JUNE AT LEEDS HERITAGE THEATRES

Summer is off to a scorching start with our sizzling line-up at Leeds Heritage Theatres.

Warm your heart with the smash-hit Legally Blonde: The Musical or escape to a Greek island paradise with MAMMA MIA! at Leeds Grand Theatre.

Over at City Varieties Music Hall, enjoy the hottest comedians, musicians and variety acts shows, and support fresh local talent as Leeds Actors in Training presents their summer show, Medea.

Hailed by Variety as ‘One to Watch’, McNally has been keeping herself busy by ruining men’s lives (and her own), and now she’s back; still single, still unfertilised, and laden with irreverent, ridiculous and hilarious war stories.

Star of The Celebrity Traitors, Taskmaster and Ted Lasso, Nick Mohammed returns as his critically acclaimed alter-ego Mr. Swallow in the ‘deliriously enjoyable’ (★★★★★ Guardian) Show Pony.

The iconic international West End and Broadway smash-hit musical comedy Legally Blonde: The Musical is back in fashion with a huge new production starring Amber Davies (Strictly Come Dancing finalist, Pretty Woman, 9 to 5 The Musical) as Elle!

The all-star Austentatious cast will improvise a hilarious new Jane Austen novel, inspired entirely by a title from the audience. Performed in period costume with live musical accompaniment, it’s a riotous, razor-sharp show where swooning is guaranteed.

Join us for MAMMA MIA! and enjoy the ultimate feel-good factor at the world’s sunniest and most exhilarating smash-hit musical in Leeds for two weeks only!

One of the standout stars of the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup and a lynchpin of the victorious Red Roses, Ellie Kildunne delivers her inspirational memoir tracing her battles for acceptance and development into an elite sportswoman.

Two of the most engaging and inventive acts on the English folk scene return with their hotly anticipated next alchemic collaboration: an essential incantation to the summertime.

The only full charanga orchestra in the UK (a band line-up of flute, violins, cello, piano, bass, timbales drums, congas, güiro and singers). For this special performance, the band will rework Serge Gainsbourg’s Latin music from the 1950s and early 1960s alongside their new original material and Cuban charanga classics from both Havana and New York.

Jah Makin’ it Happen depicts the Morgan family’s journey from Jamaica to the UK during the Windrush era. Told through the vibrant sounds of reggae, the musical portrays the family’s challenges, resilience, and eventual triumphs as they adapt to British life.

Leeds Actors in Training (LAIT) presents a brand new, ensemble-led adaptation of Medea, exploring the complex feminist questions at the heart of Euripides’ brutal tragedy through bold storytelling, inventive theatricality and an original score.

Part of Leeds’ independent jazz and experimental music scene, Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band has paved its way with relentless enthusiasm and punk ethos, earning it a reputation for explosive live performances that drag big band music into the 21st century and beyond.

Jay & Joss are the award-winning illusionists who stunned the judges on Britain’s Got Talent. Now they’re back with a mind-bending new show – a chance to sit back and leave real life behind!

Graffiti Classics is a comedy string quartet that never sits down, bursting the perceived elitist boundaries of traditional classical music with their hilarious all-singing, all-dancing musical comedy show.