LCA Book Reading Group.
2020-08-10 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | 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.

Dance & Movement Workshops with Emma Sutton
2020-08-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom
Tuesday 11th August 2-4 p.m. Dance & Movement Workshops with Emma. Meet at Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD.
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.

Day Trip to Heartbeat Country & Whitby.
2020-08-15 10:00 - 18:00
Saturday 15th August, 9.00 a.m. Day Trip to Heartbeat Country & Whitby. (Meet at Leeds Coach Station Dyer Street).
Goathland is an incredibly attractive but busy village in the North York Moors in North Yorkshire. It is the setting for the fictional “Aidensfield” in ITV’s popular TV programme Heartbeat. There is also a station there for the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors steam railway line. It is a popular tourist destination and has many useful amenities including a pub, tea room, shops, and a post office. We’ll then be heading over to Whitby to spend the rest of the day. From the atmospheric Abbey towering over winding cobbled streets to the windswept beach and working harbour, Whitby is not your traditional coastal town. An Enjoy England award winner for Best Day Out, be sure to sample Yorkshire’s best fish and chips, discover ancient vampire legends and sit under the whale bone arch, watching the brightly coloured fishing vessels passing by. All seats £15.00. Please send payment all cheques to be made payable to ‘Leeds Combined Arts Theatre Group’ to us at – Leeds Combined Arts HEART Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley LS6 3HN. Please note: Places must be pre-booked due to the current restriction on numbers.

Dance & Movement Workshops with Emma Sutton
2020-08-18 15:00 - 17:00 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom
Tuesday 18th August 2-4 p.m. Dance & Movement Workshops with Emma. Meet at Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD.
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.

Dance & Movement Workshops with Emma Sutton.
2020-08-25 15:00 - 17:00 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom
Tuesday 25th August 2-4 p.m. Dance & Movement Workshops with Emma. HEART Centre, 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 Annual Break
2020-08-27 - 2020-09-06

Walk around Swinsty Reservoir with Poetry on the theme of ‘Forests/Trees’.
2020-09-06 12:45 - 15:15
Join Richard on a 4.5-mile walk around Swinsty Reservoir (2nd reservoir upstream in Washburn valley, a few miles north of Otley). Meet in car park next to “beach” just downhill from Fewston village. There are unrestricted & delightful views around this reservoir. Please bring a packed lunch.
We can visit the cafe in Washburn Heritage Centre or ice-cream van in car park, after walk.
For further details please contact Richard on 0113 2347688 or Carol on 07708 230333.

Music Event: The Roman Empire
2020-09-12 20:00
The Roman Empire return to the Heart Centre – or at least, just outside in the gazebo – to entertain the sacred and scared folks of Leeds! With song-based tales of pets, tentacles and nuclear war. We encourage you to donate your ears to what we are lovingly calling our One Stop Plague Tour 2020. So join us, won’t you, for a warm night of fun and desanitised instrument swapping. Live music in the Courtyard from 7.30pm – 45-minute set. Bar available for drinks and snacks (payment by card preferred). Please feel free to stay and chat (socially distanced of course) in our delightful outside space. While this event is free – donations are appreciated. Numbers are restricted. If the event is full there is also a bar available in the Carpark, so you can at least have a drink and a socially distanced chat! There is no booking just turn up in good time!

LCA Book Group
2020-09-14 16:00 - 18:00

LCA Poetry Evening with Peter White & Rosalind York and Half Moon books.
2020-09-16 20:30 - 22:15
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. Please Note: Social distancing rules will apply and places must be pre-booked as there is a limit on numbers.
To book you can send a text message to us on 07518 627109 or e-mail: anna@leedscombinedarts.org.uk

Trip to Guisborough & Saltburn by the Sea
2020-09-17 10:00
Guisborough: Guisborough is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Guisborough market is held every Thursday and Saturday, has long been a focal point for the surrounding area. It is open from early morning to late afternoon on the recently-restored cobbles of Westgate, the principal shopping street. Guisborough Museum, behind Westgate’s Sunnyfield House, exhibits photos of Guisborough’s history and inhabitants. There is a working watermill at Tocketts Mill.
Saltburn by the Sea: has maintained much of its original charm as a Victorian seaside resort including its pier, the colourful Italian Gardens and walks through Riftswood. Saltburn has the oldest water balanced cliff tramway in Britain that is still in operation, linking the town with the pier 120 feet below.
To book for this trip please send a cheque for £15.00 made payable to ‘Leeds Combined Arts theatre Group’ to us at Leeds Combined Arts, HEART Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley LS6 3HN. We will acknowledge receipt of payment by e-mail and send further details nearer the time.
This photo of Saltburn-by-the-Sea is courtesy of Tripadvisor

LCA Book Group
2020-09-21 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.
Please Note: Social distancing rules will apply and places must be pre-booked as there is a limit on numbers.
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.

'Dance and Exercise workshops for Health and Wellbeing' with Emma Sutton
2020-09-22 20:15 - 21:45
Commencing Tuesday 22 September 7.15 p.m. – 6 weeks, omitting 29th September.
Dance can play a significant part in improving our health and well-being. Dance combines healthy physical activity, the engagement of the creative spirit, the promotion of emotional expression and the encouragement of social interaction.
In these sessions we will try out a variety of dance styles from around this colourful world of ours. We will be looking at both traditional and modern styles.
Sometimes it can be difficult to get into a dancing mood – caught up our thinking heads as we can be. So we will also we exploring various mind body practices from around the world – different ways to unite our thoughts and limbs so we can feel connected and dance fully and presently in the moment.
Bring along your curious minds and feet on Tuesdays at Headingley Heart from 7.15 to 9 beginning 22nd September.
Please note: Social distancing rules will apply. Numbers are also restricted. To book you can send a text message to us on 07518 627109 or e-mail: anna@leedscombinedarts.org.uk

MBS Alexander Technique with Bridget Barr
2020-09-23 20:30
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. Please Note: Social distancing rules will apply and places must be pre-booked as there is a limit on numbers.
To book please call or text us on 07518627109. Or you can e-mail anna@leedscombinedarts.org.uk

'Dance and Exercise workshops for Health and Wellbeing' with Emma Sutton
2020-10-06 20:00 - 21:50, 2020-10-13 20:00 - 21:50, 2020-10-27 19:00 - 20:50, 2020-11-03 19:00 - 20:50
Due to demand and current restrictions the classes will be split into two groups. The first group will commence at 7.00 p.m. and finish at 7.50 p.m. and the second group will commence at 8.00 and finish at 8.50 p.m.
Dance can play a significant part in improving our health and wellbeing. Dance combines healthy physical activity, the engagement of the creative spirit, the promotion of emotional expression and the encouragement of social interaction.
In these sessions we will try out a variety of dance styles from around this colourful world of ours. We will be looking at both traditional and modern styles.
Sometimes it can be difficult to get into a dancing mood – caught up our thinking heads as we can be. So we will also we exploring various mind body practices from around the world – different ways to unite our thoughts and limbs so we can feel connected and dance fully and presently in the moment.
Bring along your curious minds and feet.
Please Note: Social distancing rules will apply and places must be pre-booked as there is a limit on numbers.

‘Tolkien in Leeds Centenary’ – talk by Claire Randall
2020-10-07 20:30
JRR Tolkien started his academic career as a Reader in English Language at Leeds University in October 1920, exactly one hundred years ago.
It is well understood how the landscapes he knew through his life contributed to those he described in his sub-creation of Middle-earth, from the rural idyll of the Sarehole he knew as a child which influenced his vision of The Shire, to the analogue of the trenches and No-Man’s Land in the Great War that he represented as the Dead Marshes, but his time in Leeds is often overlooked as an influence on his imagination.
And yet there are numerous tantalising parallels between landscapes he knew in and around Leeds and some of those he described in The Lord of the Rings.
This lecture will demonstrate these parallels with readings of the descriptive passages in Tolkien’s works and photographic landscape evidence. For the student of Middle-earth locations and events such as Ithilien, Woody End, the Party Tree, The Wapentake at Edoras, even Lothlorien and the mysterious Amon Rudh from Beleriand in the Silmarillion can be found to bear striking resemblances to features in local landscapes that Tolkien will have known well.
Join us for an exploration into local landscape and historical features which in the leaf mould of his imagination may have contributed to inspiring some of Tolkien’s mythical landscapes.
Please Note: Social distancing rules will apply and places must be pre-booked as there is a limit on numbers.
Entrance £4.00/£3.50 members and concessions including refreshments.

Walk with Rob around Outwood and Lofthouse
2020-10-11 13:00
This walk has been re-arranged from April when the full lock-down period was in force. 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.
Please Note: Social distancing rules will apply and places must be pre-booked as there is a limit on numbers.

LCA Book Group with new book ‘West’ by Carys Davies
2020-10-12 16:00 - 18:00
The LCA Book Reading Group continues to meet bi-weekly at 3 – 5 p.m. on Monday afternoons currently in the outdoor area at HEART, Headingley.
‘West’ has all the stark power and immediacy of a folk-tale or a legend. It is also structured with great artistry, a beguiling sense of form and pace, and a depth in the way the characters are created, making clear that Carys Davies is a writer of immense talent’– Colm Tóibín, author of Brooklyn ‘West is a journey and a wonder. A story concerned with value and language, love and absence, life and death. Entrance £3.00 including refreshments. For further information please see www.leedscombinedarts.org.uk
Please Note: Social distancing rules will apply and places must be pre-booked as there is a limit on numbers.

LCA Book Reading Group
2020-10-19 16:00 - 18:00 | Assembly Bar + Kitchen, HEART Centre, Bennett Rd, Leeds, LS6 4HN
The LCA Book Reading Group continues at every week at 3 – 5 p.m. on Monday afternoons currently in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen, HEART Centre, Headingley.
‘West’ has all the stark power and immediacy of a folk-tale or a legend. It is also structured with great artistry, a beguiling sense of form and pace, and a depth in the way the characters are created, making clear that Carys Davies is a writer of immense talent’– Colm Tóibín, author of Brooklyn ‘West is a journey and a wonder. A story concerned with value and language, love and absence, life and death. Entrance £3.00. For further information please see www.leedscombinedarts.org.uk
Please Note: Social distancing rules will apply and places must be pre-booked as there is a limit on numbers.

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'Dance and Exercise workshops for Health and Wellbeing' with Emma Sutton
2020-10-20 20:00 - 21:50 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN

LCA Poetry & Prose Open Mic Evening.
2020-10-21 20:30 - 22:00
Join us for our ‘Open Mic Poetry and Prose Evening’ on any theme or topic at HEART, Headingley. All welcome to read poetry, prose or a short essay. Please note: social distancing rules apply and places do need to be pre-booked due to the restriction on numbers. Please contact us on 07518 627109 or e-mail us on webcontact@leedscombinedarts.org.uk

LCA Book Reading Group
2020-10-26 15:00 - 17:00 | Assembly Bar + Kitchen, HEART Centre, Bennett Rd, Leeds, LS6 4HN
The LCA Book Reading Group continues at every week at 3 – 5 p.m. on Monday afternoons currently in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen, HEART Centre, Headingley.
‘West’ has all the stark power and immediacy of a folk-tale or a legend. It is also structured with great artistry, a beguiling sense of form and pace, and a depth in the way the characters are created, making clear that Carys Davies is a writer of immense talent’– Colm Tóibín, author of Brooklyn ‘West is a journey and a wonder. A story concerned with value and language, love and absence, life and death. Entrance £3.00. For further information please see www.leedscombinedarts.org.uk
Please Note: Social distancing rules will apply and places must be pre-booked as there is a limit on numbers.

MBS: TROPIC – Green Beauty, presentation with Emma McCullock
2020-10-28 19:30
This month 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. www.tropicskincare.com
Entrance £4.00/£3.50 members and concessions including refreshments. Please Note: Social distancing rules will apply and places must be pre-booked as there is a limit on numbers.
To book please text or call 07518 627109 or contact anna@leedscombinedarts.org.uk

Theatre Visit: 'Signal Fires' at Slung Low, The Holbeck
2020-10-31 19:00 - 21:30 | The Holbeck (Slung Low’s venue), Jenkinson Lawn, Holbeck, Leeds, LS11 9QX
Join us for an event with Slung Low at The Holbeck. The UK’s leading touring theatre companies are uniting this autumn to present Signal Fires, a nationwide project inspired by one of the original forms of theatre – storytelling around a fire.
In light of the current crisis, the signal fires will create beacons across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland warning of the threat the industry continues to face while celebrating the extraordinary vibrancy of touring theatre and the freelancers they engage. Stretching across four nations, this festival of fires will connect audiences, freelance artists and touring companies together in a communal, national act of storytelling.
What’s going on at Slung Low?
We will light a bonfire in front of the club, and have invited story-tellers, poets and musicians to gather around it, with you, to tell tales lit by the flames.
Featuring Nima Taleghani, Iain Bloomfield and music from Claire Marie Seddon and David Broad.
There will be a bar with table service in the car park.
For any more information please call 07518 627109 or email: webcontact@leedscombinedarts.org.uk

LCA Book Reading Group
2020-11-02 15:00 - 17:00 | Assembly Bar + Kitchen, HEART Centre, Bennett Rd, Leeds, LS6 4HN
The LCA Book Reading Group continues at every week at 3 – 5 p.m. on Monday afternoons at The HEART Centre, Headingley.
‘West’ has all the stark power and immediacy of a folk-tale or a legend. It is also structured with great artistry, a beguiling sense of form and pace, and a depth in the way the characters are created, making clear that Carys Davies is a writer of immense talent’– Colm Tóibín, author of Brooklyn ‘West is a journey and a wonder. A story concerned with value and language, love and absence, life and death. Entrance £3.00. For further information please see www.leedscombinedarts.org.uk
Please Note: Social distancing rules will apply and places must be pre-booked as there is a limit on numbers.

Walk around Scarcroft
2020-11-08 00:00
If you would like a map of this 5 mile walk around Scarcroft in order to do this either on your own or with someone in your house-hold or support bubble please contact us via the web-site contact form and we will be pleased to send this to you.

Postponed - Theatre Visit: Double Bill Opera: Acis & Galatea / The Seven Deadly Sins
2020-11-17 19:00 - 21:30
We will let you know the new date when the play will be reschedule.
Join us for a Double Bill at Leeds Playhouse. Simple country life collides with the sins of the city in this Handel/Weill double bill.
The evening opens with a contemporary take on Handel’s Acis & Galatea, a light-hearted pastoral opera inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The nymph Galatea and the shepherd Acis are falling in love but when the monstrously jealous Polyphemus appears on the scene, their happiness is threatened… Anthony Kraus leads a 15-strong orchestra through a beautiful score that swings from the joyous to the melancholic, from the hearty ‘Happy We’ to the poignant chorus ‘Mourn, All Ye Muses!’. Featuring Nicholas Watts (The Turn of the Screw) as Acis and Amy Freston (The Merry Widow) as Galatea.
In Weill’s jazzy The Seven Deadly Sins, we meet Anna and Anna: one person, two personalities. Sent away for seven years to make money for their struggling family, they journey between seven cities from Philadelphia to San Francisco, and encounter sloth, pride, wrath, gluttony, lust, greed and envy on the way. As they do, they dance, sing, argue and bear the sardonic commentary of their family. Weill’s playful and shimmering ‘sung ballet’ – his final collaboration with Brecht – is directed and choreographed by Gary Clarke (Street Scene) and features Wallis Giunta (Trouble in Tahiti) and dancer Shelley Eva Haden as the two Annas.
For any more information please call 07518 627109 or email: webcontact@leedscombinedarts.org.uk
