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A stained glass window depicting a police man on the left looking over his shoulder, on the other side a female vicar looking and young woman in the middle with her arms closed dressed to clean. Looking up at the window is the small silhouette of a man

Extended Deadline for ‘Sanctuary’ Actor Call Out for…

We have extended the deadline for the roles of Alland and Kamran in our brand new...

A young man in spectacles and a suit smiling

Having a laugh for the first time in…

Hi, my Name is Theo Madden. I’m Currently studying sports journalism at Leeds Trinity University. As...

Two women wrapped in a duvet on a stage with a punk band behind them as if watching television in a wood

Dead Girls Rising – Echoes of Eumenides: Punk,…

Where do you start when you are asked to write a piece on a show that...

A stained glass window depicting a police man on the left looking over his shoulder, on the other side a female vicar looking and young woman in the middle with her arms closed dressed to clean. Looking up at the window is the small silhouette of a man

Actor Call Out – Sanctuary – Deadline 20.05.24

There are five roles to fill for our brand new musical Sanctuary directed by Cheryl Martin and...

A stained glass window depicting a police man on the left looking over his shoulder, on the other side a female vicar looking and young woman in the middle with her arms closed dressed to clean. Looking up at the window is the small silhouette of a man

Sanctuary – a powerful and moving new Red…

We’re excited to announce Artistic Director Cheryl Martin’s first Red Ladder production since taking the helm...

Our beaming Alice in a bright pink coat and glasses holding placards. One has "What did you think of the show?" written on in marker. The others have audience feedback like, "Fantastic performances" and "Don't underestimate the women" written on.

Our Creative Producer & Programmer, Alice, on what…

On any given evening, just as it’s dropping dark, you’ll often find me sitting on a...

Three pairs of women's lower halves in 80s fashion carrying a placard and megaphone. What We're Not Going Back audiences said. The Unite the Union and Red Ladder logos on placards pushed up in the bottom

We were blown away by this audience feedback

Three women dressed in 80s clothes holding hands raised in the air in protest.

We’re Not Going Back trailer

Three women stood in front of a banner reading the daughters of mother Jones

Artistic Director, Cheryl Martin on sisterhood and celebrating…

Our show We’re Not Going Back, is about a family of three sisters involved in Women...

A smiling Karen Reay with shoulder length blonde hair

Unite the Union’s Karen Reay on why We’re…

Ten years ago, Unite North East Yorkshire and the Humber region commissioned Red Ladder Theatre Company...

Four women dressed in aprons that each read Souper Woman looking over a fence of a back to back in the 80s.

‘Souper Woman’ Betty Cook

Writer Boff Whalley didn’t want ‘We’re Not Going Back’ to be the men’s story of the...

Our Charlie stood holding his dogeared hardback book United By The Struggle by Anne and Betty

Charlie, ‘Honorary Member’ of Women Against Pit Closures

In the mid 80s, whilst the miners’ strike was the focal point of my community, I...