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Ahamefule plays the trumpet in a dark lit room surrounded by boxes

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The Things Around Us

Ahamefule J. Oluo (Unceded Twana lands, Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA)

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Details

When?

Wed 22 Oct 2025
7.15–9.30pm

Where?

Howard Assembly Room
32 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU

What?

Performance, Music, Stand-up comedy

Prices

Pay What You Can £2–£35
Recommended price £25
Plus booking fees

In this solo performance, somewhere between jazz and stand-up comedy, darkly humorous true stories about other people mix with a haunting soundscape.

Uplifting and bleak, deep and silly, a musical score is created live, electronically looping clarinet, trumpet and everyday objects.

This final piece in an acclaimed trilogy of works inverts the formula of the first two pieces – of autobiographical anecdotes and large ensembles – with stories about other people, other places, and other times set to intimate solo soundscapes that seem to emerge from thin air.

Ahamefule J. Oluo (they/them) is an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, composer, writer, comedian, and creator of live performance.

Your Experience

What to expect

This is a seated performance within a music venue. The performance contains live music, comedy and storytelling.

Duration

135 mins

6.30pm Doors
7.15pm Support act
7.35pm Interval
8–9.30pm The Things Around Us

Age guidance

14+

Language

English

Content guidance

Contains loud music (ear plugs will be available). This performance includes lighting effects and haze.

Getting here

Head to the Howard Assembly Room website for more information about getting to the venue.

Access information

Wheelchair spaces

There are two wheelchair spaces, but this can be increased if more are required. Please call the Box Office on 0113 223 3600, or email [email protected]  for more information.

BSL

This show will be BSL interpreted.

Step free access

There is step free access to the event and there are accessible toilets at the venue.

Seating

The seating is high backed.

Open door policy

We have an open door policy across all shows at Transform, meaning ticket holders are welcome to come and go as they need.

More information

Head to Transform’s Access page for more information.

“Oluo manages to expand the stand-up autobiography format to dizzying proportions”
– The New York Times

Credits

Supported by a grant from The MAP Fund.

Performances at Transform 25 co-presented by Transform and Howard Assembly Room.