Friday 8 October 2010

Play with your city on Light Night!

On Friday 8^th October 2010, for one night only, venues including theatres, galleries, shopping arcades, museums, prison cells and city streets will host a plethora of strange and scintillating performances, art installations, exhibitions and participatory projects and all of them are FREE! 

You can expect happenings and interventions from the subtle to the spectacular including wandering harvesters, dancing in the Town Hall cells, city centre statues wrapped in winter knits, storytelling under the duvet and a performance in a swimming pool. Re-imagine the Aire as the River Styx, join in participatory theatre in the Victoria Quarter or  listen to spine-tingling opera in the Library. Light Night showcases the work of artists, performers and organisations, both established and emerging. We invite you to come and enjoy this after hours celebration of Leeds’ cultural wealth! 

Most of the work included in Light Night is newly created and never seen before. Much of it is designed specifically for the venue in which it is shown; shedding new light on familiar buildings and locations and opening up some you may not have experienced before. The event has always been about participation and this year is no different with projects allowing you  to barter with apples in an imagined city, take part in a board meeting, build a cairn, play mixed reality games or simply to meet with friends and strangers on a Friday night in Leeds.

Check out our Facebook Group too, for more about the night itself!!