The Wharfedale Festival of Theatre was extremely exciting for LIDOS this year, with lots of our members nominated for our pantomime, The Snow Queen! 

The awards won by LIDOS members were: 

Best pantomime dame: Simon Field 

Best choreographer: Donna Wells and Emma Tempest 

A massive congratulations to Simon, Donna and Emma for those well-deserved award...

We have recently received the extremely exciting news that LIDOS has been nominated for numerous awards at the Wharfedale Festival of Theatre 2016! These awards are for our 2016 pantomime, 'The Snow Queen', which was a fantastic show enjoyed by both cast members and audiences alike! The nominations are:

Best Pantomime Dame - Simon Field
Best Pantomime V...

We are proud and delighted to announce the cast of our September 2016 musical, Stephen Sondheim's 'Company'! 

This fantastic cast performed wonderfully in the difficult audition process and are sure to put on an excellent show that is not to be missed! 

Director - Kimberley Lyon
Musical Director - Lucy Eyre

The cast will be:

Robert - James Sidgwick
Sarah -...

More exciting news! 

It's time to announce our cast list for our June 2016 musical, 'Oliver!' 

Again, it was an incredibly tough audition process, with some very difficult decisions for the production team - 60 people auditioned for a place in our 40 person cast! After two sets of initial auditions and call backs, we are happy to announce our cast:

Oliv...

Exciting news!

TV channel 'Made in Leeds' came to visit LIDOS in our rehearsals for 'The Snow Queen', and we did not disappoint them! 

In the run up to our annual pantomime, we could not be more excited to be starring on the TV show and showing the people of Leeds how great our pantomimes are!

With interviews from our cast, rehearsal clips and more, you...

LIDOS are extremely excited to announce our new (and extremely talented) cast of The Snow Queen, our January 2016 pantomime: 

The Snow Queen - Gemma Beck
Gerda - Sophie Ketteringham
Kai - Jack Brindle
Gran - Simon Field
Helmut - Matt Tempest
Hans - Alex Schober
Sunbeam - Emma Jayne Shortall
Blossom - Gemma Louise Fry
Henrik - Graham Siddle
Ziggy /...

Last week, LIDOS were extremeley proud to perform our latest musical extravaganza, 'A Night at the Oscars'. Full of wonderful musical songs, the cabaret-style show was a complete success, with both the cast and audiences alike thoroughly enjoying the show! 

The show featured songs from musicals such as Billy Elliot, Sister Act, and Jersey Boys,...