Lynda Radley's FUTUREPROOF Begins Tonight at Carriageworks Theatre Leeds

First envisioned as a response to reality television, Lynda Radley's 2011 playFutureproof, about a down on its luck travelling freak show rolls up to Carriageworks Theatre Leeds, from today 16 - 19 September. The show's motley cast and crew are all members of local company Leeds Art Theatre.

Riley's Odditorium, a once-successful travelling freak show has fallen on hard times, avictim of society's changing tastes, seeing the once awe-inspiring bearded lady or conjoined twins less as marvels of nature than shameful aberrations. The wagon is tatty, the fairy-lights flicker and the costumes have faded. They have already eaten the horse.

Owner Robert Riley knows his travelling show must adapt or die. So he comes up with a plan to keep his family of oddities together: they need to become better, more socially acceptable, versions of themselves ...whether they want to or not.

This magical and deeply human play set out of time and place but within an oh, so familiar society obsessed by beauty and normality will be an exciting kick off to Carriageworks Theatre's autumn season.

Wednesday 16 - Saturday 19 September, 7:45pm

Tickets: £10.50 (£8.50 concession)

Tickets for all Carriageworks Theatre productions can be booked on 0113 224 3801, online through the website at www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk or in person at the City Centre Box Office, Millennium Square, Leeds, LS2 3AD.

The Carriageworks Theatre is a modern venue located in the Electric Press on Millennium Square programming a wide variety of theatre and film and events for the whole family. It is the proud home of the Leeds Civic Arts Guild, the Carriageworks Young Theatre Makers and a wide range of weekly classes open to the Leeds community.