Leeds Lit Fest – 6th Year: 15 – 23 June
The organisers of Leeds Lit Fest have been delighted with the support the Festival has received for the past five years and are aiming to make this year’s both engaging and inspirational. Expect another wonderful gathering of authors from Leeds and across the West Yorkshire region as well as invited national and international guests. Join […]
Print Fair: At Sunny Bank Mills on 2 & 3 March
Printed Bound, Sunny Bank Mills’ annual Artists’ Book and Print Fair, is coming back to the iconic 1912 Mill. Leeds’ biggest Print Fair features over 50 printmakers, bookmakers, collectives and studios ready to sell their work as part of a weekend celebrating traditional and contemporary print and bookbinding techniques. Expect to see screenprints, monoprints, risographs, collographs, zines, hand-bound books and more. There […]
Harewood House Colours Uncovered – 22 March to 9 June – Updated
A Harewood House Trust presentation – the story of colours found in the collections at Harewood House, from the Renaissance to the present day. Colours Uncovered is a new exhibition tracing the history and science of colour, through selected objects and artworks from the Harewood House collection. The exhibition examines what colour can tell us about the […]
Opera North and Leeds Playhouse: My Fair Lady – A Major New Production
Opera North and Leeds Playhouse will present a major revival of the Lerner and Loewe award-winning musical My Fair Lady from 31 May. This strong ongoing partnership between the two Leeds cultural giants will see Leeds Playhouse’s Artistic Director James Brining direct a new production of this much-loved musical, adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture Pygmalion. Featuring Frederick Loewe’s ravishing score and […]
Leeds Playhouse and imitating the dog Recreate a Gothic Classic
The visually captivating and psychologically thrilling Frankenstein, inspired by Mary Shelley’s novel, will run at the Playhouse’s Courtyard Theatre from 15 – 24 February, ahead of a UK tour. This bold, multimedia exploration of the timeless Gothic tale delves into the novel’s themes of fearand anxiety, posing the question ‘what is it to be human?’. […]
