Play Up in Leeds

A theatre premiere in the I Love West Leeds Festival 2009 includes Wuthering Heights in its plot:

Play Up, Play Up
by Boff Whalley & Dom Grace

A dark musical comedy by two new Yorkshire writers.
Leeds Prison, 1961. Governor Taylor seeks to reform the prisoners through the transforming qualities of the arts; on his orders, the inmates are directed in a production of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. When the makeshift Heathcliffe and Cathy join forces he is prompted to question the story’s themes of freedom and friendship.
Directed by Daniel Bye.
Live music by Suffering Succotash.
Fri 17 and Sat 18 July £5.
To book tickets call 07914 4745 151.
Comenius Centre, Fulneck School, Fulneck.

In Wortley Today more information can be found:

A new musical, which spills the theatrical beans on the prison system and its attempts to reform since the 1960s, is to be performed in Pudsey.
Play Up, Play Up is being staged at the Comenius Centre, Fulneck School, Fulneck as part of I Love West Leeds Festival 2009.
Featuring a mix of professional and community actors and live music from Sufferin Succotash it is being peformed on Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18. (8pm)
It is set in Leeds Prison in 1961, and takes place the day after the last ever hanging at the jail.
The musical has been written by Leeds writers Boff Whalley, lead guitarist with band Chumbawamba, and Dom Grace who had a handy bit of inside knowledge from his time working as a writer in Armley Jail.
In the production the prison Governor hopes to inspire the prisoners using the transforming power of the arts.
On his orders the inmates take part in a production of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. But when the characters of Heathcliffe and Cathy join forces the Governor is prompted to question the story's fundamental themes of freedom and friendship.
Boff told Pudsey Today: "We wanted this musical to be very accessible.
"Although it's dealing with some dark issues, there is a strong element of comedy in the way we've portrayed the prison service and its attempts to reform and learn to deal with real people."

EDIT: The Yorkshire Evening Post also mentions this production:

In the production, the prison governor hopes to inspire the prisoners using the transforming power of the arts.
On his orders the inmates take part in a production based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.
But when the characters of Heathcliff and Cathy join forces, the governor is prompted to question the story's fundamental themes of freedom and friendship.
The show is set in Leeds Prison in 1961, and takes place the day after the last ever hanging at the jail.
"We wanted this musical to be very accessible" said writer Boff Whalley, who as a member of pop band Chumbawamba, is one of west Leeds' most famous residents.
"Although it's dealing with some dark issues, there is a strong element of comedy in the way we've portrayed the prison service and its attempts to reform and learn to deal with real people." (Aisha Iqbal)

Categories: Music, Theatre, Wuthering Heights