Leeds Children's Theatre celebrates it's 85th anniversary (1935-2020)
Amazing but true - it's now 85 years since the group was formed.  
​Did you visit the theatre to watch one of our productions - maybe a school trip or a family treat?  
Perhaps you were a member of the society 'back in the day'? 
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No-one could have possibly anticipated that this would be how Leeds Children's Theatre would be marking it's 85th anniversary in 2020, but like all other theatre groups we have pushed the "pause button" on 'live' activities until further notice. I'm sure members and audience alike will have realised that we can't offer any guidance to when we might be ready to rehearse and perform again at the theatre.  What we do know is that, for the foreseeable future, we have cancelled all members face-to-face workshops, meetings, rehearsals etc and of course there wasn't a Kirkstall Festival for us to attend back in July.  

Some of you may have also noticed that a lot of our archive photographs and images were removed from the archives website and Flickr. We plan to update the archive site during  2020, so in the meantime if you have any memorabilia or stories that you'd like us to share on the website please get in touch.  
Thank you
updated 22 Oct 2020
LCT at the Carriageworks Theatre, 25 - 28 November 2020
Sadly our planned November production, another Roald Dahl story, has also been cancelled due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and the restrictions in place.  We're not going to announce any more details about which play this was going to be as we hope to stage both of our 2020 Roald Dahl plays later, once it's possible to do so safely for everyone.

Members news ...
All face-to-face Leeds Children's Theatre activities including workshops, rehearsals, performances, meetings, auditions etc are cancelled until further notice due to the current health crisis. Members will be informed of any changes, and of course we will let you all know when we can safely resume our activities.  You will be notified of any updates via email and/or our private Facebook Group - if you're a current member of Leeds Children's Theatre but you don't do Facebook don't worry - we'll still be emailing current members if/when there's any news to share). 

Looking to the future we will of course follow the government's advice, but the society will survive ... however long it takes before we can again resume our activities. 
The LeedsCAN/Guild Awards didn't present any new awards in 2020 so here's a reminder of the 2019 Awards evening ...
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Dadstastic Day 2019, members help to entertain the guests
Hundreds of children were in Leeds City Museum today (Father's Day 16 June), attending Dadstastic 2019, but we managed to catch a quiet moment to snap special guests Mrs Sylvia Liberty, Peter Pan, Wendy, Mr Wolf, Mr Toad, Red Riding Hood, Alderman Thomas Bowler. A big thank you to our Leeds Children's Theatre actors and helpers for giving their time today to this family friendly event.
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Kirkstall Festival 2019, our stall before the event opened to the public at 11am.
A big “Thank you” to the members who came to help at Kirkstall Festival this year, and of course to all our visitors.  It was busy, and the rain downpour held off until we’d finished which is always a bonus!  We met up with a couple of past members, including Robert who was a member and performed with us in the early 1960s. Great to catch up.  
The extra 13+ Workshop Group evening sessions during July and August 2019, were a great success and ended with a short performance from "The Smell of the Sea".  (An original play written by Thomas, one of the 13+ Workshop Group).
The specially invited audience included parents, friends and committee members who enjoyed a taster of the play, which we hope to stage in full later in the season.  
Many thanks to all involved, and to the small team that ran the summer workshops.
​Leeds Children's Theatre were nominated at the Child Friendly Leeds Awards 2019, in the Inspiring Creativity Through Arts and Culture category.
We attended  “Celebrating Small Groups and Small Charities in Leeds 2019” with the Lord Mayor (& hundreds of other people who run & volunteer for Leeds groups)
​Testimonials from a few of our past members of Leeds Children's Theatre ... read.  It's Always Great To Hear From Past Members, Especially When They're Letting Us Know About Projects That They're Working On.  We also have an alumni group on Facebook to share news and help past members keep in touch. ​
​Parents of members, please ask about how you might help the society ... as chaperones, with publicity, using your craft skills to make costumes and props, assisting front of house, helping to build and paint scenery, using or learning new technical skills in the theatre, etc
Originally started in 1935, and bound by constitution two years later
"The aim of Leeds Children's Theatre is to produce plays suitable for children, the players to be either children or adults or both, as is necessary for the production".   
​This was drawn into the constitution in April 1937 and it remains the aim of Leeds Children's Theatre today.