MISSION
Transform is an engine room for powerful performance. We create exhilarating international festivals and work year-round to catalyse future-gazing artists and creatives to reimagine what theatre can be. We bring Bold, Brave, Vivid & Socially-Conscious international performance to the Leeds City Region and beyond.
VISION
To shift perceptions of what theatre can look like and represent in the Leeds City Region and across the North. To enable artists and creative people to take their agency to a new level and create remarkable, internationally resonate performance.
Transform is
BOLD
• Creating bold, powerful performance & festivals
• Trusting in daring artists
• Ambitious in vision & reach
BRAVE
• Strive to do what others might be afraid to do
• Transporting artists & audiences into new creative territory
• Appetite to explore & understand the world today
VIVID
• Promoting extraordinary performance at the intersection of artforms
• Creating electric, imaginative experiences in different contexts & locations
SOCIALLY-CONCIOUS
• Believing in the change-making potential of performance
• Ensuring people can discover their agency and create culture relevant to them
• Equity centred & inclusive, creating supportive conditions for creative risk-taking
What we do
FESTIVALS
We produce biennial international festivals taking place across Leeds
SUPPORT
We support the next wave of bold performance makers across the North
COMMISSIONS
We commission and produce remarkable productions
NURTURE
We facilitate a collective of younger people (aged 16-21) from across the Leeds City Region, supporting them as creatives, curators and change-makers
PARTNERSHIPS
We are a core partner delivering brand new international performance showcase – Horizon
LEADERSHIP
We lead Creative Europe network Festivals of the Future
PROJECTS
We sometimes produce special events and one-off projects