South Leeds Life

It’s been an iconic building in south Leeds for many years – but now the historic former Tetley Brewery headquarters will have a new lease of life.   Arts organisation Project Space Leeds [PSL] has been given a major show of confidence in its plans to create a new contemporary visual arts centre for Leeds that will [...]

“Familiar interiors without their people often become spaces of meditation. When alone in them there is something unfamiliar about being in the same familiar room yet again. Memories drift by, time seems to unpick itself and the day becomes night before it is supposed to. These are images of reverie and layered time. “Memories of [...]

Jamie Reid – the pioneering and world-renowned artist of punk art who put the safety pin into the Queen’s nose – is coming to Leeds, bringing his 40 year retrospective and current show “Ragged Kingdom” to Temple.Works.Leeds for the month of June 14-July 14, writes Susan Williamson. There will be sound and fury, art, punk, [...]

Susan Williamson from Temple Works writes for South Leeds Life about an exciting  new project… Why Rush? . . . Life is short but that’s no excuse. Why not spend some time on May 11-13 at Temple.Works.Leeds experiencing more than extraordinary performers doing what they are compelled to do instead? . . . Why DO they do [...]

Katy Forster has sent South Leeds Life the following information: I work in the Opera North marketing department and we are currently trying to involve the local community in some of our free events that are coming up in our Spring season. The Howard Assembly Room has a wealth of events  going on throughout April, May [...]

Maria Spadafora, the community engagement officer at South Asian Arts-uk, has sent us this guest post about an exciting new initiative encouraging yougsters from across the city – including south Leeds – to go to the theatre… Calling all young people aged 13-19! Not had many opportunities to go to the theatre? Perhaps you’d like to [...]

The BasementArtsProject is run by Bruce and Debs Davies from the basement of their terrace house in Beeston and is probably the city’s smallest arts space. Here, Bruce provides an update on the latest developments with the project… Firstly I would like to thank, on behalf of BasementArtsProject and all of the artists involved, all of [...]

Having been invited to write an article for South Leeds Life – with the only stipulation being that its focus had to be on South Leeds – excitement gave way to fear as I realised how deeply engrained art has become in my life. As my initial concern subsided I realised that this obsessive manner [...]

We would like to take this opportunity to invite you all to a performance of ‘SweetMud’ by Sara Zaltash on Sunday 2nd October between 4pm & 5pm. Tea, coffee and cake will be available   This will be the Closing Event for the ‘SPEAKEASY: art in age of prohibition’ exhibition which will be running on Sat [...]

“By the pricking of my thumbs, something silly this way comes” Last night I joined an audience of 400 to sit under the trees and watch Oddsocks Theatre perform their unique take on “the Scottish play” -  Shakespeare’s Macbeth. We enjoyed a spirited and very funny performance, surviving two rain showers (South Leeds folk are [...]