Leeds Inspired Award for Red Ladder
Red Ladder are delighted to announce that they have received £13,000 funding from Leeds Inspired for the production of a new community play, Leeds Lads, to commemorate the one hundred years since Leeds citizens fought at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The play will look at how the families of four Leeds lads from different backgrounds, white working-class, east-European Jewish, Afro-Caribbean and Asian, were affected by the Battle of the Somme, its aftermath and its legacy – and how their stories have intertwined over the past 100 years. Red Ladder will again be working with Leeds born writer and journalist Anthony Clavane and Nick Stimson, who both worked with us on our previous community project Promised Land.
This will give opportunities for local people to participate in a professionally produced piece of theatre performing over ten days at the Carriageworks Theatre in Millennium Square, Leeds.
The production will feature a community cast of up to 40 people with a live band and we are hoping to hold auditions for Leeds Lads across the city in the New Year.
Please keep an eye on our website for further details.
Main image (L-R) Jude Abbott, Kyla Goodey, Lisa Howard, Phill Jupitus as George Lightfeather, and Boff Whalley in Big Society!
A Music Hall Comedy by Red Ladder and Chumbawamba Photo by Tim Smith.