Learn how to make a delicious traditional Indian snack amongst the artwork in the Gallery during our exhibition all about food - Don't Play With Your Food!

Roo invites you to a cook and learn the art of traditional Punjabi potato flatbreads, known as Aloo Paratha. Grab your aprons and learn this unique recipe passed down from Roo’s grandparents. After we’ve finished cooking, we’ll enjoy a sit down lunch in traditional steel thali’s with condiments to complement our flatbreads.

Join us for our first ever Open Season Show. It will be a music melting pot with something for everyone. Some of our longest standing teachers and ensembles will perform alongside new talent, through Music House’s latest young recruits – New Generation.

Music House Gospel Choir, led by MOBO nominee, Leroy Johnson, will raise the roof and your spirits. Whilst the country’s first and only youth reggae choir, Reggae Roots, led by reggae pioneer, Judah, will mellow the mood.

Our photo socials are open to everyone and are absolutely free. This is a friendly event for anyone who wants to share their work or meet other people from the Leeds photography community. These socials are facilitated by Dan Wheeler from our sister lab, Make It Easy.

Leila and the Wolves is a film that reveals a nearly forgotten past of women’s struggle in Palestine and Lebanon attempting to retell these regional narratives from a feminist perspective. As John Akomfrah has written, Leila and the Wolves “weaves a rich tableau of history, folklore, myth and archival material.”

Reunited after a 17 year separation, Walter, an Angolan immigrant, is joined in the U.S. by his wife and teenage daughter. Now absolute strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help overcome the emotional distance between them.

This film screening will start at 6pm sharp, no ads and trailers. It is part of Leeds International African Arts Festival 2024, and curated by our partner Maona Art.

You can book any 4 Cinema Africa! tickets for the price of 3, and any 14 Cinema Africa! tickets for the price of 10.

In the canton of Boutefil at the gateway to the Chadian desert, unmarried women are accused by the Iman of being the source of the divine wrath on the village. The village chiefs decide to hold a traditional ceremony, the Amchilini, which consists in forcing all unmarried women to choose a husband. But there are voices, especially among young girls, against what they see as an attack to their dignity and freedom. They claim equal rights and autonomy as men.

Việt Linh captures the tragic story of a small circus from Hanoi, arriving in a remote, destitute and starving village in the central highlands of Vietnam. The troupe quickly learn that the villagers are in desperate need of rice, not entertainment, but despite this the circus continues its performances, attracting an ever-growing audience.