Playhouse production

Brainstorm

10 – 12 Jul 2025

  • Tickets
    £10
  • Venue
    Bramall Rock Void
  • Age guidance
    11+

The teenage brain has 86 billion neurons connecting and colliding to produce a stage of life that is chaotic, exhilarating and, at times, frustrating. 

Brainstorm is a theatrical tornado exploring how adolescent brains work, and why they’re designed by evolution to be the way they are and how they affect their relationships with the grown-ups in their lives.

Co-created and performed by Leeds Playhouse Youth Theatre members, and directed by Youth Theatre Director Eleanor Manners, this mind-boggling show is  devised from an original collaboration between Company Three and neuroscientists Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and Dr Kate Mills.

Designed to be performed by teenagers, Brainstorm draws on personal experiences. The end result is a tumultuous exploration of what it means to be a teenager, today. It will leave your neurons fizzing.

Creative Audio Description and Captioning will be available at all performances.
By arrangement with Nick Hern Books.

Book tickets

Thu 10 Jul
AD
Audio Described
CAP
Captioned
7pm
Fri 11 Jul
AD
Audio Described
CAP
Captioned
7pm
Sat 12 Jul
AD
Audio Described
CAP
Captioned
1pm
Sat 12 Jul
AD
Audio Described
CAP
Captioned
7pm

Creatives

Ned Glasier

Co-creator

Emily Lim

Co-creator

Eleanor Manners

Director

Ava Bounds

Writer in the Room

Esther Irving

Assistant Director

Laura Marsden

Creative Co-Ordinator

Audio Flyer

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  • MAJOR FUNDERS

    Arts Council
  • Leeds City Council
  • LTB Foundation
  • Principal Partner

    Caddick Group
  • Principal Access Partner

    Irwin Mitchell