Production Archive

Leeds Arts Centre has been producing four or five plays a year at the Carriageworks – and before that at the Leeds Civic Theatre – since 1945. This area of the site contains details of those productions, along with many photographs, programmes, publicity materials, set and costume designs.

If you’re looking for details of current productions, please see our What’s On listing.

Productions from 2020 to 2025

October Scratch Nights

by Various • directed by Various

October 2025 • The Carriageworks Studio

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Daisy Pulls It Off

by Denise Deegan • directed by Zoë Freedman

June 2025 • The Carriageworks Studio

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The Maids

by Jean Genet, translated by Bernard Frechtman • directed by Francesca Butler

May 2025 • The Carriageworks Studio

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Hangmen

by Martin McDonagh • directed by Spike Marshall

February – March 2025 • The Carriageworks Main Space

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Ghost Stories for Christmas

by Various Authors • directed by Spike Marshall

December 2024 • Chapel FM

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Comedy Night

by Various Authors • directed by Spike Marshall

October 2024 • The Carriageworks Studio

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Stake Out

by Simon Brett • directed by Camilla Asher

October 2024 • The Carriageworks Studio

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Death in Character

by Stuart Ardern • directed by Camilla Asher

October 2024 • The Carriageworks Studio

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

by William Shakespeare • directed by Ben Hopwood

July 2024 • The Carriageworks Main Space

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Escaped Alone

by Caryl Churchill • directed by Rachel Vernelle

May 2024 • The Carriageworks Studio

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Rope

by Patrick Hamilton • directed by Spike Marshall

November 2023 • The Carriageworks Studio

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The Moonstone

by Wilkie Collins, adapted by Robert Kauzlaric • directed by Laurie Toczek

July 2023 • The Carriageworks Main Space

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Chicken Soup

by Kieran Knowles and Ray Castleton • directed by Zoë Freedman

May 2023 • The Carriageworks Studio

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Scarborough

by Fiona Evans • directed by Enya Lucas

March 2023 • The Carriageworks Studio

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The Father

by Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton • directed by Rich Francis

May 2022 • The Carriageworks Main Space

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Dinner

by Moira Buffini • directed by Camilla Asher

February 2022 • The Carriageworks Studio

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Now and Then

by David Campton • directed by Pam Wilson

October 2021 • The Carriageworks Studio

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Is There Anybody There?

by Neil Rathmell • directed by Camilla Asher

October 2021 • The Carriageworks Studio

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Little Women

by Peter Clapham, adapted from the novel by Louisa May Alcott • directed by Zoë Freedman

February 2020 • The Carriageworks Main Space

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