What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Featuring songs from legendary indie band The Wedding Present, ‘Reception’opens tonight (22 August 2025) at Slung Low’s The Warehouse in Holbeck. Reception is a brand new musical written by Matt Aston that will take you back to the sticky dance floors and crimped hair of 1980s Leeds. Inspired by the
Slung Low, Holbeck’s own theatre company, host two shows this weekend. Big Strong Man is on at The Warehouse in Holbeck on Saturday night whilst Breadcrumbs is an outdoor family performance at Temple on Sunday afternoon … Big Strong Man is a hilarious and powerful show that explores Northern masculinity
Slung Low, Holbeck’s own theatre, are presenting four shows this month. Third Class is one-man theatre show based on the life of Titanic survivor Edward Dorking. Edward was gay. Openly gay, and on Wednesday 10 April 1912, he set sail for New York on a ticket bought for him by
Leeds Playhouse is taking ‘Sisters 360’, an exciting family-friendly play by acclaimed Bradford playwright Asif Khan, on a Community Tour from 13-22 May 2025 to schools and neighbourhood venues across the city. ‘Sisters 360’ is a 60-minute show for young audiences inspired by real-life skateboarding sisters Layna, Maysa and Amaya
Dinosaurs ruled South Leeds on Saturday (19 April 2025) for two performances of the roarsome ‘Hold On To Your Butts’. This Jurassic Park parody delighted the audience with a 3-person reenactment of the beloved classic film, which turns 32 years old this year. They re-create the whole plot including all
Following a winter break, Slung Low, Holbeck’s own theatre company, present their Spring season of visiting productions. The season starts with a family-friendly parody of the film Jurassic Park. 65 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth… 30 years ago, a movie about dinosaurs ruled the box office… This year,
The Leeds Care Leavers’ Christmas Dinner team is hosting its first public fundraising event at Slung Low in Holbeck on Sunday 29 September 2024 from 3pm. The early festive-themed gathering – the ‘FUNdraiser’ aims to raise £2,000 through ticket sales and activities – to support the 10th anniversary of this
Slung Low, Holbeck’s own theatre, are hosting four events this month: The Lodger is a new work about home and belonging. A restless deer leaves home, running into the unknown. This thought provoking, sometimes tragic, sometimes hilarious tale follows the deer’s journey as it encounters a menagerie of characters, all
The Imaginative Intelligence Warriors (IIW) are a group of pupils from Ingram Road Primary School who act as a steering committee for their local theatre company Slung Low. Over the last few years we have organised family-friendly events, commissioned artists to work in Holbeck and collaborated on big projects such
ice&fire – the human rights arts charity and theatre company – is staging one-off performances of its ground-breaking ‘Tales from the hostile environment’ across the UK in the run-up to voting in the general election on 4 July. On Sunday (30 June 2024), it will be staged at Slung Low