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Leeds Conservatoire’s School of Drama is breaking new ground this year, securing the rights to stage not one but two UK premieres as part of their annual season of live performance.

The Royal Armouries has laid down the gauntlet to Leeds Conservatoire students, challenging a group of fifty to create twelve works in under ten days. The works will be performed to the public on a special museum takeover day on Friday 7 June.

Leeds will end its Year of Culture on a high with an original new show this festive season. The cast includes a Musical Theatre Senior Lecturer, and an Acting graduate.

Pavanveer Sagoo performed in A Christmas Carol as part of his training. Now an Acting graduate, he is continuing the Dickens theme after being cast in the title role of a new version of Oliver Twist.

Fledgling graduating actors from Leeds Conservatoire are ready to take flight in a gripping double bill of Shakespeare classics performed on Leeds Playhouse’s epic Quarry stage.

Katie Shortt, a graduating member of Leeds Conservatoire’s first Acting cohort, is set to perform at Underbelly at the Edinburgh Fringe from 2 to 13 August 2023.