West Yorkshire Playhouse Announces Final Spring/Summer Season Before Redevelopment, Including THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN

West Yorkshire Playhouse's Spring/Summer 2018 Season presents vital world class theatre, showcasing innovative new work, thrilling drama and uplifting stories of Leeds and the world. The theatre recently announced its upcoming season which includes The world premiere stage adaptation of The Girl on the Train.

The full season includes:

• A pioneering festival of theatre and dementia, Every Third Minute including a brand new stage adaptation of the best-selling novel Still Alice
• The launch of two major UK tours, with political drama This House and foot-stomping musical Sunshine on Leith
• Thrilling new productions of the modern classic Our Country's Good, and world premiere stage adaptation of hit novel The Girl on the Train
• The return of The Damned United; community celebration Searching for the Heart of Leeds; and Alan Bennett's classic Talking Heads
• Christmas 2018 production announced as Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
• West Yorkshire Playhouse co-productions travel the globe, with Barber Shop Chronicles touring to Australia and New Zealand, and Strictly Ballroom The Musical opening in London's West End

West Yorkshire Playhouse Artistic Director James Brining said:

"Our Spring/Summer 2018 Season will fill the Playhouse with vibrant and eclectic work both of epic and intimate scale. I want the work on our stages to continue to interrogate where we are in the world, UK and in the city we reside; questioning what it means to be human, what you call home, and where you lay your roots - from the joyful celebration of Sunshine on Leith to the quiet reflection of Still Alice.

Our creative work is made up of three component parts - the performance programme on our stages, our award-winning creative outreach activities with diverse communities, and our Furnace artistic development programme which supports new and emerging theatre makers to develop their practice. These three components are all interconnected and equally important to us - without the others each component would not have the strength and vitality that they do. Together they provide our audiences, artists and participants with a plethora of opportunities to get involved with the Playhouse.

Our upcoming redevelopment in 2018 is an exciting new chapter in the Playhouse's history, providing us with the opportunity to further increase our contribution to the ever-growing and rich cultural scene this city has to offer. This is a ground-breaking moment which will transform the building and the organisation, improved access to and around the theatres, and the addition of a new Studio Theatre space in the Bramall Rock Void and providing a new city-facing entrance. As the redevelopment work begins, we will temporarily transform one of our workshop spaces here on the Playhouse site into a substantial 350-seat theatre. A full and varied programme of work will run throughout Autumn 2018 and Spring 2019 - creating a unique opportunity to experience the Playhouse as you've never seen it before. As part of that programme I am delighted to announce A Christmas Carol for Christmas 2018."

For full information about all of the upcoming productions, visit https://www.wyp.org.uk/latest_news/west-yorkshire-playhouse-announces-final-springsummer-2018-season-embarking-major-redevelopment/.

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