MUTTON – at Leeds Central Library on 13 November

MUTTON is the new play from Leeds theatre company Brave Words, exploring the rise and fall of the Yorkshire Witch. ‘Prophecy, poison and poultry’ It’s 1809. Mary Bateman is about to be hung for witchcraft and murder. Her career of crime has included fake identities, magic charms, poisoned pudding, a holy hen, drunk watchmen and – of course […]
The Mill Gallery Folded Realities Exhibition From 14 November until 12 December

Grab your scissors, glue sticks and imagination, because Folded Realities is here to shake things up! This bold new exhibition from Aire Place Studios and Zineophelia celebrates the playful, political and endlessly inventive world of zines, comics, and illustration. Everyone’s welcome, so come along, have a drin and get lost in a paper universe where […]
Leeds Festival Chorus at St Edmund’s Church in Roundhay on 22 November

Leonard Bernstein stirred strong passions in concert halls and in his life generally. You will know this if you watched Maestro, the biographical film about him on Netflix a couple of years ago. The actor playing the great composer-conductor (Bradley Cooper) threw himself around energetically to give us a good idea of what an American […]
Sunny Bank Mills Broken//Makeshift Exhibition

The beauty in everyday objects is shared with visitors to Sunny Bank Mills’ latest exhibition. Broken//Makeshift is an exhibition that celebrates contemporary craft by finding the beauty in everyday objects. It explores how our emotional attachment to them can survive a break, fracture or tear. The show and surrounding programme highlight modern and historic methods […]
In Conversation With Leeds Children’s Theatre

…..about ninety years of magic, community and creativity – and The Gingerbread Man, at Carriageworks Theatre on 6 – 9 November. As Leeds Children’s Theatre celebrates an incredible 90 years of entertaining audiences and nurturing generations of young performers, Leeds Living sat down with Janine Walker, the group’s long-standing Secretary, and Dan Dainter, the director of its upcoming production […]