Fuse Theatre at Leeds Playhouse 12 – 14 September

New BSL-integrated hip-hop gig theatre show brings hope and positivity to Leeds Playhouse. An innovative and exciting new show performed through BSL, rap, spoken English, movement and creative captioning is set to be shared and celebrated by Deaf and hearing audiences together at Leeds Playhouse. Follow the Signs tells the story of acclaimed dancer and choreographer Chris […]

Birdsong: at Leeds Playhouse 17 to 21 September (including a conversation between writer Theo Bosanquet and leading actor Max Bowden)

“There is nothing more than to love and be loved” Award-winning actor Max Bowden, best known for the roles of Ben Mitchell in EastEnders and Justin Fitzgerald in Waterloo Road, will star as Jack Firebrace in Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks’ epic story of love and loss, when it returns to the stage in a brand new production for 2024. Marking the 30th anniversary […]

Assembly House in August

What’s coming up at the studios and project space this month. The Commercial Art World:An Artists’ DiscussionThursday 8th August: 18:00 – 20:30. Refreshments available, doors from 18:00.Panel including a break and Q&A, 18:30 – 20:30.Book tickets here Have you ever wondered what goes on within or how to break into the commercial art world? Join […]

John Owen-Jones Joins Johns’ Boys Welsh Male Choir in Leeds on 14 September

Star of West end and Broadway John Owen-Jones, who played Les Miserables and Phantom of The Opera, will be with the Choir at Leeds Grand Theatre on 14 September. There’s something special about listening to – and preferably watching – a Welsh male voice choir; and there’s something very special indeed when it’s Johns’ Boys […]

Silk-Making Exhibition: The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery Until 24 August

A new display at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds, explores the ingenious process of silk production, weaving and trade through historic paintings, textiles, books – and the silkworm’s cocoon, where the magic begins. The temporary display, From Cocoon to Loom: Picturing the Chinese Silk Trade, runs until 24 August. At its […]