Leeds Combined Arts

Dance & Movement Workshops with Emma Sutton
2020-08-04 15:15 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Tuesday 4th August 2-4 p.m. Dance & Movement Workshops with Emma. HEART, Bennett Road, Headingley LS6 3HN.
Emma will commence some new 8 week dance and movement workshops at the beginning of July. The workshops will be held both indoors and outdoors (weather permitting).
The workshops will continue throughout July and August finishing on Tuesday 25th August and we’ll take a break over the last week in August and re-commence again in September.
We invite you to join us for Line-Dancing. Our new workshops mean that we can return to meeting and dancing together as a group whilst also observing the physical contact guidelines. Modern Line Dance retains its Folk and Country & Western roots whilst also including other styles. The music and routines will be varied so each week you might find yourself dancing Cha cha, Bollywood or even Samba steps as well as sometimes doing the old traditional Heel & Hook. Our Tuesday classes will be relaxed, fun and friendly with easy to pick up dances. Come along to learn a new skill – which is good for the brain, make new friends – which is good for the spirit and at the same time gain the benefits of physical exercise. Please wear comfy clothes and shoes. We will dance in Meanwood Institute as well as Meanwood Park (weather permitting). All classes will commence at 2.00 p.m. and finish at 4.00 p.m. including a short break. For any further information required please contact emma@leedscombinedarts.org.uk
Entrance £3.00/£2.00 members and concessions. Please note: Places must be pre-booked due to the current restriction on numbers.

LCA Book Reading Group.
2020-08-03 16:00 - 18:00, 2020-07-27 16:00 - 18:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
We are currently reading ‘The Miner’s Daughter’ by Jennie Felton.

When Annie Day at number four, Fairley Terrace, loses her beloved husband in a tragic mining disaster, she cannot afford the luxury of grief. For now, she must find a way to support herself and her two young daughters, Kitty and Lucy, and marriage to widower Algernon Pierce seems to be the answer to Annie’s prayers. For a time, all is well. But beneath her new husband’s respectable veneer, lies a darkness which deepens as the years roll by. Annie begins to fear for her daughters’ futures, particularly vibrant, headstrong Lucy, whose defiance of Algernon alters the course of their lives forever.
All reading takes place in the two-hour slot, including a break. All welcome to read or just sit and listen. Entrance is £3.00 and includes refreshments. Further details on 07708 230333.

Walk around Meanwood Woods & Park with Poetry on the theme of Woods, Parks and Water.
2020-08-02 13:00
PLEASE NOTE: This walk is now fully booked.
Join Carol for a 5 mile circular walk from Meanwood Park, through Meanwood Woods, Adel, and into the Hollies. Again the above information may apply and we will contact you by e-mail nearer the time to let you know. Meet at 12: noon in Meanwood Park Car Park.
Please note: Places must be pre-booked due to the current restriction on numbers.

Dance & Movement Workshops with Emma Sutton
2020-07-28 15:00 - 17:00 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom
Tuesday 28th July 2-4 p.m. Dance & Movement Workshops with Emma. Meet at Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD. The Workshops will be held in Meanwood Park..
Emma will commence some new 8 week dance and movement workshops at the beginning of July. The workshops will be held both indoors and outdoors (weather permitting).
The workshops will continue throughout July and August finishing on Tuesday 25th August and we’ll take a break over the last week in August and re-commence again in September.
We invite you to join us for Line-Dancing. Our new workshops mean that we can return to meeting and dancing together as a group whilst also observing the physical contact guidelines. Modern Line Dance retains its Folk and Country & Western roots whilst also including other styles. The music and routines will be varied so each week you might find yourself dancing Cha cha, Bollywood or even Samba steps as well as sometimes doing the old traditional Heel & Hook. Our Tuesday classes will be relaxed, fun and friendly with easy to pick up dances. Come along to learn a new skill – which is good for the brain, make new friends – which is good for the spirit and at the same time gain the benefits of physical exercise. Please wear comfy clothes and shoes. We will dance in Meanwood Park (for the time being). All classes will commence at 2.00 p.m. and finish at 4.00 p.m. including a short break. For any further information required please contact emma@leedscombinedarts.org.uk
Entrance £3.00/£2.00 members and concessions. Please note: Places must be pre-booked due to the current restriction on numbers.

What hidden Electromagnetic Fields (EMF's) exist in your home? The dangers that this electrical stressor presents upon your health and how you can protect yourself, with Craig Taylor.
2020-07-22 20:00 - 22:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
This talk will provide you with an understanding of the influence that EMF’s played upon my diagnosis of Fibromyalgia, M.E and Lyme Disease in 2015, using industry meters will make this an interactive evening using the group members to show how Environment Healing measures the forms of EMF’s so you can see at first hand the influence on illness at a cellular level in the body and how we then need to protect the body. With 5G, the next generation of communications we need to understand how this differs from previous networks and how this becomes even more of a health concern that you need to be educated upon. Entrance £4.00/£3.50 concessions & members. Please note: Places must be pre-booked due to the current restriction on numbers.

New Dance & Movement Workshops with Emma Sutton
2020-07-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom
Tuesday 21 July 2-4 p.m. Dance & Movement Workshops with Emma. Meet at Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD. This weeks Workshop will be held in Meanwood Park.
Emma will commence some new 8 week dance and movement workshops at the beginning of July. The workshops will be held both indoors and outdoors (weather permitting).
The workshops will continue throughout July and August finishing on Tuesday 25th August and we’ll take a break over the last week in August and re-commence again in September.
We invite you to join us for Line-Dancing. Our new workshops mean that we can return to meeting and dancing together as a group whilst also observing the physical contact guidelines. Modern Line Dance retains its Folk and Country & Western roots whilst also including other styles. The music and routines will be varied so each week you might find yourself dancing Cha cha, Bollywood or even Samba steps as well as sometimes doing the old traditional Heel & Hook. Our Tuesday classes will be relaxed, fun and friendly with easy to pick up dances. Come along to learn a new skill – which is good for the brain, make new friends – which is good for the spirit and at the same time gain the benefits of physical exercise. Please wear comfy clothes and shoes. We will dance in Meanwood Park (for the time being). All classes will commence at 2.00 p.m. and finish at 4.00 p.m. including a short break. For any further information required please contact emma@leedscombinedarts.org.uk
Entrance £3.00/£2.50 members and concessions. Please note: Places must be pre-booked due to the current restriction on numbers.

LCA Book Reading Group.
2020-07-20 16:00 - 18:00
We are currently reading ‘The Miner’s Daughter’ by Jennie Felton.

When Annie Day at number four, Fairley Terrace, loses her beloved husband in a tragic mining disaster, she cannot afford the luxury of grief. For now, she must find a way to support herself and her two young daughters, Kitty and Lucy, and marriage to widower Algernon Pierce seems to be the answer to Annie’s prayers. For a time, all is well. But beneath her new husband’s respectable veneer, lies a darkness which deepens as the years roll by. Annie begins to fear for her daughters’ futures, particularly vibrant, headstrong Lucy, whose defiance of Algernon alters the course of their lives forever.
All reading takes place in the two-hour slot, including a break. All welcome to read or just sit and listen. Entrance is £3.00 and includes refreshments. Further details on 07708 230333.

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Kirkstall and Gotts Park with Poetry on the theme of ‘Industrial Revolution’
2020-07-19 13:00
“Rob has decided that, at this critical period of lock-down easing, he would prefer to lead a Leeds-based walk on 19th July and will defer the Outwood/Lofthouse Colliery walk to a later date.”
The walk will start at 12 noon on Sunday 19th July at Kirkstall Retail Park, Savins Mill Way, Leeds, LS5 3RP. This is the car park at Kirkstall Morrisons – it’s probably easiest for us to meet near that store. We will walk from there down a little known path beside Kirkstall Goit to reach Redcote Lane and the Leeds Liverpool Canal. Following the canal back to Armley we will walk up the road past Armley Mills to Armley Park and Gott’s Park. If the weather is fine there could be a short detour to pass the Grade II listed Gott’s Mansion, once home of Leeds industrialist, Benjamin Gott, erstwhile owner of Armley Mills (great spot for a packed lunch too), then on through the park and down Armley Ridge Road back to Kirkstall. There is a refreshment possibility at Kirkstall Bridge Inn but at this stage it is not known what arrangements the pub will have made for safe access. More should be known about this shortly before the walk.
The walk is just over 5 miles.
Bring packed lunch, water and suitable clothing for good quality footpaths but unpredictable weather. Places must be pre-booked due to the current restriction on numbers.

LCA Poetry, Prose & Music Evening. (FULLY BOOKED)
2020-07-15 20:00 - 22:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Join us for an ‘Open Mic’ Poetry & Prose and Music Evening all welcome to sing, play or read, themes for this evening include, summer, nature, environment and freedom!!. Entry £3.50/3.00 members and concessions including refreshments. Please note: Places must be pre-booked due to the current restriction on numbers.

New Dance & Movement Workshops with Emma Sutton at HEART, Headingley
2020-07-14 15:00 - 17:00
This week we meet at HEART, Headingley, Bennett Rd, LS6 3HN. For next weeks please check on our website just before the event. Please note that places must be pre-booked due to a restriction on numbers.
Emma will commence some new 8 week dance and movement workshops at the beginning of July. The workshops will be held both indoors and outdoors (weather permitting).
The workshops will continue throughout July and August finishing on Tuesday 25th August and we’ll take a break over the last week in August and re-commence again in September.
We invite you to join us for Line-Dancing. Our new workshops mean that we can return to meeting and dancing together as a group whilst also observing the physical contact guidelines. Modern Line Dance retains its Folk and Country & Western roots whilst also including other styles. The music and routines will be varied so each week you might find yourself dancing Cha cha, Bollywood or even Samba steps as well as sometimes doing the old traditional Heel & Hook. Our Tuesday classes will be relaxed, fun and friendly with easy to pick up dances. Come along to learn a new skill – which is good for the brain, make new friends – which is good for the spirit and at the same time gain the benefits of physical exercise. Please wear comfy clothes and shoes. We will dance in Meanwood Park (for the time being). All classes will commence at 2.00 p.m. and finish at 4.00 p.m. including a short break. For any further information required please contact emma@leedscombinedarts.org.uk
Entrance £3.00/£2.50 members and concessions.

LCA Book Reading Group.
2020-07-13 16:00 - 18:00
We are continuing to read ‘The Miner’s Daughter’ by Jennie Felton.

When Annie Day at number four, Fairley Terrace, loses her beloved husband in a tragic mining disaster, she cannot afford the luxury of grief. For now, she must find a way to support herself and her two young daughters, Kitty and Lucy, and marriage to widower Algernon Pierce seems to be the answer to Annie’s prayers. For a time, all is well. But beneath her new husband’s respectable veneer, lies a darkness which deepens as the years roll by. Annie begins to fear for her daughters’ futures, particularly vibrant, headstrong Lucy, whose defiance of Algernon alters the course of their lives forever.
All reading takes place in the two-hour slot, including a break. All welcome to read or just sit and listen. Entrance is £3.00 and includes refreshments. Further details on 07708 230333.

New Dance & Movement Workshops with Emma Sutton at HEART, Headingley
2020-07-07 15:00 - 17:00
Emma will commence some new 8 week dance and movement workshops at the beginning of July. The workshops will be held outdoors (for the time being).
The workshops will continue throughout July and August finishing on Tuesday 25th August and we’ll take a break over the last week in August and re-commence again in September.
We invite you to join us for Line-Dancing. Our new workshops mean that we can return to meeting and dancing together as a group whilst also observing the physical contact guidelines. Modern Line Dance retains its Folk and Country & Western roots whilst also including other styles. The music and routines will be varied so each week you might find yourself dancing Cha cha, Bollywood or even Samba steps as well as sometimes doing the old traditional Heel & Hook. Our Tuesday classes will be relaxed, fun and friendly with easy to pick up dances. Come along to learn a new skill – which is good for the brain, make new friends – which is good for the spirit and at the same time gain the benefits of physical exercise. Please wear comfy clothes and shoes. We will dance in Meanwood Park (weather permitting). All classes will commence at 2.00 p.m. and finish at 4.00 p.m. including a short break. For any further information required please contact emma@leedscombinedarts.org.uk
Entrance £3.00/£2.50 members and concessions. Please note: Places must be pre-booked due to the current restriction on numbers.

LCA Book Reading Group.
2020-07-06 16:00 - 18:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN

Qi Gong Classes
2020-06-28 16:00, 2020-06-21 16:00
White Crain Qi Gong classes with Mark Tarver is continuing in Hyde Park (just behind the children’s playground) with Mark Tarver every Sunday at 3.00 – 3.40 p.m. with social distancing. Qi Gong is a centuries-old system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial-arts training.
There is a great advantage in gathering the light from the sun as it becomes stronger and stronger and doing this outdoors.

MBS Evening: ‘TROPIC’ – Green Beauty, Presentation, Talk & Demonstration with Emma McCullock.
2020-06-24 20:30 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Unfortunately due to the nature of this event and the physical contact involved we have had to postpone this talk and workshop for the time being. We will however hope to re-arrange this event in the Autumn. Please check this site for further updates. Emma, a Senior Ambassador from Tropic Skincare, will be doing a presentation on the importance of clean, green beauty. She will be discussing how what we put on our skin affects our overall health and wellbeing and how we should pay attention to the beauty industries environmental impact. We will all get a chance to indulge in Tropics gorgeous products and receive a mini hand treatment too!
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Entrance, £4.00/£3.50 members & concessions.

LCA Book Reading Group.
2020-06-22 16:00 - 18:00 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom

LCA Poetry Evening on Zoom
2020-06-17 20:30
Join us on Zoom for our June mixed Poetry Evening. Further details will be sent out by e-mail nearer the time with a link and password. All welcome to read one or two poems or just join us and listen.

LCA Book Reading Group Re-commences.
2020-06-15 16:00 - 18:00 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD, Green Road, Leeds, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom
Join us as we re-commence our Book Reading Group at Meanwood Institute on Monday 15th June at 3.00 p.m.
We are currently reading ‘The Miner’s Daughter’ by Jennie Felton.

When Annie Day at number four, Fairley Terrace, loses her beloved husband in a tragic mining disaster, she cannot afford the luxury of grief. For now, she must find a way to support herself and her two young daughters, Kitty and Lucy, and marriage to widower Algernon Pierce seems to be the answer to Annie’s prayers. For a time, all is well. But beneath her new husband’s respectable veneer, lies a darkness which deepens as the years roll by. Annie begins to fear for her daughters’ futures, particularly vibrant, headstrong Lucy, whose defiance of Algernon alters the course of their lives forever.
All reading takes place in the two-hour slot, including a break. All welcome to read or just sit and listen. Entrance is £3.00 and includes refreshments. Further details on 07708 230333.

Theatre Visit: 'Piaf’, Leeds Playhouse. Postponed until next Spring 2021.
2020-05-30 20:45
This production has now been postponed by the Playhouse to next Spring. Born Edith Gassion in 1915, no one could have predicted Edith Piaf’s phenomenal rise to fame – from singing in the streets of Paris to becoming one of France’s biggest international stars, her voice is still revered to this day. But her extraordinary talent was matched with an equally extraordinary personal life… Pam Gems’ sensational and emotionally-charged play explores the highs and lows of the enigmatic yet fragile singer’s life and features some of Piaf’s most famous songs, including La Vie en Rose, Hymne à l’amour and Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien. Piaf is directed by Adam Penford (An Enemy of the People, The Madness of George III, Wonderland) and stars Tony-nominated and Olivier Award-winning actress Jenna Russell in the title role.

New Dance & Movement Workshops with Emma Sutton
2020-05-29 09:00 - 18:00 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom

Theatre Visit: ‘Derren Brown Magic Show’, Postponed to May 2021.
2020-05-28 20:30 | Leeds Grand Theatre, Briggate, Leeds, United Kingdom
The multi award-winning master of mind control and psychological illusion, Derren Brown, is at his very best on stage. His one-man shows have received wide critical acclaim and fresh from his hugely successful Broadway debut, Derren returns home to the UK to launch his first brand new theatre show in five years: Showman. The content of the show remains a closely guarded secret, but if you’ve seen him before, you know you’re in for a powerhouse treat! All seats are good, in the mid-stalls.

MBS Evening: Alexander Technique with Bridget Barr. Postponed to the Autumn.
2020-05-27 20:30 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
This event has now been postponed to the Autumn. We will give the exact date nearer the time.
Live your life with less strain and pain using the Alexander Technique with Bridget Barr
In this practical session, we will explore principles of the Alexander Technique and apply them to everyday activities. It is likely we will use walking and breathing as our examples but, if there are any common interests in the group, we could look at those. Please wear clothing that allows you to move freely. If you would like more information about the Alexander Technique and Bridget see https://www.learnalexandertechnique.info/ Entrance £4.00/£3.50 members and concessions including refreshments.

Day Trip to Richmond & Northalleton. Postponed.
2020-05-23 - 2020-05-24 | Leeds Coach Station, Dyer St, Leeds LS2 7LA, Leeds, LS27LA
Day Trip to Richmond and North Allerton.
This event was due to take place on 23 May, however it has now been postponed to a date between June and September, and as soon as we have a firm date it will be posted on this site. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Relax & Join us for one of the popular coach trips to both Richmond and Northallerton. Richmond is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, it is situated on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and one of the park’s tourist centres. The market is held in the cobbled streets around the Obelisk selling a wide range of goods. This will be followed by a trip to Northallerton another market town and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire. Coach departs from Leeds Central Bus Station and some other areas of Leeds, further details will be sent once you have booked. Cost £14.00 per person. To book please send a cheque made payable to ‘Leeds Combined Arts Theatre Group to us at Leeds Combined Arts, HEART Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds LS6 3HN. Please note: These trips are very popular and sell out fast!.

LCA Poetry Evening with Peter White & Rosalind York and Half Moon books - postponed
2020-05-20 20:30 - 22:30 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
This event will now take place on Wednesday 16th September. Half Moon Books, based in Otley, have encouraged and assisted dozens of local poets to get their work into print. This evening, two of Half Moon’s directors will be presenting their own work before inviting the audience to join in the fun with an open mic. In a former life as a design engineer, Peter R White used to write precise specifications and contract documents. Since retiring he gained a BA in Literature with the Open University, and was reborn as a writer of ambiguities and downright lies in the name of art. His poems have won prizes and have appeared in ten anthologies to date, and in his pamphlet, Ways to Wander (OWF Press, 2105). He is currently putting together a new collection.
Rosalind York’s work has won prizes in a number of competitions including the Guernsey International and been collected in anthologies by Other Poetry, OWF Press, Word Club with Transforming with Poetry, and the University of Huddersfield with Grist. Her pamphlet, The Flank of a Fish, was published by OWF Press in 2015 and her collection, The Taste of Red came out from Half Moon in 2020. Entrance £3.50/£3.00 members and concessions.

L.C.A. Mixed Poetry Evening on Zoom
2020-05-20 20:30 - 21:00
Our original Poetry Evening with Peter White of Half Moon Books has been postponed until September, however we have a mixed Poetry Evening on Zoom on Wednesday 7.30 p.m. If you would like to read please have a poem ready or you can just log in and listen. Carol will be the host. Click the link and follow instructions – the details are: Topic: LCA Poetry Evening

Time: May 20, 2020 07:30 PM London

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Theatre Visist: 'A Little Night Music’, Leeds Playhouse
2020-05-09 20:30 | Leeds Playhouse, Playhouse Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7UP, United Kingdom
A chance meeting between ex-lovers sparks a game of romantic musical chairs over a weekend in the country, as hopelessly mismatched couples find themselves confronted by their own vanities and deceptions. Glistening with wit and romance, composer Sondheim’s tantalising tale flirts with musical theatre and opera, and includes the classic song ‘Send in the Clowns’. This new production is the latest collaboration between Opera North and Leeds Playhouse following the critically acclaimed Into the Woods (2016). Featuring Opera North favourites, the Company’s award-winning Chorus and directed by the Playhouse’s Artistic Director James Brining, expect a glorious evening that is heart-warming and heartbreaking in equal measure.

Circular Walk around Saltaire. Postponed to a later date.
2020-05-08 13:00 - 15:30
This walk has now been postponed to later in the year, and we will give an exact date as soon as we have more information as to when walks will be able to go ahead again.
Join Carol for this annual May Day Bank Holiday walk around Saltaire. We will be walking alongside the Leeds & Liverpool Canal as well as taking in Shipley Glen, (Approx 4 miles). Pleased bring a pack lunch and a drink. Refreshments can be purchased after the walk at the many cafes in Saltaire. Meet at The Canal Towpath at the bottom of Victoria Road, Saltaire at 12:00 noon. Public transport Services 673, 674, 678 operated along the A657 Saltaire Road via Shipley. Also 622, 760 & 625 operate along the A650 Keighley/Bradford Road. All bus stops are within easy walking distance of the walk starting point. Ask the Driver for Victoria Road. For further details contact Carol on 07708230 333.

Circular Walk around Outwood and Lofthouse. Postponed to Sunday 19th July.
2020-04-26 13:00
This walk has been postponed to the 19th July. Join Rob on a walk from Outwood railway station and taking in the site of the former Lofthouse Colliery, now a lovely nature reserve. Trains from Leeds Central Station will be at 11.48 arriving in Outwood Station at 11.59. More details will be sent by e-mail nearer the time.
