The Latest Breaking News from Leeds Playhouse

Ex-EastEnders actor Josephine Melville dies backstage after play

Actor had been appearing in a production of Nine Night at Nottingham Playhouse

The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2022

Josephine Melville: Former EastEnders actress dies backstage after play

Josephine Melville who appeared previously in EastEnders has died after performing in a play in Nottingham.

Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2022

Former Eastenders actor dies after taking ill backstage during performance

Josephine Melville sadly passed away after appearing in a production of Nine Night at Nottingham Playhouse

Irish Mirror · Oct 22, 2022

Orpheus in the Record Shop review: The ultimate Leeds tragicomedy with beat-box and an orchestra

MC Testament's musical one-man show has been co-produced by Leeds Playhouse and Opera North

Leeds Live · Oct 15, 2022

Nine Night review – worlds collide at a wake to remember

Amanda Huxtable directs the regional premiere of Natasha Gordon’s multigenerational play filled with conflict and grief

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2022

Leeds Playhouse nominated for five gongs at the UK Theatre Awards 2022

Leeds Playhouse has received the most nominations of any venue in the running for an award in the competition

Leeds Live · Sep 29, 2022

The Importance of Being Earnest review – knockabout fun with Wilde’s genteel wit

Denzel Westley-Sanderson’s staging of the high-society comedy adds a welcome dose of playfulness amid the cucumber sandwiches

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2022

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Musical heading to Bristol Hippodrome - how to book tickets

The story of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka will be in the city next year

Bristol Post · Jun 24, 2022

David Oluwale blue plaques displayed all over Leeds as city unites with strong message to racists

The city is fighting back after the original plaque dedicated to David was stolen and a replacement was vandalised

Leeds Live · May 7, 2022

Divina de Campo: ‘I’m constantly referred to as madam, even with a shaved head’

The ‘Drag Race UK’ finalist can be seen licking faces and riding car bonnets in a new staging of cult musical ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’. They talk to Isobel Lewis about gender, problematic characters, and educating a generation whose knowledge of queer history starts and ends with RuPaul

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022