Leeds Lit Fest 2024 announces Headliners
The sixth Leeds Lit Fest will take place across a range of the City’s venues from 5 to 23 June this year, with headliners LYR, John Agard, Stuart Maconie, Salena Godden, Helen Lederer and DJ Paulette. The City’s award-winning Festival of words and thought aims to bring together, and help develop, the Leeds’ literary scene, […]
Cillian O’Connor: Britain’s Got Talent Finalist 2023 – coming to King’s Hall, Ilkley
My World of Magic is set to charm and amaze the audience in Ilkley on 22 July, with Cillian and his special guest Ryland Petty from America’s Got Talent. Cillian was just 13 years old when his audition in front of Simon Cowell and the other Britain’s Got Talentjudges catapulted him onto our TV screens […]
Mother of The Revolution: The World Premiere – at Leeds Industrial Museum
Rehearsals are underway for the world premiere folk musical ‘Mother of the Revolution’. Based on an original concept and directed by archipelago art collective’s co-founder Beth Knight, Mother of the Revolution will unearth the untold story of Yorkshire legend and successful industrialist Betty Beecroft, alongside those of the working communities that followed her. The script […]
The Performance Ensemble’s Sinfonia: at The Courtyard Theatre on 26 & 27 April
Sinfonia – a celebrated cross-artform show filled with original stories from the lives of older people – returns to Leeds Playhouse this month. A dynamic group of artists and performers, all aged 60+, are bringing a new version of their celebrated show Sinfonia to the Courtyard Theatre at Leeds Playhouse from 26-27 April. The Performance […]
Eva: at Leeds Playhouse on 19 and 20 April
An extraordinary true story of a German Jewish poet who fled the Nazis comes to Leeds Playhouse this month. Yorkshire actor, writer and theatre-maker Nicki Davy has a particular interest in bringing unknown stories to light, especially those of women. So, when her mum uncovered an incredible story in her granny’s attic, it felt like […]
