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Transform festival is back 21–25 October 2025

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“THE CHARACTER OF LEEDS IS BAKED INTO THE PROGRAMME”

The Guardian

“URGENT AND OF THE MOMENT”

Yorkshire Post

“TRANSFORM HAS CHANGED THE WAY AUDIENCES EXPERIENCE LEEDS.”

The Guardian

“SMASHING THE MIRROR OF COMFY, WHITE, MIDDLE CLASS THEATRE, TO REVEAL THE WIDE AND FRACTIOUS WORLD BEHIND IT.”

On Magazine

Tiran Willemse in a studio setting, eyes closed, with hand gestures

Tiran Willemse: Leeds residency —

We recently hosted Tiran Willemse, a dancer and choreographer born in South Africa, for a residency at Yorkshire Dance.

Amrita Hepi and Tilly Lawless hold rigid postures before a blue background

The Act: new funding from the British Council’s Connections Through Culture grant —

We're supporting a new performance by Amrita Hepi and Tilly Lawless in collaboration with Performing Lines, Australia.

A photo of a road with a yellow bridge that reads 'Welcome to Nairobi city'

MAKING SPACE: An exchange —

In late 2024, we formed a new partnership with The GoDown Arts Centre in Nairobi, exploring the transformative power of culture in our cities.

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Use our captioning equipment! —

We have a brand new set of captioning equipment available to borrow, thanks to a Micro-Capital Access Grant from Unlimited x WYCA.

Opportunities

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Programme & Communications Assistant (Freelance)

We're looking for an organised, creative and collaborative Programme and Communications Assistant (Freelance) to join our team ahead of Transform 25 – our biennial international festival of bold, brave, vivid and socially-conscious performance.

This role will support the administration of the festival and the delivery of our exciting programme, as well as supporting our marketing and communications activities.