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One month to go!

We're counting down the weeks until Transform 25!

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Young Curators at Transform 25

Transform’s Young Curators – nine artists and creatives from Leeds – have designed various moments across the festival.

Young Curators: An Introduction

Meet our Young Curators!

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Transform 25 workshops programme

Discover our Transform 25 workshops programme, a series of free, artist-led workshops offering opportunities to dig deeper into our line up of powerful international performance.

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Launching Transform 25

We’re thrilled to launch Transform 25, a festival of powerful international performance, happening from 21-25 October 2025 right here in Leeds.

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Calling all performance professionals!

We're excited to be drawing together a community of artists, programmers and wider performing arts professionals in Leeds for Transform 25.

Transform 25: Two shows announced

Big news today as we reveal the first two shows of our Transform 25 programme!

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.

A performance unfolds on a car park with the sun setting on the Leeds city skyline

Launching Transform Partnerships

Are you a local business? Find out how you can support Transform, an inclusive, international performance festival based right here in Leeds.

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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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Call out: EXXY Audition notice

Dan Daw Creative Projects are holding auditions for Exxy, a new show coming to Transform festival this October.

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.

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