Rat Depot x Scalarama Leeds presents… Martin Scorsese’s Bringing Out The Dead (1999)!

Join Rat Depot as they bring one of Marty’s most underrated and underseen gems to the festival on September 7th at Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre.

Accompany ambulance medic Frank Pierce (Nic Cage) as he goes on call in the depths of New York City, desperately clinging to his sanity as death and depravity beckon down alley ways, abandoned buildings and in hospital beds across the ghostly metropolis.

Connect with local history through music in this special ‘Come and Sing’ event as part of 2024’s Heritage Open Days. The Heritage Open Days are England’s largest festival of history and culture and we’re proud to be involved for the third year running.

With leadership from our renowned Musical Director Simon Wright, we’ll learn choruses from Mendelssohn’s Elijah and finish with an informal performance at 4pm.

Music scores will be available to borrow on the day, courtesy of Leeds Music and Performing Arts Library, but please feel free to bring your own if you have one.

Created by acclaimed interdisciplinary artist Florence Peake, Your meaning not your materiality explores the choreographic potential of the sculptural process of casting in plaster. Examining plaster's materiality, properties, and use of negative space, the work considers the 'setting' process as a metaphor for the ephemeral nature of the creative process. Blending movement with live plaster casting, the performance transforms the Leeds Art Gallery space into a mock artist studio.

A free October activity.

Immerse yourself in life sized interactive games based on your favourite reality arcade games.

Back by popular demand, the Actual Reality Arcade game zone is based on classic arcade games where YOU bring the games to life.

Running 10.30am to 4pm daily with 10.30am to 11.30am being our quieter time.

Taking place in the Event Space there's loads of great options for food in the Market Kitchen while you're here.

Perfect NO-COST October activity.

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Learn new art skills and meet new people in a supportive creative environment. 

With local artist Kevin Hickson leading the sessions. 

Join us for a unique take on sports day at the museum. We’ll be taking a closer look at some of the amazing sports objects in our collection and you’ll have the chance to behind the scenes in the museum store and have a go at making your very own trophy.

What did Edwardians wear to go ice skating? Why did the bat and ball game Knurr and Spell get banned from Woodhouse Moor? How did speedo create a swimsuit that got banned from the Olympics? Find out the answers to these and more at this sporty session.

Sessions run at 11am until 12.30pm then 1pm until 2.30pm.

After picking up an old photo, a brother and sister are transported to 1940’s Nevis, the home of their grandparents, Sorel and Ginger. Through this lens, we see Sorel and Ginger’s journey leaving home, arriving on cold shores, finding each other, and forming a loving family, all while enduring racist Britain.

Suitable for ages 4+ 

Running time: 50 mins

See all three shows in our Black History Month programme for £20. Find out more

Have you been practicing your singing in the shower?

Do you prefer to sing in a group than alone?

Come and join our weekly choir.

No experience needed just an excitement to join in. 

Love Island, an inflatable Trojan horse and a thirst trap bot dressed up like a nymph. This immersive show collides ancient Greek and modern pop culture in this contemporary reworking of Homer’s Odyssey, told through text and movement, and performed by a cast of 60 performers. Written and directed by Dr Joseph Mercier and created in collaboration with the final year BA students at Northern School of Contemporary Dance.

Fashion is a creative expression connecting the observer, the body, and the surroundings. Congolese-born South African designer Papy Kaluw and guest artists will playfully explore the intersection between textiles, activism and movement to envision a fashion-forward world.