO SATURDAY 12TH MARCH 2016
NORTHERN BALLET PRESENT
SWAN LAKE
A treasured classic reimagined; a timeless ballet for a modern audience.
Haunted by the tragic death of his brother, and confused by his feelings towards his two best friends, Anthony looks to the water for answers – in whatever form they take.
Tickets: £10 to 347.50
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TUESDAY 22ND TO SATURDAY 26TH MARCH
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
X Factor winner Joe McElderry stars in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sparkling family musical. Retelling the Biblical story of Joseph, his eleven brothers and the coat of many colours, this magical musical is full of unforgettable songs including Any Dream Will Do.
Tickets: £19 to £33.50
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Monday 28th March to Saturday 2nd April
BLOOD BROTHERS
The legendary Blood Brothers tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, we parted at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks only to meet again with fateful consequences.
Tickets: £22.50 to £38
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SUNDAY 3RD APRIL
RAY MEARS – TALES OF ENDURANCE
Monday 4th to Saturday 9th April
In this heart-stirring presentation audiences can expect to be shocked, amazed and inspired to succeed by the stories of our fellow human beings and the incredible circumstances they have overcome.
Through carefully selected stories Ray Mears explores all of these topics and more providing an insight to what makes a survivor.
Tickets: £16 to £22
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MONDAY 4TH TO SATURDAY 9TH APRIL
PIXIE LOTT STARS IN
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S
Truman Capote’s classic tale of Holly Golightly is being given a new lease of life as a stage play with music in this sophisticated production starring the multi award-winning Pixie Lott as Holly.
Tickets: £18.50 – £37
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TUESDAY 12th – SATURDAY 16th April
ALAN BENNETT’S SINGLE SPIES
Alan Bennett’s comedy masterpiece – a double bill – explores Russian spies and royalty, chronicling the lives of two members of the notorious ‘Cambridge Five’ spy ring in the 1950s, Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt. With forgery, fraud and hilarious blunders Single Spies gives us a glimpse into a life full of espionage, secret identities and even an interrogation by the Queen.
Tickets: £19.50 – £35
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SUNDAY 17TH APRIL
SOLID SILVER 60S SHOW
Peter Noone, Dave Berry and very special guest from USA, Brian Hyland get together in Leeds with as well as Solid Silver 60s favourites New Amen Corner and special guests The Merseybeats.
Tickets: £34
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TUESDAY 19TH TO FRIDAY 22ND APRIL
RIVERDANCE
With two decades of global success since the show first burst into the public’s heart at the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin in 1994, this is a chance for UK audiences to reconnect with what the Irish Times described as ‘the original… the best’.
Tickets: £34.50 – £48.00
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SUNDAY 24TH APRIL
SEAN LOCK – KEEP IT LIGHT
Every three years the comedian Sean Lock writes and tours a new stand-up show. Come and see what he’s blithering on about this time.
Tickets: £27
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TUESDAY 26TH APRIL
PASHA KOVALEV
IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU
After his successful UK Tour Life Through Dance, the winner of Strictly Come Dancing 2014 brings his new and exciting dance spectacular to Leeds. From Ballroom to Latin audiences can expect a high energy production fabulous music and wonderful costumes; great entertainment for the whole family.
Tickets: £31
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WEDNESDAY 27TH APRIL
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER AND DON BLACK’S
TELL ME ON A SUNDAY
STARRING JODIE PRENGER
Following her acclaimed performance in Calamity Jane, Jodie Prenger steps into this classical musical charting the romantic misadventures of an English girl in New York during the heady days of the 1980s. Featuring an original score including Unexpected Song and the chart-topping Take That Look Off Your Face. The show includes a post-show chat with Jodie.
Tickets: £23 – £30.50
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SATURDAY 30TH APRIL
RUSSELL WATSON
2015 was a phenomenal year for Russell with a sell-out UK tour, special guest performances at US national Memoria Day in Washington DC, the Caracalla Unicef Concert in Rome and BBC Proms in the Park, the UK’s best-selling classical crossover artist returns to the stage with a stunning collection of best-loved songs.
Tickets £25 – £49
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TUESDAY 3RD TO SATURDAY 7TH MAY
FLAVIA CACACE AND VINCENT SIMONE IN
THE LAST TANGO
The Strictly superstars prepare to dance in their final ever show. Twenty years of dancing together has seen them become Strictly Come Dancing favourites, World Dance title-holders and create and star in their own West End productions – but now it’s time for the nation’s best-loved Argentine Tango Champions to say goodbye with this brand new performance.
Tickets £21.50 to £39
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TUESDAY 10TH TO SATURDAY 21ST MAY 2016
ALEXANDRA BURKE STARS IN
THE BODYGUARD
The award-winning musical, based on the blockbuster film, is heading to Leeds. Starring three-time Brit-nominee and X-Factor winner, Alexandra Burke as Rachel Marron (played by Whitney Houston in the 1992 film). Featuring a host of Whitney Houston’s greatest hits including Saving All My Love, I Wanna Dance With Somebody and, one of the greatest hit songs of all time, I Will Always Love You.
Tickets: £24 – £52.50
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TUESDAY 24TH TO SATURDAY 28TH MAY
GUYS AND DOLLS
The sizzling New York tale of gamblers, gangsters and nightclub singers makes for a glorious evening featuring some of Broadway’s greatest show-stopping tunes including Luck be a Lady and My Time of Day.
Tickets: £23 – £49.50
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MONDAY 30TH MAY TO SATURDAY 4TH JUNE
DERREN BROWN
MIRACLE
Back by popular demand the acknowledged master of psychological illusion returns to Leeds with his most provocative show yet. Derren Brown delivers an evening of mind-altering genius as extraordinary events unfold live on stage.
Tickets: £42.50 & £44
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MONDAY 20TH JUNE TO SATURDAY 2ND JULY
CATS
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking 2015 Olivier award-nominated musical Cats comes to Leeds direct from its sell-out seasons at the London Palladium. A blend of fantasy, drama and romance, Cats is a magical musical.
Tickets: £23 – £47.50
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MONDAY 22ND TO SATURDAY 27TH AUGUST
SISTER ACT
The habits have hit the road again! A brand new production directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood this feel-amazing musical comedy is based on the smash hit movie starring Whoopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith.
Tickets: £22.50 – £44
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SUNDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER
JANE MACDONALD
Jane presents an exciting, emotionally charged evening of music and laughter. Featuring many of Jane’s best loved songs and hits from her incredible career, including some of her own compositions. Together with her musicians and backing singers Jane this is the ultimate feel-good show.
Tickets £37.50
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MONDAY 5TH TO SATURDAY 10TH DECEMBER
THE COMMITMENTS
The Commitments is the story of Jimmy Rabbitte, a young working class music fan, who shapes an unlikely bunch of amateur musicians and friends into the finest soul band Dublin has ever produced.
The Commitments musical has been adapted from the novel by Booker prize winning author Roddy Doyle himself and is directed by award-winning Jamie Lloyd.
Tickets: £25 – £49.50
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