This is a Forest – at Moda New York Square Until 26 November
Sometimes raising a question leads to queries, not answers and so it is with Invisible Flock’s interrogation of forests. The exhibition has brought together more than four years of research and collaboration. The multi-media display considers forests over time, space and culture, whilst remaining firmly embedded in Yorkshire. Invisible Flock is a multi-award-winning interactive arts […]
Zoe Rahman at Howard Assembly Room on 8 October
In the Colour of Sound, pianist Zoe Rahman celebrates the joy of music and life. It might seem self-indulgent for a jazz musician to play only their own music in a concert, but this performance was far from it. Every track on Zoe Rahman’s new Colour of Sound album was recreated on stage, but the […]
Nest, Leeds Year of Culture 2023: Celebrating birds and cautioning about climate change.
RSPB St Aidans was the setting for one of the most ambitious productions of Leeds Year of Culture 2023. Theatre, movement, dance and music combined to tell a story of climate emergency to an audience who followed a 90 minute performance around the reserve’s Bowers Lake. This was an issue-based drama, but not one that […]
The Libraries in Leeds Festival – Until 9 September
Leeds has a rich library heritage. The Libraries in Leeds Festival celebrates the fifty libraries that call Leeds home, including Leed’s 34 public libraries, The Leeds Library (Britain’s oldest operational subscription library) and British Library North. The inaugural Festival has enabled the various libraries: academic, public, health and specialist to connect, with each other and […]
Taxi – A Seamless Combination of Drama and Dance at The Old Woollen
Taxi takes the audience on a dramatic drive, visiting the underbelly of urban Leeds in a collaboration of Red Ladder Theatre, mad dogs dance theatre and Spin Arts. The original concept came from the founder of mad dogs dance theatre, Douglas Thorpe, a former taxi-driver. He has worked with Rod Dixon, in his final role […]
