A New Statue For Leeds
Leeds-based artist Paul Digby is asking members of the public to donate money to create a statue celebrating and commemorating the huge sacrifices made by nurses, NHS workers and frontline staff in the city during the 2020-21 Covid-19 pandemic. Paul: “Over the past year I kept seeing a nurse friend, Jane Morgan, in the supermarket,” […]
Compass Festival’s Latest Interactive Artworks
Museums in People’s Homes and Public House : The Yorkshire Square are the final set of events for this year’s Compass Festival in Leeds. Museums in People’s Homes is based on Wunderkammer or cabinet of curiosities and is a portable, one-man museum, put together from 14 collectors’ items. Joshua Sofaer actually wears the museum, and […]
Priscilla Queen of The Desert
Produced by Mark Goucher and Jason Donovan, this hilarious adventure about three friends and their story of self-discovery and acceptance is offering more glitter and glam than ever before. The friends board a battered old bus for Alice Springs in a performance which treats us to a non-stop parade of dance-floor classics, including It’s Raining Men, […]
15 Minutes Live at The Holbeck on 10 July
The formidable forces of Slung Low and Freedom Studios have joined to present a six short plays by a great line-up of playwrights. The plays were written for radio but will be performed in front of a live audience at The Holbeck. Leeds Slung Low has been running 15 Minutes Live for ten years, bringing […]
Leeds Lieder Festival 2021
The Festival takes place at Leeds Town Hall from Thursday 17 June to Sun 20 June. Tom Tollett previews. Nineteen events in just four days illustrates nicely the breathless intensity of a modern music festival. Now in its 10th renewal, Leeds Lieder assuredly takes its place, alongside the Conductors’ and Piano Competitions, as one of […]
