What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Yorkshire filmmaker, Alfie Fox, is screening his newest documentary about Holbeck-based arts organisation, Pyramid, at Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds on Thursday (14 August 2025). The documentary celebrates the work Pyramid does to support people with learning disabilities and autism to get into the arts. It explores what the
A new short film has been released about the making of the opera ‘Noah’s Flood‘ last July in Holbeck, which featured the children of Ingram Road Primary School. The production was a collaboration between Slung Low and The Manchester Collective to stage Benjamin Britten’s community opera Noah’s Flood, but the
In an exciting collaboration between Elliott Hudson College and the prestigious British Library, a group of students has spearheaded an innovative project culminating in the creation of an animated film titled “Myths & Legends: A South Leeds Odyssey.” This project marked the British Library’s first co-creation venture with students from
As we reported last month, a new film telling the story of a forgotten local band, Sentence, is due for release this November and today (1 October 2023) a trailer for the film has been released, narrated by Mik Artistik. While you’re here, can we ask a favour? South
As the summer wanders slowly towards the autumn, the kids go back to school and the nights start to draw in towards the onset of winter, come and join BasementArtsProject for the second half of our 2023 programme.
A film showing the work of Middleton-based charity Health For All has been released today (31 May 2023). The film has been made by Locality, a national umbrella group supporting local community organisations to be strong and successful. Each year they make three or four films focussing on the work
Whilst most children enjoyed an ordinary day on Friday (10 June 2022) class 5D of Low Road Primary School were visited by Into Film Sky Arts. As well as the team from Sky Arts, Hillary Benn MP joined the session. It was clear from the reactions of the class that
Did you know that St Luke’s CARES Charity shop on Dewsbury Road used to be a cinema? The Pavilion Picture Palace was one of the many urban cinemas in Leeds that presented films to the public from 1911 to 1956. The warehouse at St Luke’s CARES houses the charity’s fantastic
Holbeck-based theatre company Slung Low will be streaming online for free the premiere of their new short film The Good Book on Friday (1 May 2020) from 12pm. The Good Book is the first production for the newly formed Leeds People’s Theatre and is produced by Slung Low with the
Slung Low are making a People’s Theatre short film – and they want you to be in it! Holbeck’s acclaimed theatre company Slung Lung are looking for 100 people from Leeds and the surrounding areas to appear in an exciting new short film written by the award-winning playwright James Phillips