Leeds Heritage Theatres presents our new season of work: Rage & Reinvention, exploring the unrest and upheaval of the late seventies and early eighties,
and celebrating the creativity that grew from it.

 

Audience from behind taken from the balcony of Leeds Grand Theatre.

Press

Welcome to Leeds Heritage Theatres’ press room, where you can contact our Communications team, access press releases, syndicated interviews and images, and read our latest news.

General information

Contact us

Our working hours are Monday – Friday, 9.30am – 6pm.

For press enquiries about our company, Leeds Grand Theatre and City Varieties Music Hall contact press@leedsheritagetheatres.com

For press enquiries about Hyde Park Picture House click here or contact ollie@hpph.co.uk

City Varieties auditorium seats in the close up

Press tickets

A limited number of press tickets are available for most shows at Leeds Grand Theatre.

Priority will be given to members of the press who work regularly with our team to promote our three venues and shows, and write timely reviews.

Availability is at the discretion of our press team and external promoter.

The antique Waterford crystal chandelier in the Leeds Grand Theatre auditorium.

Filming/photography/images

Filming and photography are strictly prohibited unless by prior arrangement. Credit must be given where a name is provided.

  • Images of shows at The Grand can be accessed via the links below.
  • Images of shows at The Varieties are available on request.
  • Images of our venues can be accessed HERE.
  • Our brand logos can be accessed HERE.

News, Views and Stories

Keep up to date with the latest news, views and stories from Leeds Heritage Theatres by reading our blog.

Find out more
Leeds 2023 Year of Culture logo in black and white against a blue background

360-degree virtual tours

Click on the links below to see inside The Grand and The Varieties.

360-degree virtual tour of Leeds Grand Theatre

360-degree virtual tour of City Varieties

*360-degree virtual tours were commissioned by Leeds 2023 as part of the Year of Culture.

Press releases, syndicated interviews and images

Shirtless man leaning forward holding a microphone with the cord wrapped round his neck. Three people appear behind him, two are reaching for him. They are against an orange backdropped, framed by a circular lighting rig. Text reads: The global phenomenon returns. Bat Out Of Hell. The Award-Winning Hit Musical. Featuring Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf's Greatest Hits.

Bat Out Of Hell

Mon 21 – Sat 26 April 2025

Press releases and images

 

A group of four people tightly pressed together with a young man and woman in the middle looking at each other and then two other young women at the sides. Other people in the background appear dancing and one is holding a cello. Text reads Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical.

Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical

Wed 7 – Sat 10 May 2025

Press releases and images

Four men hanging out the back of a white van, one holding a bucket and a goose is on the concrete floor just in front of the bucket. One man is hanging out the front right door. Text reads the title of the show, National Theatre, 'The acclaimed adaptation of the BAFTA Award-wining TV series direct from the West End' and a five-star review from The Guardian. Includes logos for Liverpool's Royal Court and Bill Kenwright.

Alan Bleasdale’s Boys From The Blackstuff

Tue 13 – Sat 17 May 2025

Press releases and images

Johannes Radebe dressed in the classic black suit and thigh-high red boots Kinky Boots look with Dan Partridge crouched in a beige trench coat, black jumper and jeans behind him. They're on a wooden stage with some old fashioned stage lighting behind them. Text reads Fall head over heels for this all new production. Kinky Boots The Musical. Book by Harvey Fierstein. Music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper.

Kinky Boots

Tue 20 – Sat 24 May 2025

Press releases and images

A group of people in period dress on and next to the bottom of a staircase holding various more modern items such as a microphone and red solo cups as well as instruments such as a banjo, a piano and a trumpet also appearing. Confetti is falling from the ceiling. Text reads Pride and Prejudice* (*Sort Of) by Isobel McArthur after Jane Austen. The 'and' is a treble clef to step in as an ampersand.

Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of)

Mon 26  – Sat 31 May 2025

Press releases and images

 

Jason Donavan laughing wearing a black tshirt. Text reads: Starring Jason Donavan as the iconic Fran-N-Furter. The legendary rock'n'roll musical Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show. A guaranteed party.

Rocky Horror Show

Mon 2 – Sat 7 June 2025

Press releases and images

Illustration of the back of a person with long hair's head. Their hair is pinned back and up with a pen. Text reads Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Adapted by Anne-Marie Casey.

Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women

Tue 10 – Sat 14 June 2025

Press releases and images

The back of the Queen with a hand dropping a tape measure dropped down the back of her right shoulder. Text reads By Royal Appointment by Daisy Goodwin. Directed by Dominic Dromgoole. Anne Reid. Caroline Quentin.

By Royal Appointment

Tue 24 – Sat 28 June 2025

Press releases and images

Laura Whitmore is shown looking at her own reflection. On the right there is the title,

The Girl on the Train

Tue 1 – Sat 5 July 2025

Press releases and images

SIX logo and the six queens singing

SIX

Tue 8 July – Sat 12 July 2025

Press releases and images

Image of Derren Brown's head looking stern, half of which looks like it is being scanned and has a grid. Text reads: Derren Brown Only Human Live.

Derren Brown: Only Human

Tue 22 – Sat 26 July 2025

Press releases and images

Silhouette of someone in a bowler hat playing a fiddle against some clouds. Text reads Fiddler On The Roof.

Fiddler On The Roof

Tue 29 July – Sat 2 August 2025

Press releases and images

Dark promotional image for War Horse of cave-like drawings of a figure riding a horse in white chalk on a black surface. Text reads The acclaimed National Theatre production. War Horse. Based on the beloved novel by Michael Morpurgo. Adapted by Nick Stafford. In association with the award-winning Handspring Puppet Company.

War Horse

Tue 19 August – Sat 6 September 2025

Press releases and images

Ballerina leaping into the air conjuring up a spell with his hands as sparks fly all around the background. Text reads: Northern Ballet: Merlin. A ballet by Drew McOnie. Music by Grant Olding.

Northern Ballet’s Merlin

Sat 13 – Sat 20 September 2025

Northern Ballet’s press page

A small figure in a waistcoat stood in the centre of a giant England flag with their back to the camera with their hands in their pockets. Text reads The smash-hit National Theatre production Dear England. A new play by James Graham, directed by Rupert Goold, set design by Es Devlin. Includes a five star review from WhatsOnStage stating 'the beautiful game in a beautiful play'.

Dear England

Tue 4 – Sat 8 November 2025

Press releases and images

A performer from The Book of Mormon poses mid-air behind a title reading 'The Mormons are back'

The Book of Mormon

Tue 11 – Sat 29 November 2025

Press releases and images

A bright orange desert with sand dunes with a genie lamp in the foreground that has sparkles coming out of its spout. Text written against a night sky reads: Leeds Heritage Theatres presents Aladdin: The Rock 'n' Roll Panto.

Aladdin: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Panto

Fri 28 November 2025 – Sun 11 January 2026

Press releases and images

Three silhouette figures, two grown adults with a child holding hands between them, walking off into the sunset with a black feathery-marker pen shape above them. Text reads: Michael Harrison in association with Cameron Mackintosh presents Boublil & Schonberg's Miss Saigon. The legend reborn.

Miss Saigon

Tue 2 – Sat 13 December 2025

Press releases and images

Northern Ballet's Nutcracker poster with the Mouse Kind and Sugar Plum Fairy dancing together

Northern Ballet’s The Nutcracker

Thu 18 December 2025 – Sun 4 January 2026

Northern Ballet’s press page

Image of a scene in the Fawlty Towers hotel of a man on the floor and the rest of the cast looking exasperated around him looking at another man with a clip board. The image includes two five star reviews, 'Fawltless' from the Mail On Sunday. Text reads: John Cleese's Fawlty Towers The Play. The sold out West End smash-hit comedy.

John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers: The Play

Tue 6 – Sat 10 January 2026

Press releases and images

Image of someone in a red jacket playing the guitar. Text reads: The multi award-winning hit musical Sunny afternoon. The Kinks. All on a yellow background.

Sunny Afternoon

Tue 24 – Sat 28 February 2026

Press releases and images

A ballerina in black with a cane and a top hat with another ballerina in pink on pointe with an arched back. Text reads: Northern Ballet. Gentleman Jack. A ballet by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Music by Claire Cowan.

Northern Ballet’s Gentleman Jack

Sat 7 March – Sat 14 March 2026

Northern Ballet’s press page

Image of Tina Turner with a rainbow tinge to the image. Tina is smiling wide in a gold fringe dress. Text reads Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. Presented in association with Tina Turner.

TINA: The Tina Turner Musical

Tue 17 March – Sat 4 April 2026

Press releases and images

Promotional image for Here & Now: The Steps Musical featuring the title and the tag line A Brand New Musical. Other text reads The record-breaking hit new musical. Based on the songs of Steps. Book by Shaun Kitchener and Directed by Rachel Kavanaugh. The background is a supermarket aisle and in the foreground image is a selection of fruit.

Here & Now

Tue 5 – Sun 10 May 2026

Press releases and images