Patti Boo Rae is a woman in exile. She and her band the Do-Gooders just keep touring so they never have to look back. But in BOOTCUT she’s going back to her roots. This is a show about Patti’s home state of Texas: why she still loves it, and why it’ll never love her back.
Transform are looking for eight young people aged 18–25 with a passion for the arts and an interest developing a career in the sector to join their team as Young Curators. It’s an opportunity to learn, develop new skill and shape the programme of a major international arts festival taking place in October 2025.
With support from the Transform team, you will:
Diva Discotheque is back and this time we're celebrating Madonna!
Come all material girls and divas, the time has come. With a range of local drag and DJ talent, Diva Discotheque sets out to do one thing - help you celebrate your inner diva.
You’re invited to Opera Rave at Leeds Opera Festival– a 30-minute sharing under club-inspired lights and visuals.
Opera Rave is a brand-new way to experience opera, fusing operatic libretto and singing styles with electronic beats – it’s part-opera, part-rave.
Across five days prior to the sharing, the Opera Rave team – led by Leeds Opera Festival’s Guest Artistic Director, Emma Hill – will be experimenting with beats, notes and Bizet’s beautiful opera, Carmen.
Pints, a piano and a pub – Leeds Pub Piano Competition returns!
The Leeds Pub Piano Competition is set to get The Tetley swinging to a different beat. This epic competition brings together three simple ingredients – pints, a piano and a pub – promising some of the greatest pub piano entertainment to hit the city of Leeds. Come along and revel in the rhythm as pianists from across the city and beyond compete to be crowned the 2024 Leeds Pub Piano Competition winner.
Join Aspire CBS for an exciting online rock and roll themed bingo session which is being held as part of 100% Digital Leeds’s Arts in Care Digital Programme, to celebrate National Day of Arts in Care Homes.
Held live over Zoom, we will play a line and a full house and when your bingo card is full, unmute and shout Bingo! as loud as you can. There are 20 songs on each bingo card - when you have booked onto this session you will be sent bingo cards to download and print (single-sided).
Separated from her parents when their forest home is destroyed, Ozi is taken in by kind wildlife sanctuary owners who keep her safe and slowly teach her to communicate through sign language. With the combination of her new skills and natural talent for social media, Ozi soon has a worldwide following.
Mycelial provides a reality check on assumptions the world makes of those involved in sex work. It asks audiences to step into the shoes of people who are the most disenfranchised from society, who face stigma and hate, to consider the intersectionality of sex workers who are also trans, seeking asylum, Black and other people of colour.
Supported by National Ugly Mugs and in association with Northern Stage.
After a sell-out 2023 UK tour and an extended run in London’s West End, Taskmaster loser Nick Mohammed returns as his critically acclaimed alter-ego Mr. Swallow with a brand new show.
Show Pony has been described by Mr. Swallow as “payback for everyone who didn’t come to the last tour” and will cover everything from not having his own sitcom to not having his own sitcom… and everything in between (critical race theory). As per – expect magic, music and a whole load of brand new mistakes.
Join us for a Thriller of an evening, as we celebrate the legendary music of the King Of Pop.
This is Man in the Mirror – the brand-new must-see, electrifying tribute concert to Michael Jackson.
Starring CJ, one of the world’s greatest Michael Jackson tribute artists and supported by a talented cast of performers and musicians who capture the essence of Michael Jackson’s unique style and charisma like no other, in this scintillating production that will keep you on the edge of your seats.