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:
In 2017, Leeds local, Ruth Berkoff, had a brain haemorrhage. A perimesencephalic brain haemorrhage. She didn’t know anyone else who’d had one before, so she felt alone.
It got even worse when the neurologist said that there was little chance she’d go back to her dream job (being a gnome, getting people to high five her giant carrot).
Whether your preference is for salsa dancing or sleepovers, the Howard Assembly Room is the place to be this summer as the central Leeds music venue prepares for two very different HAR Lates.
The Leeds-based SI Leeds Literary Prize is a biennial award for unpublished fiction by UK-based Black and Asian women. The prize aims to act as a loudspeaker for underrepresented voices and to connect writers with new audiences and opportunities.
Perhaps not yet, but a community of playful spirits is organising the first city-wide DIY Festival of Play and Creativity for this Autumn Half-Term. Leeds is already known for its playful pioneers, and this year, we're planning a feast of fun to brighten the winter months. Our organising crew includes library workers, community members, council workers, artists, and residents — all dedicated to making play a priority. We've hosted three community meet-ups — drawing over 100 local participants from various backgrounds — including individuals and business owners.
ACCA Dance Theatre are Leeds based dance theatre making work that reflects and comments on the contemporary society via funny, thought-provoking dance theatre performances and participation activities. Their style has a physical backbone, drawing on character and conceptuality to investigate the topics which inspire each project.
Now they have a question for anyone aged 18+, female identifying, who loves dance and theatre and wants to perform in front of an audience...
Remembering What’s Forgotten has launched a new poet in residence opportunity for Leeds-based, emerging poets of black and South Asian heritage who wish to explore and centre lived experience narratives of mental ill health and amplify the importance of racial and social justice.
An eight-week residency, supported by a bursary, the role is open to Leeds residents with lived experience, of all genders and ages, from 18+, to produce an original piece of work.
Gledhow Valley Road will be closed for most of its 1.5 Km length for a Green Fair, a unique opportunity for the local community to come together to enjoy Gledhow Valley Woods without the noise and pollution associated with a busy road. Sunday 14 July, 11am - 4pm.
The wait is nearly over, our refurbishment is almost complete and we can’t wait to welcome you back to the Institute from 12 July 2024.
We've been closed since November 2023 for the first significant refurbishment in our thirty-year history. Working with Leeds-based Group Ginger architects, the renovations have focused on creating more welcoming spaces for visitors, with enhanced events, creativity and meeting rooms.
We are ACCA Dance Theatre and are currently organising FiestINBURGH! a Fundraising Fiesta at Light Space Leeds on Saturday 13th July to help us cover the costs of taking our show to the Edinburgh Fringe this August.