Leeds Inspired Blog

On 7-8 July, Yorkshire Dance welcomes international guests to Leeds for a 2-day festival of dance exploring gender, community and identity. Encounters Dancing In Your Shoes Festival boasts an eclectic mix of bold new performances, inspirational talks and exhilarating workshops.

A brand new anthem to celebrate Leeds 2023 City of Culture.
 

An exclusive behind the scenes trailer has been released by Leeds Playhouse ahead of the world premiere of In Dreams, which begins performances on 3 July.

Plaster dust be gone! Covid be damned! After three long years Hyde Park Picture House emerges after a full on makeover to take its rightful place in the heart of cinema in Leeds once more. Welcome back old friend.

LEEDS 2023 are back with the next opportunity for young people – the Youth Fund. It’s a fund designed for young people aged between 14 - 30 who live in Leeds, by young people. 

2023 is a landmark year for Leeds Lieder as the Festival expands from four days to nine, running from Friday 9 – Saturday 17 June.
 

The Leeds Opera Festival is an annual celebration of rare and wonderful operas, taking place in venues right across the city 19 August to 10 September 2023.

Embrace drummer Mike Heaton will be the special guest on Sunday 28 May when Old Chapel Music Studios in Leeds open its doors for the latest round of free public tours.    

Kay Mellor's A Passionate Woman, is being staged in memory of the leading British dramatist who passed away in May 2022. Leeds Playhouse until 10 June.

"An incredible feel-good musical that will speak to the experiences of a huge amount of people on the universal themes of love, loss and the legacy we leave behind." Leading Broadway and West End musical theatre actors Lena Hall and Oliver Tompsett are to star in the new musical In Dreams which will premiere at Leeds Playhouse from 3 July – 5 August.

Martha Boyd, Hyde Park Picture House's Digital Marketing Coordinator updates us on progress with redevelopment of our favourite 100+ year old local picture house.

Leeds Creative Skills Festival returns to first direct Arena this November and are currently accepting exhibitor bookings.

Amy Letman, Creative Director Transform reflects on how children are our future.

Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of one of Yorkshire’s historic worsted mills at Threads a weekend festival celebrating textiles through a series of talks, workshops and more, part of our celebration of 10 years of arts and culture at the mills. 12 - 14 May 2023, Sunny Bank Mills.

Something rather special is happening right now in Leeds and Our Jane is in amongst it all.

Slung Low take us behind the scenes for their series of upcoming practical workshops for Leeds People's Theatre's performance of Noah's Flood.

Leeds artists and creatives are invited to pitch ideas for short-form film projects for broadcast on Sky Arts, as part of the LEEDS 2023 Year of Culture.

Photographer Casey Orr takes us through the evolution of her pop up portrait studio documenting youth culture which started in 2013.

Throughout the Summer, every ward in Leeds is celebrating the Year Of Culture and you’re invited to take part through the LEEDS 2023 Community Grants Scheme.
 

Henry Moore Institute celebrates 30 years of being open to you.