Journal | Transform

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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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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.

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Making Space: a new collaboration spanning Leeds and Nairobi

Transform is collaborating with The GoDown Arts Centre, based in Nairobi, to deliver Making Space, a new arts research programme exploring ways to empower young people in their cities.

Applying to be a Young Curator – FAQs

Answering some Frequently Asked Questions about what's involved with being a Young Curator

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Join our focus group

We’re inviting 10-12 people from Leeds City Region to be part of a focus group that will help us shape the 2025 festival.

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Read our 2023-24 report

Our 2023-24 report gives an insight into our programming strands, our financial model and what artists and audiences had to say about Transform 23.

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Transform receives Unlimited Micro Capital Access Grant

Transform has been awarded £10,000 from the WYCA Unlimited Micro Capital Access Grant scheme, which supports work to improve accessibility for disabled artists and audiences.

Watch the making of SECRETS

Watch our film about the group of young performers who collaborated to make SECRETS.

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The latest photos from our New Dimensions commission

We were in Brighton in January, catching up with Dan Daw Creative Projects during their technical residency at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts.