Harewood Biennial: at Harewood House from 28 June to 20 October

Harewood House Trust presents Harewood Biennial 2024: Create/Elevate – the power of craft knowledge to bring people together. Harewood Biennial 2024 celebrates craft and elevates artisanal heritage connecting across generations and continents. Create/Elevate presents significant and large scale works from 16 international contemporary artists, designers and craft collectives throughout Harewood House and Gardens. Four major new works have also been […]

Caribbean Artist Helen France MBE Celebrates Windrush

Leeds-based Caribbean artist Helen France, MBE, is set to captivate art enthusiasts and those interested in Caribbean culture with her unique six-month “Windrush Stories” exhibition, which opened on Monday, June 17.   The Exhibition, a vibrant and joyous celebration of the Windrush Generation, is hosted on the ground floor at Shine, a community and business […]

Me Without You: at Howard Assembly Room on 22 June

Grief and joy collide in Me Without You, a new co-commission from Britten Pears Arts, Opera North and Spitalfields Music. Created and composed by Emily Levy and written and directed by Mella Faye, Me Without You brings together music, dance, visual art and storytelling to create a profound and intimate meditation on what it means […]

Leeds Playhouse is Searching For a Coraline

Leeds Playhouse has launched an open casting call to find young actors to star as Coraline in the world premiere of Coraline – A Musical  in its Courtyard theatre in spring 2025 ahead of a national tour. The Playhouse is working with leading casting directors Keston & Keston, who led the Playhouse’s search for Oliver Twist, Artful Dodger and young […]

Threads Textile Festival: at Sunny Bank Mills on 7 – 9 June

Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley is once again opening the doors of its iconic 1912 Mill for the Threads Textile Festival. Threads Textile Festival, which enjoyed a hugely successful launch last year, will feature a Market with over 40 independent businesses and textile makers each day for three days, selling everything from yarn to sewing […]