Hundreds attend Leeds Performance to Combat Knife Crime
Last month, more than 250 people attended a special event to address knife crime at Leeds’ North Church, Kirkstall. More than 70 young performers took to the stage in a 90-minute showcase featuring dance, music, spoken word, art and fashion. The showcase was coordinated by Salome Tirado, a consultant at PwC, who was awarded the 2024 […]
Light Night: a Sparkling Celebration for the City
Light Night Leeds is ultimately a celebration of creativity within the City and an opportunity to make it shine. Large scale projections cover some of Leeds most known buildings for thousands to gaze upon as they walk the streets of the City Centre. From The Queens Hotel, down towards the coach station and all the […]
Ellie Andrews’ (M)OTHER Exhibition: at Leeds Drawing Club Until 2 November
Ellie’s exhibition is more than just life drawings—it’s a visceral dive into those raw, fleeting moments with mothers that often go unseen. I couldn’t help but feel an immediate connection with these women. Their expressions seemed to leap from the paper, reaching into my chest and squeezing tight enough to leave me familiarly uncomfortable. I […]
Opera North – Britten: a Midsummer Night’s Dream at Leeds Grand Theatre
“It was a joy setting those heavenly words,” Britten was to write shortly after the June 1960 premiere of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Though having to make cuts to create a manageable musical evening from the source play, he and partner Peter Pears had not tampered significantly with the original Shakespeare text. Indeed, the pair, […]
Leeds International Festival of Ideas – The Evolution of Creativity: Kindness, Curiosity and Collaboration
The Evolution of Creativity was one of the first events at this year’s Leeds International Festival of Ideas (LIFI). A full house at Leeds Playhouse’s Quarry Theatre enthusiastically greeted musicians BEKA and Nile Rodgers. BEKA, a rising pop star following her debut single, I’ll Be There, was clearly delighted to be asked to be on […]
