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Our collection of theatre listings in Leeds taking place in venues and spaces across the city. 

As well as performances in theatres and concert halls you might also discover plays in the pub, shows in pop-up spaces, musicals in community centres, drama in the library and productions in the park.

Take a look and see what's out there.
 

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Mon 7 Sep 2026 - Sat 12 Sep 2026
Operation Mincemeat
Leeds Grand Theatre
Theatre Performance
Two actors portraying Johnny Cash and June Carter stand in profile as they share a microphone. The are in golden light in front of a lyrics sheet, and framed by a large vinyl record.
Tue 15 Sep 2026 - Sat 19 Sep 2026
The Ballad of Johnny and June
Leeds Grand Theatre
Music Theatre
Jack Rooke lies in a coffin-shaped basket full of sweets and biscuits, holding a cola bottle with a label reading 'Dad', surrounded by red material.
Wed 16 Sep 2026
Jack Rooke's Good Grief
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy Theatre
Jan Hunt in The Magnificent Music Hall show, wearing a bright red dress with dangly jewellery, performing on stage.
Sat 19 Sep 2026
The Magnificent Music Hall
City Varieties Music Hall
Leeds 400 Music Theatre
Adam Garcia balances on a chair at a bar, wearing a vest and jeans, looking at another dancer who poses alongside him. A green smoke emits from the corner of the bar.
Sun 20 Sep 2026
Adam Garcia's Emerald Storm
Leeds Grand Theatre
Dance Dance (Li) Theatre
In the stone doorway of a manor house, a group of people in coloured suits and dresses with comically mad expressions each hold a cartoonish weapon towards the camera, including a mallet, dynamite, candlestick and shovel.
Tue 22 Sep 2026 - Wed 23 Sep 2026
Murder, She Didn't Write
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy Theatre
Stood at a prop balcony, an actress in period costume rests her head in her hands and looks off-camera. In front of her, another actor is sat on the floor in a red tunic and boots, drinking from a bottle of gin beside an empty bottle and discarded dagger.
Tue 29 Sep 2026
Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: Romeo & Juliet
City Varieties Music Hall
Comedy Theatre
Lemn Sissay sits on a wooden chair, smiling and resting his head on his hand, wearing a yellow jacket in front of a paper-textured illustration of a yellow sun.
Wed 30 Sep 2026
Lemn Sissay: Let the Light Pour In LIVE
City Varieties Music Hall
Spoken Word Talk Theatre
A young woman stands, her shadow is her as a paladin
Wed 14 Oct 2026 - Sat 17 Oct 2026
She Kills Monsters
Carriageworks Theatre
Theatre
Vonda Shepard lightly tips the brim of her black hat, from a candid camera angle.
Thu 15 Oct 2026
Vonda Shepard
City Varieties Music Hall
Gigs Music Theatre
Dr Richard Shepherd stands with arms crossed, holding a scalpel and wearing blue scrubs in a clinical setting. A shadowy clock is visible in the background.
Sun 18 Oct 2026
Dr. Richard Shepherd: Time of Death - More Unnatural Causes
City Varieties Music Hall
Theatre Talk
A man in a pork pie hat and polka dot waistcoat creates large bubbles on-stage in a festival tent, as children and families reach out in the audience.
Sun 25 Oct 2026
The Giant Bubble Show
City Varieties Music Hall
Family Friendly Theatre