Briggate Zone

11. Harp

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Artist: Jonas Vorwerk (The Netherlands)

Location: Merrion Gardens, LS2 8LQ

Thursday & Friday, 6.30pm – 10.30pm 

What 3 Words: ///such.drips.digit

Performance key: Outdoor • Sound • Participatory

Harp is an immersive audio-visual outdoor installation which invites passers-by to form an orchestra for a moment. The work is structured around thirty-two interactive vertical lines that chime and illuminate with a wave of the hand.  Placing a palm under one of the sensors will change the light and sound tones. Like the strings of a harp, each of the lines has been designed to play a different note, and the light and sound design brings the audience together to create a playful symphony of gentle, dreamy tones. Harp invites people to pause and enjoy the beauty of playing music together in a public place without ever needing to practice.

Sponsored by Leeds 2023 and supported by Embassy of The Kingdom of the Netherlands.

12. Envisaging New Briggate's Tomorrow

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Artist: Yaku Stapleton / Dan Fox (UK)

Location:  St John the Evangelist Church Gardens, Mark Lane, LS2 8JA

Thursday & Friday, 6.30pm – 7.30pm,
7.45pm – 8.45pm, 9pm – 10pm

What 3 Words: ///recall.stole.honest

Performance key: Outdoor • Dark

Accessibility: Level access via Merrion Gardens and Merrion St

As part of East Street Arts’ Hidden Histories of New Briggate project, Yaku Stapleton’s interactive series of animated projections climb around the walls of St John’s Church and churchyard. Created in collaboration with artist Dan Fox and local community groups, the artwork celebrates Leeds’ rich textile history.

Commissioned by East Street Arts.

Accessibility info: Stepped access via New Briggate. Level access via Merrion Gardens, Merrion Street.

13. A Light at the Plaza

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Artist: Harry Clayton-Wright (UK)

Location: 42 New Briggate, LS1 6NU – PLEASE NOTE THIS IS THE CORRECT LOCATION WHICH HAS CHANGED SINCE THE BROCHURE WAS PRINTED

Thursday & Friday, 6.30pm – 10.30pm

What 3 Words: ///trees.lucky.flock

Performance key: Outdoor • Dark

As part of East Street Arts’ Hidden Histories of New Briggate project, see a brand-new neon by artist Harry Clayton Wright and illustrator Ian Munro which playfully responds to memories of Leeds’ notorious former adult cinema, The Plaza.

Commissioned by East Street Arts.

14. The Drop

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Artists: Opera North (UK)

Location: Howard Assembly Room, 32 New Brigate, LS1 6NU

Thursday & Friday Thursday & Friday, 6.30pm – 10.30pm

What 3 Words: ///tribal.just.smashes

Performance key: Indoor • Performance • Quieter Venue • Sound

Find out more about accessibility at the Howard Assembly Room

Go beyond the imaginable towards the unknowable depths of the ocean! This Light Night, the Howard Assembly Room will be plunged beneath the ocean’s surface, led by singer, violinist and composer, Alice Zawadzki, with a hybrid ensemble of strings and percussion. The musicians, including Phroensis’ Jasper Hoiby, will play from all sides of the space, sometimes alone, sometimes in pairs, sometimes all together. Melodies will slip into improvisation with the force of currents and waves, carrying us to a deep and unexplored inner world. To heighten the immersion, for one night only the Howard Assembly Room’s barrel-vaulted ceiling will become the surface of the ocean, with light cast down from high above, dancing as if through water.

Commissioned by Opera North.

15. The Enlightened Library

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Artists: Various (UK)

Location: Leeds Library, Commercial Street, LS1 6AL

Thursday & Friday 6.30pm – 10.30pm

What 3 Words: ///critic.kind.page

Performance key: Indoor • Quieter Venue • Dark •  Stairlift in venue

Find out more about accessibility at Leeds Library

Seek out the Enlightened Library and wander through the illuminated magical rooms of The Leeds Library, with the words of 50 local writers accompanying visitors during their journey as they explore the labyrinth of bookshelves and rooms of one of the cultural gems of Leeds. The event is organised in partnership with Chapel FM who in their anthology publication ‘Missing’ will be showcasing 50 local writers who have worked with Chapel FM over the last 10 years.

16. Portals

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Artists: Yorkshire Circus (UK)

Location: Event Space, Trinity Leeds, Albion Street, LS1 5ER

Thursday & Friday Performances at 6.30pm, 7.15pm, 8pm,
8.30pm, 9.15pm & 10pm

What 3 Words: ///nasal.tile.fonts

Performance key: Indoor • Performance • Busy • Loud

Yorkshire Circus presents Portals – a journey into the future featuring the one-of-a-kind Cyr wheel performance amidst live music, supported by local breaking crew Bust-A Move. Returning after successful fire performances at Light Night 2019, Yorkshire Circus are delighted to welcome you to dive into the immersive world of Portals.

Sponsored by Trinity Leeds.

17. The Dream Maker

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Artists: Academy of Live Technology (UK)

Location: Holy Trinity Church, Boar Lane, LS1 6HW

Thursday & Friday 6.30pm – 10.30pm

What 3 Words: ///nasal.tile.fonts

Performance key: Indoor • Sound

UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Become The Dream-maker and craft your own dreamscape seeing your changes displayed in the world around you. Alternatively, experience the shift of others dreams around you as you sit and awe in the wonder around you.

UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED