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The Lawrence Batley Theatre has announced its summer season featuring Yorkshire premieres from National Dance Company Wales and a new co-production with award winning company ThickSkin. Centre stage in the Huddersfield theatre’s summer season is Blood Harmony (Tue 28 June – Sat 2 July), a powerful new play by award-winning theatre company, ThickSkin building on... Continue Reading →
Returning with a brand-new adventure for families this summer, Charlotte Holmes: TOP SECRET is an interactive theatrical experience created by theatre producers The Big Tiny in association with the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield and Lancaster’s treasured arts venue The Dukes. Unfolding over seven fun-filled days, Charlotte Holmes: TOP SECRET is packed with games, recorded... Continue Reading →
The Lawrence Batley Theatre has announced that live entertainment will return to the venue from Monday 7 June with a season of socially distanced and outdoor performances. The West-Yorkshire theatre, which is currently operating a beer garden with live outdoor music in its Courtyard space, will open its summer season with the Donmar Warehouse installation,... Continue Reading →
There have been numerous adaptations of The Importance of Being Earnest over the years, from stage and radio productions to film and television versions. But the Lawrence Batley Theatre and The Dukes’ new digital production brings Oscar Wilde’s classic bang up to date and into a world of instagram, an obsession with likes and, of... Continue Reading →
Production images have been released for the Lawrence Batley Theatre and The Dukes’ digital production of The Importance of Being Earnest. Adapted by Yasmeen Khan this brand-new adaptation brings Wilde’s classic comedy bang up to date, and into the world of the modern sitcom. The Importance of Being Earnest will be captured on location at the Lawrence Batley... Continue Reading →
The Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield has today announced its initial plans for reopening. The theatre, which is housed in a Grade II* listed building that was once the largest Wesleyan mission in the country, will open its Courtyard gates from Friday 16th April in line with the easing of Government restrictions on Monday 12... Continue Reading →
The Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, and The Dukes, Lancaster, announce the full cast and creative team for their upcoming digital co-production of The Importance of Being Earnest. Based on the play by Oscar Wilde, the production is written by writer/broadcaster Yasmeen Khan (EastEnders). The full cast is Gurjeet Singh (Ackley Bridge, Wuthering Heights) who will... Continue Reading →
As users of social media we're all on a quest for likes and new followers, or the perfect filter to hide our imperfections and make us look good to the outside world. And now the team behind the critically acclaimed murder mystery production What A Carve Up!, which streamed last autumn, have taken this idea... Continue Reading →
The Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield and The Dukes, Lancaster have today announced that they will co-produce a digital adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest. Adapted for the digital medium by Yasmeen Khan and directed by Mina Anwar, the production will transpose the original narrative of Wilde’s play to the cobbles... Continue Reading →
First look images of the upcoming digital adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray have been released today. The contemporary take on the Oscar Wilde classic brings the Faustian tale kicking and screaming into a world of Instagram, Facebook and dating apps and stars Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch) in the title role of... Continue Reading →
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