Preview: Music Minds Matter at The Library
The Library is hosting a charity gig for Music Minds Matter on 26 May at 7.30 p.m. Music Minds Matter is a helpline for the music community in the UK. Trained staff are on hand to offer advice and emotional support to those with mental health problems. Indie rock bands Atlanta House, The Common Dogs […]
Community Wellbeing Group on 14 May at Hyde Park Book Club
This event for the community is hosted by Crossland Wellbeing, which is a collective of practitioners and volunteers who run similar groups across Leeds. The practitioners have years of expertise to bring to the group, and committed volunteers have their own life experiences and underpinning mindfulness, meaningful living and positive psychology to share. This is […]
Welcome to Sameena Hussain, Leeds Playhouse’s Latest Young Director
The Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme (RTYDS) places new, emerging and experienced theatre directors as resident directors in theatres around the country, with a focus on theatres outside London. In Leeds at what will be the newly refurbished Leeds Playhouse from September this year, the resident director will be Sameena Hussain. Sameena will be given […]
Leeds Lit Fest Shortlisted For an Award in its First Year
It’s a significant achievement for Leeds Lit Fest – shortlisted as Best Lit Fest in the Saboteur Awards 2019. There are nominations for Leeds writers in two other categories – Joe Williams for Best Novella for his “An Otley Run” and Strix Magazine for Best Magazine. If you want to support this Leeds Festival as […]
First Cohort for East Street Arts National GUILD Programme
Last year GUILD, a pioneering arts development programme, was created by Leeds’ East Street Arts to look into how cities and towns can develop and support artists’ spaces. Over the course of two decades, East Street Arts has supported over 20,000 artists to flourish and build sustainable careers, reinvented 500 temporary venues as art galleries […]
