What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
We have published many articles over the years about what Slung Low are up to, but I never expected to report on a theatre company running a social service. We’ve seen How To … festivals, cabaret nights, Moby Dick at Leeds Dock and that big yellow bus delivering a Community
Slung Low, Holbeck’s own theatre company, suffered a break in to their double decker bus on Saturday night (21 December 2019). This is the ugly side of South Leeds, but what has happened since has shown our community’s real spirit. And we’ve been joined by Sting (yes, that Sting!) A
Back in October we reported that Slung Low, Holbeck’s own theatre company, was moving from under the viaduct to The Holbeck club. I caught up with Artistic Director Alan Lane to find out how the move was going. I arrived to find the power off at the club as workmen
After a hugely successful first term at their Cultural Community College, the acclaimed Leeds theatre company Slung Low have unveiled an exciting new programme of Pay What You Decide cultural classes for their second term. The new term, which will start on Sunday 17 February at Slung Low’s new location The Holbeck in South Leeds, will offer an
Would you like to learn how to put up a shelf? Or cook Indian food? Perhaps you’d like to try stargazing or decorative blacksmithing? All these subjects and more are on the syllabus at a new college starting in a converted double decker bus in Holbeck. Slung Low, Holbeck’s own
Acclaimed Holbeck-based theatre company Slung Low and five Yorkshire writers team up to present an afternoon of brand new radio plays in one of the UK’s oldest surviving Working Men’s Club. Performed and recorded live in front of an audience with on-stage sound effects and live music, these snapshots of
Sunday 31 May is a day of performance, film, lecture and food at Slung Low‘s How To … Festival under the viaduct arches in Holbeck. Myra Dubois, Professor Vanessa Toulmin, Russell J Hall & Roger Curzon, Freddie Brook and Manjit’s Kitchen will all be on hand to teach and entertain.
Hundreds of people took advantage of the dazzling array of free interactive movies screened at Leeds Dock last weekend (Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 August 2014). Site owners Allied London teamed up with Sneaky Experience to show free screenings of Disney’s Frozen, The Princess Bride, The Land Before Time
A water taxi service trialled during the recent Waterfront Festival has proved so popular it is to become a permanent fixture for visitors to Leeds Dock. Taking just 15 minutes to cover the entire route, the free water taxi is available for commuters every 30 minutes and is available
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Theatre lovers might be interested in this blog post by Alan Lane from Slung Low in Holbeck. In it he reflects on their recent piece Blood & Chocolate and what community theatre