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 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.

On sale soon.

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