Summer 2022 - What's On

SUMMER 2022

Booking Tickets can be booked 24 hours a day online at thelbt.org, or by phone and at the box office on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays 10am - 5pm. Phone lines are also open Tuesdays and Thursdays 12pm - 2pm.

Box office is open 90 minutes before the show.

Booking line: 01484 430528

Getting Here We are located on Queen Street in Huddersfield Town Centre (HD1 2SP).

Parking: Visit the Kirklees Council website for the most up-to-date parking information.

All information is correct at time of printing. Please visit thelbt.org for the most up-to-date information.

Visiting We’ll continue to make sure we’re totally in line with government guidance at all times, so things might change (again!) but for now…

Please wear a mask if it makes you feel more comfortable.

Additional cleaning of all touch points.

Hand sanitising stations for you to clean your hands.

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Summer is finally here and with it we celebrate a brilliant start to 2022 which has seen us consistently stage exceptional live shows inside our stunning venue.

We can’t thank you enough for supporting us over the last few years and coming back in record numbers.

We’d love you to visit us during the daytime as we open a brand-new exhibition this June called The Day the World Came to Huddersfield. 41 years ago a big moment happened for our town, London Pride came to the north for the first and only time to rally with us for equal rights. We’re hosting an exhibition celebrating those who were there on the day and members of the LGBTQ community now. It will sit alongside our longstanding exhibition of The Half by Simon Annand, which features famous actors moments before they take to the stage.

This June we’re co-producing an original show alongside Lawrence Batley Theatre’s own Storytellers ThickSkin Theatre. From the same team

as the five-star reviewed How Not To Drown back in 2019, Blood Harmony tells the tale of three sisters who are lost in a moment of time and how they work to build back the bonds of their family.

Featuring the music of The Staves, this original production is co-directed by the National Theatre’s Jess Williams and Frantic Assembly’s Jonnie Riordan. Be the first to see this phenomenal show at home, before it goes on tour.

Summer in the Courtyard is back, join us for outdoor shows and chilled afternoons listening to live music with your friends. If you’ve ever been curious about what it’s like behind the scenes, join us on a backstage tour, led by one of our team of experts you’ll get to hear all the secrets of our space as well as the history of our phenomenal building.

Beside these highlights, there is plenty more to see!

We look forward to welcoming you soon.

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Qweerdog Theatre

Absolute Certainty?

National Dance Company Wales

DANCE

takeover the Lawrence Batley Theatre!

Fri 29 April Main House 7.30pm Tickets £14

HHHH North West End

In an environment where no-one is safe to talk about feelings, let alone sexuality, it’s easy to misread the signs.

One drunken night, a line is crossed; but by who? What actually happened? Nobody wants to talk.

One Another

Watch Dance Class

Wed 4 May SPOKEN WORD & TALKS

Attic Stories Last Mon of every month Attic Theatre 7.30pm Tickets Pay as you Feel Calling all word lovers! The monthly night of words returns. Hosted by award-winning poet Rose Condo, each month features a special guest performer sharing poetry and stories.

Want to take part? Open mic spots are available – sign up on the night!

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Wed 4 May 1pm

Main House 7.30pm Tickets from £10

Ludo by Caroline Finn

A trio of dance that takes you from a wild fantasy playground to a Welsh mining community in one night.

Rediscover the delights of childhood by swapping your day job for the dressing-up box and escaping into a wild playground of imagination.

Codi by Anthony Matsena

Wild Thoughts by Andrea Costanzo Martini

A powerful story built on the foundations of Welsh mining tales and told through dance, poetry and song.

Fearless dance full of wit that reintroduces us to the stage as a place to gather, express ourselves and celebrate One Another.

Discover Dance Thu 5 May Main House 1pm Tickets £7

Try some dance from your seat and ask questions before watching the professionals in action in this fun and relaxed performance. All welcome, ideal for young people aged between 7 and 11.

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FAMILY

Twirlywoos Live!

Fri 6 May Main House 2pm & 4.30pm Tickets from £14 Join Great BigHoo, Toodloo, Chickedy, Chick and their friends as they discover the wonderful world around us!

Brought to life on stage with beautifully inventive puppetry, Twirlywoos Live! is an enchanting introduction to theatre for all ages.

HHHH ‘A lovely show for all little children to enjoy.’

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Top Secret – The Magic of Science Sat 7 May

Sat 30 April Sat 14 May Sat 4 June Sat 30 July 11am Tickets £15 Step into the limelight in our special backstage theatre tour and take in the stories of our historic building along with a behind-the-scenes sneak peek, all guided by one of our expert team.

After your tour you’ll be treated to delicious refreshments in our Courtyard Café-Bar.

Eurovision Party

CABARET & VARIETY

Sat 14 May

Main House 2pm

Main House 8pm

Tickets from £12

Free Entry

Fusing the mystery of magic with wondrous and miraculous feats of science in this colourful, fast-moving show filled with mystery, suspense, and lots of mess!

Good evening Europe, this is Huddersfield calling! Join us for camp, cocktails and key changes as we celebrate the madcap night of music that is the Eurovision Song Contest.

We’ll be streaming the final live from our big screen with themed cocktails, fancy dress (prizes for the best outfits) and loads more fun.

Top Secret will inspire and educate every young budding magician and scientist, as well as providing fun and exciting entertainment for all the family.

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Backstage Tour

TOURS

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Bent Architect

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Full English Thu 19 May Main House 7.30pm Tickets £14 Using first hand stories, Full English charts Natalie’s journey as she pieces together the fragments of her own mixed race identity through understanding the courage of her Nan - a reggae-loving Bradford lass whose man of her dreams just happened to be from Pakistan.

Because, let’s face it, who is full English anyway?

Mikron Theatre Company Sat 21 May Main House Red Sky At Night - 3pm Raising Agents - 7pm

Young Company

Tickets from £15

Raising Agents

Red Sky At Night

Bunnington WI is a bit down-at-heel. Dwindling membership means they can barely afford the hall, let alone a decent speaker. So when a PR guru becomes a member, the women are glad of new blood. Initially.

Hayley’s sunny, beloved dad was the nation’s favourite weatherman. He could make a typhoon sound like a tickle. Hayley is now following in his footsteps, but when the pressure drops and dark clouds gather, Hayley is melting faster than a lonely snowflake. She’s seen the future’s forecast, but will anyone listen?

Above all else, like the WI itself, Raising Agents is a story of friendship.

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Running year round, our Young Company offers young people aged 6 –17 weekly workshops to help develop their performance and creative skills.

Each half-term our passionate Young Company leaders focus on a specific theatre-related theme building up to an informal sharing for parents, carers, family and friends. Previous sessions have seen the young people work towards creating their very own murder mystery play, radio play and pantomime.

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The Day the World Came to Huddersfield Sat 2 – Sun 3 July Cellar Theatre 7.30pm - Sat | 2.30pm - Sun Tickets £10 Written by Stephen M Hornby, Abi Hynes, Peter ScottPresland and Hayden Sugden On 4 July 1981, thousands marched through the streets of Huddersfield. They came from all over the UK for the first national Pride. This new production marks the anniversary with a series of monologues by awardwinning and local playwrights based on the people who attended and the events of the day. Relive the moment when the world came to Huddersfield.

MUSIC

Soul Street Productions

The History of Soul Fri 24 June Main House 7.30pm Tickets from £23.50 A celebration of Soul music through the decades!

Featuring artists such as Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and The Temptations and many more.

Experience this iconic music brought back to life by an exceptional nine-piece band consisting of some of the finest musicians and performers from around the world.

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★★★★★

★★★★★

“truly stunning”

“poetically powerful”

The Scotsman on How Not To Drown

The Times on Chalk Farm

Commissioned and produced by ThickSkin and Lawrence Batley Theatre, in co-production with Watford Palace Theatre and Wales Millennium Centre

Created by Matthew Bulgo, Jonnie Riordan and Jess Williams With original music by The Staves

A powerful new play that will make you want to hold your family closer.

Tue 28 June – Sat 2 July Main House 7.30pm 2pm - Wed Matinee Tickets from £10 12

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Award-winning theatre company, ThickSkin makes a thrilling return to the stage with this highly visual and musically charged production. Made by the company behind the five star show How Not To Drown, including co-Director, Jonnie Riordan (Nigel Slater’s Toast). Three sisters are pulled back together when their mother passes away. When it feels like your world had come to a stop, how do you find a way to keep moving forward?

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CABARET & VARIETY

FAMILY

Le Gateau Chocolat and Jonny Woo

Now That’s What We Call Musicals!

Thu 14 July Main House 7.30pm Tickets from £10 Dubbed the “Ebony and Ivory of drag” – Olivier award-winning star of La Clique and La Soiree, Le Gateau Chocolat, and the Queen of London’s Alternative Drag scene, Jonny Woo, are here to party like you’ve never seen before!

A melting pot of musical theatre, karaoke, comedy, vaudeville, variety, sing-along, dress-up madness, and signature assholery.

Get ready to be dragged through a catalogue of Gateau & Woo’s favourite musical hits, from Gypsy to Grease, Little Mermaid to The Sound of Music – no musical is safe.

Dinosaur World Live Fri 22 – Sun 24 July Main House 4.30pm - Fri 11am & 2pm - Sat & Sun

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Tickets from £15

Dare to experience the dangers and delights of Dinosaur World Live in this roarsome interactive show for all the family.

Grab your compass and join our intrepid explorer across uncharted territories to discover a pre-historic world of astonishing (and remarkably life-like) dinosaurs. Meet a host of impressive creatures, including every child’s favourite flesh-eating giant, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, a Triceratops, Giraffatitan, Microraptor and Segnosaurus!

Don’t miss this entertaining and mind-expanding jurassic adventure, live on stage.

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SHOWS IN THE COURTYARD THIS SUMMER: Three Inch Fools

THE GUNPOWDER PLOT 7pm

Wed 3 August

Tickets from £12

Cue an explosive evening of short fuses and tall tales, as five actors try to pull off the most infamous conspiracy in history.

HHHHH “The ultimate British theatrical experience”

Hastings Independent Press

Slapstick Picnic

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Tue 9 August 3pm & 7pm Tickets from £12 Prepare to witness the entirety of Oscar Wilde’s classic play of manners, affairs and handbags being performed by just two rather dashing entertainers.

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TWELFTH NIGHT

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COVERED SEATING

Thu 1 September

GREAT DRINKS DEALS

3pm & 7pm

LIVE MUSIC

Tickets from £12

*CAN'T BE GUARANTEED

OUTDOOR

Join The HandleBards for this bicycle-powered, laugh-out-loud production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night!

SUN*

OPEN MOST

FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS CHECK OUT: THELBT.ORG FOR MORE DETAILS AND OPENING HOURS

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Make a day of it...

In the Gallery: Open every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10am – 5pm and for shows

FREE ENTRY

The Half

by Simon Annand Three decades of actors preparing for the stage.

35 years photographing 35 minutes.

The Day the World Came to Huddersfield

by Ajamu X

Courtyard Café-Bar Open every Wednesday and Saturday 12pm – 5pm and open for shows

Join us for a special backstage tour taking finest localbuilding beers and froma Magic Rock and delicious in Serving the storiesthe of our historic local coffee from Dark Woods, look behind-the-scenes guided by oneand of lots more too, we’ve got choice for all tastes. Also why not enjoy a sweet treat ourplenty expertof team.

while you’re here too?

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Opening on Sat 4 June 41 years ago the first Pride march outside of London happened in our town. This specially commissioned exhibition by internationally acclaimed fine art photographer Ajamu X celebrates this. See the collection of portraits of those who marched the streets that day alongside members of today’s LGBTQ+ community in Huddersfield, seeing the past alongside the present.

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Under 30s

Sun 4 September We’re throwing open our doors for you all to come and have a look in. See what we do, get involved in a workshop, have a nosy around backstage or watch a performance.

This is our big showcase of everything we do, if you’ve ever been curious about us, this is your chance to try us out.

Free Entry

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Main House Seating Plan

Schedule

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We wouldn’t be here without our incredible funders.

Thank you so much for your continued support!

Attic Stories

Mon 25

Absolute Certainty

Fri 29

Stewart Lee – Snowflake/Tornado

Sat 30 (SOLD OUT)

Backstage Tour

Sat 30

M AY

One Another

Wed 4

Discover Dance

Thu 5

Twirlywoos Live!

Fri 6

Top Secret - The Magic of Science

Sat 7

Count Arthur Strong - And This is Me!

Thu 12

Backstage Tour

Sat 14

Eurovision Party

Sat 14

Flo & Joan - Sweet Release

Wed 18

Full English

Thu 19

Comedy Cellar

Thu 19

Red Sky at Night

Sat 21

Raising Agents

Sat 21

Carl Hutchinson

Sat 28

Let’s Got to the Movies

Fri 27 – Sun 12

Mark Thomas - Hit Refresh

Mon 30

Attic Stories

Mon 30

JUNE

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Backstage Tour

Sat 4

Patrick Kielty - Borderline

Thu 16

The History of Soul

Fri 24

Attic Stories

Mon 27

Blood Harmony

Tue 28 - Sat 2

Comedy Cellar

Thu 30

J U LY

The Day the World Came to Huddersfield

Sat 2 - Sun 3

Now That's What We Call Musicals!

Thu 14

Comedy Cellar

Thu 14

Dinosaur World Live

Fri 22 - Sun 24

Attic Stories

Mon 25

Backstage Tour

Sat 30

AUGUST

The Gunpowder Plot

Wed 3

The Importance of Being Earnest

Tue 9

SEPTEMBER

Twelfth Night

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