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A man playing a trumpet sits beside a mixing desk, surrounded by cardboard boxes
Wed 22 Oct 2025
The Things Around Us
Gig
Music
Event organiser:
Howard Assembly Room

The Things Around Us is a remarkable performance that defies traditional categorisation, weaving together darkly humorous true stories with an innovative musical landscape. Created by acclaimed multi-instrumentalist Ahamefule J. Oluo, this show is a captivating journey through sound, narrative, and human experience.

Using live electronic looping techniques, Oluo creates an intricate soundscape using clarinet, trumpet, and everyday objects. The performance moves seamlessly between comedy and poignant storytelling, exploring narratives about other people, places, and moments in time.

This final piece in Oluo's acclaimed performance trilogy offers an intimate and inventive approach to live performance. Audiences can expect a show that is simultaneously uplifting and melancholic, profound and playful.

Part of the Transform 25 international performance festival, the show is supported by a grant from The MAP Fund and co-presented by Transform and the Howard Assembly Room.

To find out more or book tickets visit the Howard Assembly Room.

Howard Assembly Room

46 New Briggate
Leeds
LS1 6NU
United Kingdom

53.799866, -1.540931

    Date
    Wed 22 Oct 2025
    Show all dates/times
    Wed 22 Oct 2025
    6:45pm

    Ticket price

    Pay what you can
    Box Office
    0113 223 3600
    Accessibility

    For full access details see the Howard Assembly Room site.

    Wheelchair access

    Howard Assembly Room

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