3 Best Performing Arts Venues in Yorkshire, England

This lavish Victorian auditorium dating back to 1878 hosts touring West End and other musicals, music, and major stand-up comedians, in addition to performances by the leading regional opera and ballet companies, Opera North and Northern Ballet, which are based here.

In the heart of Leeds's cultural quarter, this ultramodern theater's adaptable space makes it eminently suitable for staging both new works and classics.

Scarborough is firmly on Britain's theater map, largely thanks to the presence of noted playwright and local resident Alan Ayckbourn, who was for many years the artistic director of this theater and premiered most of his acclaimed plays here. His legacy lives on in the theater's commitment to new writing and its strong summer repertory season. There are two stages, plus a cinema, restaurant, and bar.