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.
by John Godber • directed by Malcolm Brown
October 1999 • The Civic Theatre
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by Sue Townsend • directed by Tony Nelson
April 1999 • The Civic Theatre
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by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Christopher Hampton • directed by Gwyneth Hadley
January 1999 • The Civic Theatre
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by Gaston Leroux, adapted by Malcolm Brown • directed by Malcolm Brown
October 1998 • The Civic Theatre
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by Christopher Hampton, from the novel by Choderlos de Laclos • directed by Joyce King
June 1998 • The Civic Theatre
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by Terry Pratchett, adapted by Stephen Briggs • directed by Laurie Ball
March 1998 • The Civic Theatre
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by Alan Bennett • directed by Pam Wilson, Mary Nelson & Tony Nelson
January 1998 • The Civic Theatre
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by Mary Shelley, adapted by David Campton • directed by Malcolm Brown
October 1997 • The Civic Theatre
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by Noël Coward • directed by Betty Triggs
June 1997 • The Civic Theatre
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by Terry Pratchett, adapted by Stephen Briggs • directed by Laurie Ball
April 1997 • The Civic Theatre
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by Timberlake Wertenbaker • directed by Gwyneth Hadley
January – February 1997 • The Civic Theatre
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by Oliver Goldsmith • directed by Margaret Savage
October 1996 • The Civic Theatre
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by Alan Ayckbourn • directed by Jonathan Coope
June 1996 • The Civic Theatre
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by George Bernard Shaw • directed by Joyce King
April 1996 • The Civic Theatre
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by Peter Whelan • directed by Pam Wilson
January – February 1996 • The Civic Theatre
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by William Shakespeare • directed by Malcolm Brown
October 1995 • The Civic Theatre
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by Alan Ayckbourn • directed by Pam Wilson
June 1995 • The Civic Theatre
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by James Goldman • directed by Chris Ward
March – April 1995 • The Civic Theatre
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by Oscar Wilde • directed by Michael Brooksbank and Malcolm Brown
February 1995 • The Civic Theatre
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by William Shakespeare • directed by Malcolm Brown
October 1994 • The Civic Theatre
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by J. B. Priestley • directed by Gordon Carlin
June 1994 • The Civic Theatre
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by Alan Ayckbourn • directed by Joyce King
March – April 1994 • The Civic Theatre
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by David Wood • directed by Betty Triggs
December 1993 • The Civic Theatre
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by Liz Lochhead, adapted from the original by Bram Stoker • directed by Malcolm Brown
October 1993 • The Civic Theatre
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by Dario Fo • directed by Chris McAdam
June 1993 • The Civic Theatre
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by Robert Harling • directed by Joyce King and Betty Triggs
March – April 1993 • The Civic Theatre
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by John Godber • directed by David Jarrett
February 1993 • The Civic Theatre
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by David Wood • directed by Margaret Rhodes
December 1992 • The Civic Theatre
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by Joe Orton • directed by Michael Brooksbank
October 1992 • The Civic Theatre
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by Moie Charles and Barbara Toy, based on book by Agatha Christie • directed by Anne Robinson
June 1992 • The Civic Theatre
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by Alan Ayckbourn • directed by Margaret Rhodes
April 1992 • The Civic Theatre
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by Charles Dyer • directed by Jacky Ball
February 1992 • The Civic Theatre
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by David Wood • directed by Betty Triggs
December 1991 • The Civic Theatre
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by Christopher Marlowe • directed by Malcolm Brown
October 1991 • The Civic Theatre
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by Norman Robbins • directed by Margaret Rhodes
June 1991 • The Civic Theatre
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by Alan Bennett • directed by Joyce King
April 1991 • The Civic Theatre
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by Bill Naughton • directed by David Jarrett
February 1991 • The Civic Theatre
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by John Gay • directed by Malcolm Brown
December 1990 • The Civic Theatre
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by William Shakespeare • directed by Michael Brooksbank
October 1990 • The Civic Theatre
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by Ugo Betti, translated by Henry Reed • directed by Roger Cook and Gordon Carlin
June 1990 • The Civic Theatre
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by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall • directed by David Jarrett
May 1990 • The Civic Theatre
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by Bill MacIlwraith • directed by Laurie Ball
February 1990 • The Civic Theatre
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