22 September 2017
Auditions for Leeds Actors in Training (LAIT), a pilot project being run in collaboration with Leeds Grand Theatre offering 18 to 23 year olds a practical skills building course for a career in theatre, are being held on Tuesday 10th October. Run by industry professionals, LAIT is designed to develop participating artists vocally, physically […]
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20 September 2017
Part gig, part play, Reasons to be Cheerful celebrates the infectious music of Ian Dury and the Blockheads in this bold and jubilant coming of age tale at West Yorkshire Playhouse Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 October. It’s 1979. Labour has just lost the General Election to the Tories. Strikes rock the […]
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20 September 2017
A Leeds Beckett University academic will explore Black history and the anti-slavery movement in the 19th century at a free event taking place on Wednesday 4 October from 12.30-1.30pm at Leeds Central Library. Dr Rob Burroughs will discuss the roles played by Africans in exposing atrocities in King Leopold’s Congo at the end of the 19th […]
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20 September 2017
The William Merritt Centre’s new AccessAbility Exhibition will take place on 11th October at the Centenary Pavilion, Leeds United Football Club, 10am – 3pm. Once again, it will showcase new assistive technology and provide information and advice to help both adults and children with disabilities achieve greater independence. “Both professionals, end users, their families […]
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20 September 2017
Children in aged eight – 11 with a passion for theatre are invited to audition for the City Varieties Youth Theatre Company (CVYTCo) on Saturday 23rd September, from 11am – 12.30pm at Leeds Grand Theatre. “The audition process for the young performers is a relaxed workshop involving games and drama exercises that will […]
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20 September 2017
Leading international peace and non-violence experts, including key contributors to the Pope’s initiative for non-violence, are in Leeds in October to share their visions of the future. On Tuesday 3rd October, Marie Dennis (who serves on the steering committee of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network and has previously served on the White House Task Force […]
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20 September 2017
Leeds theatre company Front Room Productions are to revive their original, promenade adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Oliver Twist, within Kirkgate Market, after working hours, from 20th – 28th October. With a haunting original score, composed by Robert Collins, the production leads audiences around the closed market as Victorian England is brought back to life in […]
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20 September 2017
The Leeds Physiotherapy Clinic will host a fantastic World’s Biggest Coffee Morning in true Yorkshire style in Park Square, Leeds City Centre on Friday 29th September. The Tour of Yorkshire was the inspiration for the Park Square Cyclo-thon. The Square will be themed to look like a rural Yorkshire scene with huge photos of countryside, scarecrows, […]
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13 September 2017
The Hepworth Wakefield is the first arts venue in West Yorkshire to partner with Google Arts and Culture to bring more of its collection, exhibitions and stories to large audiences around the world. The partnership came in to effect earlier this year, as part of the #WeWearCulture project, showcasing the exhibition, Disobedient Bodies: JW […]
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13 September 2017
After 13 years building up Leeds Community Foundation (LCF) to be one of the top performing Community Foundations in the country, Sally-Anne Greenfield is to step down as Chief Executive. From setting up the Foundation in her own living room in 2004, Sally-Anne has led the organisation seeing it grow to a team of […]
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