Leeds Arts Centre is a prestigious amateur theatre group which presents a wide variety of plays at the Carriageworks Theatre on Millennium Square in Leeds.
We offer opportunities to all who are interested in becoming involved with any aspect of drama, including acting, directing, stage management, props, design, costumes, lighting, sound, publicity and front of house.
Daisy Pulls It Off
• directed by Zöe Freedman
Various Times • Wednesday 25th – Saturday 28th June 2025
The Carriageworks Studio
Daisy Meredith is the first ever scholarship girl to attend the prestigious Grangewood School for Girls.
However, the snobby girls are not going to make things easy for her, she is accused of cheating in a test and a poetry competition, made out to be a sneak and generally given a “jolly hard time”. Can our plucky heroine, supported by best friend Trixie, prove her worth whether by scoring the winning goal in the hockey final, saving her fellow pupils from certain death or finding the famous Grangewood treasure?
Set in the 1920s this is a fun, lighthearted pastiche of boarding school novels such as Malory Towers, St Trinian’s, or even Hogwarts (without the magic!)
Tickets are available from the Leeds Ticket Hub and, before performances, from the Carriageworks Box Office in the Electric Press building on Millennium Square. Please book your tickets online, or by telephoning 0113 376 0318 between 10am and 4pm, Monday to Saturday.
This amateur production of Daisy Pulls It Off is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd on behalf of Samuel French Ltd.
Get involved
Whether your interests in theatre lie on-stage or off, or even just in the audience, there are opportunities to get involved with Leeds Arts Centre.
In addition to acting roles, our members carry out all of the backstage tasks in our productions. Alongside the main productions, we also organise regular play readings, workshops and social events – and even stage the occasional ‘green room’ production just for fun.
We’re an open group with no auditions to join, and have members from a wide range of backgrounds. New members are always welcome, and you don’t need any past experience in the theatre. If you would like to meet up with us at one of our activities, contact us!
From the archives
In February 1995 we produced The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. The production, directed by Michael Brooksbank and Malcolm Brown, took place in The Civic Theatre. You can find more details – including cast, crew, photos and archive documents – in our archive.
This is just one of the plays that Leeds Arts Centre has staged in our city since the 1940s – memories of many others can also be found in our production archive.
Costume hire
Leeds Arts Centre has an extensive mens’ and womens’ wardrobe, which incudes period and character costumes, suits and evening dress, military uniforms and accessories.
All of these are all available for hire at competitive rates: check our costume hire information if you would like to know more.
The design pictured here was created for Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime in May 2007.
Production photos
The picture at the top of this page is from The Rose and Crown in April 2017.
Pictures of many of our past productions can be found in our photo gallery.
