Trim? Fresh. Skin? Glowing. Vibes? Immaculate.

Nathaniel is a serious romantic who sees love as a fine art. He’s looking for the Mona Lisa to his Da Vinci, and tonight is the night: his date with Destiny…’s Child.

Winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2022, Nathan Queeley-Dennis’ debut play is a love letter to Birmingham, exploring Black masculinity through Beyonce lyrics, techno raves and the deeply intimate relationship between a man and his barber. Directed by Dermot Daly.

Pilot Theatre brings you an electrifying adaptation of Manjeet Mann’s acclaimed novel. 

Amber is trapped – by her family’s rules, by their expectations, by her own fears. But on the running track she is completely free. As her body speeds up, the world slows down. And the tangled, mixed up lines in her head get s t r a i g h t e r . . .

All the curious items in the little shop have a story to tell. Some stories are sad, some are happy.

Some stories are scary, some will make you laugh. The shop is a kind of museum, specialising in trinkets, whispers, and forgotten chapters of lives lived and lives lost. Emporium Curioso is open; and all the objects in the shop have a story to tell. Why not come in and take a look around?

“Sometimes I pretend I’m in a music video. And that I have a backing group. And they’re always black, even though I don’t have any black friends, in real life.”

All they play in Preston nightclubs is Little Mix and Miley Cyrus. How is Danesha the dancer supposed to vibe to that? 

Danesha is a new coming-of-age story exploring black culture, queer joy and finding and loving your authentic self.

Once upon a time there was a boy from down the road
He contracted meningitis at the age of two years old
His life had been ok but now little did he know
His hearing was to leave him and was due to change his world

A heartfelt musical journey of exploration, inspired by real life events. Tough Old Bird explores how women are viewed in society as they have the absolute gall to get older!

Have you ever noticed those adverts promising to ‘defy the effects of ageing’? Ooh Nana hates them. What about when we get old? Where’s the instruction manual? Who deems what is ‘acceptable behaviour’? What happens when your voice isn’t listened to, or you become slowly invisible? 

Presented by Nana Funk, the great-great-grandmother of good times.

Join us this summer for behind the scenes tours of the Leeds Museums and Galleries collection store.

Leeds Discovery Centre is home to over 1.3 million object in our collection, most of which are not currently on display. Our purpose built museum storage and conservation facility holds toucans to telephones, meteorites and masks, there is something for everyone to enjoy!

Every Tuesday and Thursday 11am and 1pm between 30th July and 29th August.

Free but booking is essential, see Tickets below.