Creative Director @Transform_Leeds. #Clore18 Theatre Fellow. Co-Chair @Common_WealthHQ. 🌍 🌎 🌍
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'Who are we to say what they (audiences) want to see? Underestimating is an insult. Being demanding is a sign of respect.’ - Frie Leysen
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The Board of Trustees of the Live Art Development Agency (LADA) are delighted to announce the appointment of Mary Osborn as the new Director, following an international recruitment process.
Read the announcement and Mary’s bio here: tinyurl.com/55a6wbxc
ALT Text 'Announcing Mary Osborn as New Director of Lada' with white letters on midnight blue background
What is etiquette around bringing a baby to the theatre? 6 months into having a babe I’d love to see some stuff outside of my home city but unsure how welcoming or accessible this might feel. Keen to hear from others of your experiences getting back into it.
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Unfortunately, a tabloid newspaper has got hold of a music video I recorded in Islington North with an iconic grime artist I've admired for years.
They are planning to publish a heavily edited clip, so I'm releasing the full version myself. Watch here: tinyurl.com/yeymfb96
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Our AD, @RhiannonWhite84, will be speaking to Marina Barham from Al-Harah Theatre at @chaptertweets on 27th June.
Al-Harah work in Bethlehem, Palestine. Marina will be talking about Palestine, and how theatre can help people overcome trauma.
Join us: chapter.org/whats-on/al-hara…
Opening tonight in London a @battersea_arts @CAMPO_nu @Transform_Leeds commission by the one & only @katy_baird . Do not miss!
'An honest and raw interrogation into our need for distraction'. @katy_baird's new show Get Off comes to our stage next week!
Read the article in @Southwark_News 👉
southlondon.co.uk/lifestyle/…
Snag your ticket bac.org.uk/whats-on/get-off/
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29% Festival 💥
This Summer we're celebrating and platforming the incredible young people & artists who make up 29% of Bradford's population! There'll be live performance, music, dance, theatre, workshops, debates, food, visual art and activism!
DM us to perform/get involved ✨
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We are delighted to announce the names of the inspirational Leeds women, voted for by members of the public, who are being celebrated with a new sculpture, 'Ribbons', located in the heart of the city’s cultural quarter.
leeds-art.ac.uk/whats-happen…
Feel emotional to have my name included on this sculpture celebrating the achievements of women in Leeds past & present. Created by @pippahale & being unveiled this summer. leeds-art.ac.uk/whats-happen…
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We’re excited to announce a £6 million investment from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in support of our ambitious plans for UK City of Culture in 2025!
This funding will help us drive economic growth through the region's creative industries 🙌
🔗 ow.ly/Xi8O50QU6Mh
ALT A light display in front of City Hall in Bradford. The lights spell out 'Bradford 2025'. Someone is walking past in the shot.
This is devastating. The regularity of these kinds of announcements reflects the depth of the financial issues our sector is facing.
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✨ Introducing our new Associate Artists...
Jules Cunningham, Dan Daw, Oona Doherty, Michelle Dorrance, Seeta Patel, Alesandra Seutin and Botis Seva.
Find out what makes them tick: sadl.rs/3P1kCan
Legends
Our brilliant Bradford team. We had a funny photoshoot with the ace @PishdaadC Our boyband moment, our celebration, our Friends shot, our Charlie’s Angels, our possibly passable ‘team photo’. Looking forward to May when the Cardiff team & board visit and we get a mega shot 💗
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Lovely throwback - wish the next festival was sooner!
Brill few years being part of @hrzn_showcase. So proud of what we’ve built. @Transform_Leeds @maykithappen @fiercefestival sadly stepping away from future showcase - but so excited to see what @battersea_arts @fabricdance @GIFTfest make happen w continued @ace__london funding.
Celebrating three extraordinary years of international showcasing💗
Horizon would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the artists and their teams, the venues, the staff and consortium organisations for making it all possible.
Find out more 🔗 shorturl.at/bCNO2
ALT Horizon Showcase party 📷 Lesley Martin The Rite of Spring, Seeta Patel 📷 Foetini A Crash Course in Cloudspotting, Unchartered Collective 📷 Lesley Martin BODIES, Ray Young 📷 Lesley Martin BLKDOG, Botis Seva 📷 Camilla Greenwell Horizon Launch 2022 📷 Lesley Martin Birthmarked, Brook Tate 📷 Paul Blakemore NUTCRUSHER, Sung Im Her 📷 Johan Pijpops EXPOSURE, the vacuum cleaner 📷 Nina Photography
ALT as british as a watermelon, mandla rae 📷 Benjamin Liddell
ALT Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World 📷 Chris Payne
ALT The Talent, Action Hero 📷 Ana Viotti
What a thing ! @Transform_Leeds
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Only 8 sleeps to go! Applications for our 2024/25 Fellowship programme open 10.1.24.
Watch this space for more news... 🙌
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Here is a reminder of the International Award shortlist for #TheStageAwards 2024 in association with @TysersEnt:
@battersea_arts
@Complicite
@Transform_Leeds
This category is sponsored by @ConcordUKShows
Read more about the event 👇
thestage.co.uk/features/the-…
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THRILLED #TheSecondWoman is @guardianstage's top theatre pick for 2023!!
Bravo to the amazing Nat Randall & Anna Breckon, Ruth Wilson, our 35+ women & non-binary crew, the 100 men, the audiences & queuers & amazing @LIFTfestival & @youngvictheatre teams🔥
theguardian.com/stage/2023/d…
This letter now has over 1000 signatures. Deadline for Vastint consultation is this Friday. Please sign & remember to check your junk mails to verify your signature .
‼️Open letter responding to Vastint UK’s public consultation on the future of ‘The Tetley’.‼️
Please sign and share:
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