Show Ready

25/08/2026

How lovely for our Anita Adams - Artistic Director to recieve a nomination for her production of Sunday in the Park with George. ###

25/08/2026

23/08/2026

What a gorgeous afternoon! Ani A Art delivering a fun and friendly class at the wonderful Ankave coffee and cocktails. Each participant chose one of Ani's pieces to reimagine and boy o boy were the finished pieces gorgeous! Huge congratulations artists wonderful work. You all pushed your boudaries, learnt new things ansld created something to be proud of. Please do feedback how your session was and look out for the next one. X###x

21/08/2026

RATCATHCHER THE MUSICAL WORLD PREMIERE.

What can be said about such a magical week? Last Friday, after a lot of work and prep, Ratcatcher made its world premiere at the Carriageworks Theatre. This show is on a journey, after a one act workshop in January, a rewrite and additional material added through the beginning of the year to a full workshop production last week, it is our belief that this is a special piece that we are now ready to move forward.

It is an absolute honour and priveledge to be trusted with a new work. When it comes from the calabre of professionals such as Philip Henderson and Michael E. Ward, even more so.

Here, we know how to develop and test new work, how to produce, present and imagine musicals to show off potential and allow the work to shine.

How lucky we are that our Artistic Director, Anita Adams - Artistic Director, is also the Director of Leeds Youth Opera. 30 of those young people joined us for intense solo rehearsals and then the whole cast came together for a week long professional process to put on the show. To say they pulled this off would be an understatement. Their achievements are nothing short of remarkable. Such brilliant young people.

And now we move on, taking on board the audience feedback and we start to create the first professional production for next year!

Huge thanks and reepect to the fabulous Maestro Seán Gleeson to all the chaperones especially, Emma Smith, Justine Massie, Shelley Everson, Richard Edwards, Georgia Louise Dennis, Holly Smith and Janice Whitehead. Thank you Carriageworks.... together we create magic. We love you LYO and Wow Laura Cooper and Humphrey such wonderful photos thank you!

21/08/2026

Salt the musical - In concert
17th October
Victoria Hall Saltaire
2pm and 7pm

Tickets:
tinyurl.com/saltinconcert

A brand new musical about the life and times of Titus Salt who built Saltaire.

There is so much going on behind the scenes right now prepping for Salt the musical in concert, performed in the heart of Saltaire on 17th October.

We have an amazing cast lined up for you who will work with our outstanding creative team to bring this brand new musical theatre show to life.

Tickets are limited for this special one day only event. Book now!

19/08/2026

We're so exciting to be presenting this latest iteration of Salt The Musical in just a couple of months time. Not only that but we're doing it in Saltaire, what could be more fitting! Tickets are available now...

tinyurl.com/saltinconcert

**TICKETS NOW ON SALE**

Book now for this highly anticipated special concert showcase of Salt the musical!

We are so excited to release the tickets for this extremely special event. Join us for the concert performance of Salt the musical, a gripping new musical theatre show following the life and times of Titus Salt who built Saltaire. A story, of love, pioneering, struggle and hope in the Northern industrial revolution.

Hear our incredible cast perform this new work live at Victoria Hall in the heart of Saltaire, where we are quite literally walking in the footsteps of Titus himself.

With soaring music from composer Maria Mullin and direction from award winning Anita Adams - Artistic Director, this production from Show Ready promises to be a landmark event in the development of this brand new show as we work towards a future fully staged version.

On Saturday 17th October there will be two performances, at 2pm and 7pm.

Following a previous sell out workshop performance at Bradford Playhouse we know the excitement is building to see Salt back on stage again. We are expecting these tickets to go like hot cakes so if you'd like to be there please don't hang about!

Tell your friends and book your tickets today:

tinyurl.com/saltinconcert

Thank you for joining the Salt journey with us!

18/08/2026

***** FLASH SALE - BOOK NOW FOR A 40% SAVING! ***** OFFER ENDS FRIDAY!

Join us for our next Sip and Paint art session on 23rd August - Create Your Own Animal!

Once again we'll be at the wonderful Ankave next to Millennium Square in Leeds for 2 hours of creative fun and take away a canvas of your favourite animal. We provide everything you need, even your first soft drink is on us!

Book here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paint-and-sip-create-your-own-animal-tickets-1995662663749?aff=oddtdtcreator

Sip a drink and create your own vibrant animal painting on A3 canvas. Beginner-friendly, all materials included. Just turn up!

10/08/2026

On to the next project! This week sees us in an intensive rehearsal period for Ratcatcher, which will have it's WORLD PREMIER, first full performance this week at The Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds with initial music rehearsal began last week!

Ratcatcher is performed by a cast of young people and has been written by West End writers Philip Henderson and Michael E Ward. We have big plans for this, be among the first to see it come to life!

https://www.carriageworkstheatre.co.uk/whats-on/ratcatcher-n1xf