What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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
After a great end to 2023 with The Gifting, Slung Low are back to presenting shows and workshops at The Warehouse In Holbeck. Letters to Leeds will be the outcome of a Myth Making Workshop on Saturday 6 April at 1pm. Letters to Leeds is a collective exploration of Leeds.
The final independent evaluation of LEEDS 2023 by The Audience Agency will be published later this year, but the impact on those who took part in creative activities, many for the first time, is already being felt. A new documentary by Leeds-based filmmakers Sodium Films, Letting Culture Loose: The Power
It’s time for one last dream with The Gifting, an original performance of 12 interwoven stories that bring LEEDS 2023, Year of Culture, to a fitting close this Twixmas. The Gifting is an intoxicating mix of promenade theatre and song, merging myths and legends in an hour-long performance of folklore,
An oral history exhibition celebrating 50 years of Irish in Britain, the national membership organisation for the Irish community in Britain, is visiting Holbeck next week (15-19 November 2023). The stories within the exhibition are as inspirational as they are heart-breaking, and most importantly, will never be forgotten. From the
Following a year of exceptional cultural experiences including The Awakening, Making A Stand, The WOW Barn, Moon Palace, events in all 33 wards of Leeds and many more, Leeds will end its Year of Culture on a high with an original new show this Christmas in Holbeck. From the imaginations
Set in a near-future Britain, where violence and civil war threaten to overturn a revolutionary government, The Magician follows a young man on a quest to find the only person who might have the knowledge to stop the burning and the hate. A cast of over 200 Leeds citizens were
The agenda for the next meeting of the Inner South Community Committee, made up of the nine Councillors for our three wards: Beeston & Holbeck, Hunslet & Riverside and Middleton Park, has been published. The meeting, which is open to the public, is taking place at Slung Low, The Warehouse
What a privilege it was to be present at Slung Low’s Warehouse in Holbeck on Friday evening (7 July 2023) and be a (small) part of their joint production with Manchester Collective and Ingram Road Primary School, of the opera Noah’s Flood. The show was a triumph, blending professionalism with
Internationally acclaimed street art duo Nomad Clan have been commissioned by the children of Holbeck and theatre company Slung Low to paint a giant mural celebrating everyone’s creative potential. Slung Low is resident in Ingram Road Primary School and works closely with a small group of children, the self-titled Imaginative