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Inside our Dressing Rooms
This spring we refreshed our Dressing Rooms with new names in honour of writers whose work is associated with our theatre.
Read this article to find out about the history of the writers and the connection each writer has with Curve.
Made at Curve: The Trainee Director's edition
Trainee Director Emily Oulton shares her experiences working at Curve and on our Christmas musical, West Side Story.
Children's Activity Pack
Click the link below to download our Activity Pack, inspired by our previous Made at Curve family productions.
Message from the What's in a Name? Producer!
Ahead of What's in a Name? opening at Curve from Mon 16 - Sat 21 Mar, Producer Adam Blanshay tells us more about the production in a letter to Leicester audiences!
10 Facts About Alan Bennett
Following a highly acclaimed 2018 tour, award-winning British playwright, dramatist and screenwriter Alan Bennett presents The Habit of Art at Curve from Mon 6 – Sat 11 Apr. Exploring friendship, rivalry and heartache, the play is about a fictional meeting between two of the 20th century’s most remarkable artists, poet W.H. Auden and composer Benjamin Britten.
Starring Matthew Kelly (Stars in their Eyes, You Bet!, Of Mice and Men) and David Yelland (Chariots of Fire), Alan Bennett examines the emotional cost of creativity. Ahead of the production heading to Curve, we found 10 interesting facts about Alan Bennett.
DMU Pride: Interview with Rob Ward
DMU Pride returns to Curve for third year from 24 Feb – 4 Mar, offering an exciting programme of theatre performances, workshops and free events curated by De Montfort University students to celebrate LGBT History Month.
As part of the festival, Curve has commissioned a new play by Rob Ward, who has previously been part of DMU Pride with his production of Gypsy Queen, a love story between two boxers. This time, Rob returns to the festival with his new play The MP, Aunty Mandy and Me – a provocative story of coercion, politics, power and manipulation.
Here he explains more about his inspiration behind the play, and playing multiple roles in this bittersweet and darkly comic solo show about political campaigns, coercive abuse and steam trains.
Interview with Debris Stevenson and Jammz
With just under two weeks to go until Poet in da Corner comes to Curve, we caught up with performers Debris Stevenson and Jammz about tackling dyslexia, breaking theatre conventions and pursuing dreams.
Interview with Matthew Kelly
Following a highly acclaimed 2018 tour, award-winning British playwright, dramatist and screenwriter, Alan Bennett (The Madness of George III, The History Boys) presents The Habit of Art.
Starring Matthew Kelly and David Yelland, examine the joy, pain and emotional cost of creativity at Curve for one week only. We spoke with Matthew Kelly, playing Fitz (W.H. Auden) to find out more.