Arts&Culture The event industry reacts to the lockdown exit plan Leeds based AYRE Event Solutions reacts to the government announcement of the plan to ease lockdown restrictions and what this means for the events industry. A new four-step plan to ease England's lockdown could see all legal limits on social contact lifted by 21 June, if strict conditions By The Editor • 3 min read
Arts&Culture Literature Festival to create Lockdown Lantern Installation 23 March – 5 April, Lawrence Batley Theatre Courtyard, Huddersfield Link to festival brochure: https://www.huddlitfest.org.uk/brochure-downloads/ A local festival is creating a stunning Lockdown Lantern installation to commemorate a year since the first Covid-19 lockdown (23 March 2020). The installation, commissioned by Huddersfield Literature Festival (HLF), will By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture West Yorkshire’s first Ninja Warrior UK signs lease at The Broadway, Bradford The Broadway, Bradford has announced Ninja Warrior UK, a family leisure venue inspired by the hit ITV show, has signed a lease for a two-storey unit in the Centre in a move to bring the unique offering to West Yorkshire. Located in the Petergate Mall, Ninja Warrior UK is set By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Leeds Playhouse to offer free theatre space for locally rooted artists Leeds Playhouse has announced the use of free theatre space and guaranteed technical support for local artists in the heart of the Leeds City Region. The Playhouse will offer new theatre space, the Bramall Rock Void, as exclusive use for artists and companies to help in the recovery of the By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Call for bursaries of £1,000 and £5,000 for artists in the Leeds City Region through PANIC PANIC! Promoting an Artist Network in the Crisis, invites artists in Leeds City Region to submit applications for £5,000 and £1,000 bursaries to support the making of new contemporary visual artwork in any artform. The bursaries will offer space to create a voice and help us think through By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Vicar Lane in Leeds opens to two way traffic, first time in 50 years Vicar Lane in central Leeds will reopen to bus traffic going both ways on Sunday 21 February, improving reliability and journey times by removing a bottleneck on The Headrow at New Briggate. The reopening marks the first time buses will have travelled northbound on Vicar Lane since the road was By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Contest to find the UK's top amateur quizzers with Chase star Paul Sinha It’s a Great British institution that has helped to entertain millions of us through three lockdowns. And with more people than ever before taking part in pub quizzes, albeit virtually, pub quiz experts SpeedQuizzing have decided to launch a timely virtual contest to find the UK’s best amateur By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Historic cinema redevelopment to begin this Spring Work on the Hyde Park Picture House’s transformational redevelopment project is set to begin this April, thanks to a successful £285,600 Capital Kickstart Fund award from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the government’s Culture Recovery Fund. Combining vital restoration work with the creation of new accessible By The Editor • 3 min read
Arts&Culture RitaGT: Unearthing Yorkshire Sculpture Park exclusive online event International Women’s Day: 8 March 2021, 6pm UK time Tune in at youtube.com/YSPsculpture “Unearthing reminds us of the necessary tribute to all the women caught up in male colonial expansion, forced to leave their homes, the singers who worked in the By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Leeds City College announces third round for creative fund Leeds City College has launched a third round of funding for emerging creative talent across the district, as part of the Leeds City College Arts Fund. First launched in March last year, the fund aims to contribute to Leeds’ arts and cultural engagement and conversation, by providing creatives the chance By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture 52 stunning reasons to fall in love with Yorkshire every week of the year Welcome to Yorkshire launches 52 free stunning online backdrops of iconic Yorkshire landscapes and locations to fall in love with the county every week of the year. With a heartfelt holler on Valentine’s Day (14th February), for folk who love Yorkshire across the globe to feel one step closer By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Production Park welcomes back elite sport on covid compliant courts Production Park, the UK’s leading centre for the live events and creative industries, has revealed it is set to welcome back elite sport, as it prepares to host the majority of this year’s Netball Superleague games from its Wakefield campus. The first half of the 2021’s Vitality By The Editor • 2 min read
