Playhouse production

Brainstorm

10 – 12 Jul 2025

  • Tickets
    £10
  • Venue
    Bramall Rock Void

The teenage brain has 86 billion neurons connecting and colliding to produce a life stage 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. 

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, Ned Glasier, Emily Lim and neuroscientists Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and Dr Kate Mills. 

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

By arrangement with Nick Hern Books.

Creative Audio Description and Captioning will be available at all performances.

On sale soon.

Creatives

Ned Glasier

Co-creator

Emily Lim

Co-creator

Eleanor Manners

Director

Audio Flyer

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  • MAJOR FUNDERS

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

    Caddick Group
  • Principal Access Partner

    Irwin Mitchell