What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Two of Yorkshire’s best known theatre companies are set to join forces with an exciting line-up of playwrights for an afternoon of brand-new short plays written for radio and performed in front of a live audience. For the past 10 years Leeds based Slung Low have been running 15 Minutes Live and this
Two of Yorkshire’s best known theatre companies are set to join forces with an exciting line-up of playwrights for an afternoon of brand-new short plays written for radio and performed in front of a live audience. For the past 10 years Leeds based Slung Low have been running 15 Minutes
Families are being invited to get their first taste of opera this summer as Opera North takes its Whistle Stop Opera: The Magic Flute on tour, kicking off in Holbeck. Inspired by Mozart’s final opera, The Magic Flute, this Whistle Stop version packs adventure, a thought-provoking message and enchanting music
Award-winning theatre company Slung Low has launched subs-free Holbeck Moor Football Club. Open to all adults, the men’s and women’s teams will begin weekly training on Holbeck Moor on Wednesday 23 June 2021 at 6:30pm. Ewan Speck, coach of Holbeck Moor FC’s men’s team explained: “I have played football since
Ingram Road Primary School in Leeds has been crowned national winner in the Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Awards after winning the regional award of Best Breakfast club in Yorkshire and Humber. With over 450 amazing stories submitted, the competition was tough, but Ingram Road impressed the Kellogg’s panel of judges with
Emily’s Adventure is an interactive story walk that takes you back in time to discover some of the most infamous names in Holbeck’s past. Along the way you will take in some of the area’s incredible architecture, from Tower Works to the old library on Nineveh Road to Temple Works,
The evenings are getting lighter, the days a little warmer, Spring has sprung and so too has the new term of Slung Low’s Cultural Community College. This term some courses will be hosted online and excitingly, some will be held at the Holbeck club. With a brilliant mix of courses
Following on from the success of last summer’s LS11 Art Gallery, which displayed local residents artwork on lampposts in the area, Slung Low, Holbeck’s own theatre company, has launched a new participatory art project. The Rock-down Gallery will be created by local people decorating cobble stones to brighten up the
Every Wednesday morning a team descends on the Holbeck club and the Slung Low foodbank springs into life. As we’ve reported previously, when the pandemic hit last year, Slung Low redirected their theatrical skills from organising shows to running a foodbank for people in LS11 and beyond. I’m proud to
Alan Lane, the Artistic Director of Slung Low, Holbeck’s own theatre company, has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to the community in South Leeds during Covid-19 in the New Year’s Honours List. As we have reported over the last year, Alan and the team at Slung