{"id":891511,"date":"2026-04-13T16:19:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T16:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/891511\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:19:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T16:19:25","slug":"the-story-forge-brings-new-myths-to-belle-isle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/891511\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Forge brings new myths to Belle Isle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Story-Forge-pix-credit-Andrew-AB-Photography.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The ever-popular Rubbish Shakespeare Company and Silly History Boys bring \u2018The Story Forge\u2019 to Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation (BITMO)\u2019s GATE Centre on Thursday (16 April 2026).<\/p>\n<p>This theatrical experience for all ages comes with a quest to forge three brand-new myths live on stage, led by two ludicrously loopy professors.<\/p>\n<p>These award-winning champions of children\u2019s theatre bring an hour of high-octane family fun \u2013 so expect clowning, improv, music, and epic cardboard props.<\/p>\n<p>Will the adventure unfold in Ancient Egypt, Viking fjords, or Neptune\u2019s deep? It depends on what the audience chooses.<\/p>\n<p>Alice Barber, Red Ladder Theatre Company\u2019s creative producer and programmer, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWith spring finally here, we know that parents and families are on the lookout for fun and affordable ways of keeping their children entertained and this show does just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For more information and to book tickets visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redladder.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Red Ladder Theatre Company<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Age Guidance\u00a06-106! (or 6+)<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are \u00a35 or free to BITMO tenants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Story-Forge-credit-Andrew-AB-Photography-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-170784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Story-Forge-credit-Andrew-AB-Photography-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This post is based on a press release from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redladder.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Red Ladder Theatre Company<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos: Andrew AB Photography<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>While you\u2019re here, can we ask a favour?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">South Leeds Life is published by a not-for-profit social enterprise. We keep our costs as low as possible but we\u2019ve been hit by increases in the print costs for our monthly newspaper which have doubled in the last two years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Could you help support local community news by making a one off donation, or even better taking out a supporters subscription?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Donate here, or sign up for a subscription at <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/SLLsubscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>bit.ly\/SLLsubscribe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ever-popular Rubbish Shakespeare Company and Silly History Boys bring \u2018The Story Forge\u2019 to Belle Isle Tenant Management&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":891512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[209928,748,393,4884,1860,184220,2764,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-891511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-bitmos-gate","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-red-ladder-theatre-company","14":"tag-theatre","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116398310660083862","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}