Leeds Combined Arts

LCA & Headingley Music Festival Interim Events Salsa Classes
2019-02-05 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Join Emma for a 6 week programme of Salsa dancing classes at HEART, Headingley as part of the Headingley Music Festival Interim Events. Dance solo to all of the Latin rhythms. (Partner optional).
Salsa is a popular fusion style of dance originating from South America, characterised by hip-swaying rhythms and fancy footwork. In these workshops we will start with basics and work our way up, adding extra moves each week. We will look at technique, timing and style and lean some fun choreography to fantastic music along the way. Pease wear comfortable shoes.
The classes will culminate in a final dance session on Saturday 2nd March at 7.00 p.m. with a performance as part of The Headingley Music Festival where you can dance along with the Grupo Azucar live band. Further information on this event will be published in the ‘LCA Spring Newsletter’.
The weekly classes will be £5.00/£4.00 members & concessions. There will also be a further class before the band on the 2nd March in the main Shire Oak Hall at HEART at 7.00 p.m. and the price including the band is £8/£6 concessions and members. The band will play from 8.15 p.m. For any further information please contact Emma at emma@leedscombined.org.uk

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LCA Storytelling, Poetry & Voice Workshops
2019-02-07 14:00 - 16:00, 2019-02-21 14:00 - 16:00, 2019-02-28 14:00 - 16:00, 2019-03-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD, Green Road, Leeds, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom
The workshops will take place once a week for two hours, with a short break in between. The first half will be discussion based with some introductions and warm-up sessions where people get to know each other and share their stories and express themselves. There will be opportunities for anyone to read out any poems or short stories they have written or are able to tell. Following a short break the second half there will be gentle winding down session.
Overall the workshops will be a celebration of people’s lives with songs and stories from the past, and an opportunity for them to share their stories and memories and songs. The event will be held in a safe, friendly accessible and comfortable environment with refreshments provided for the break. The project aims to help those attending to focus on an enjoyable art activity while encouraging them to relax at the same time and appreciate the company of others focusing on the same activity. Supported by Metcalf Smith Trust. The workshops are provided free of charge, but donations are always welcome for refreshments.

LCA Theatre 'Katya Kabanova'
2019-02-09 19:30 - 21:30 | The Grand Theatre, Leeds, 46 New Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6NZ
Katya is a gentle soul drowning in a narrow-minded small-town society. She is married to a weak man who is entirely under the thumb of his overbearing mother. Katya catches the eye of the romantic Boris, and when her husband leaves on business, temptation proves impossible to resist. Katya and Boris embark on a passionate affair but when her husband returns, a storm breaks in Katya’s heart and mind. She is overwhelmed by guilt, but will she confess her sin? Ticket prices will be e-mailed out in January.

LCA & Headingley Music Festival Interim Events Salsa Classes
2019-02-12 19:30 - 21:00, 2019-02-19 19:30 - 21:00, 2019-02-26 19:30 - 21:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Join Emma for a 6 week programme of Salsa dancing classes at HEART, Headingley as part of the Headingley Music Festival Interim Events. Dance solo to all of the Latin rhythms. (Partner optional).
Salsa is a popular fusion style of dance originating from South America, characterised by hip-swaying rhythms and fancy footwork. In these workshops we will start with basics and work our way up, adding extra moves each week. We will look at technique, timing and style and lean some fun choreography to fantastic music along the way. Pease wear comfortable shoes.
The classes will culminate in a final dance session on Saturday 2nd March at 7.00 p.m. with a performance as part of The Headingley Music Festival where you can dance along with the Grupo Azucar live band. Further information on this event will be published in the ‘LCA Spring Newsletter’.
The weekly classes will be £5.00/£4.00 members & concessions. There will also be a further class before the band on the 2nd March in the main Shire Oak Hall at HEART at 7.00 p.m. and the price including the band is £8/£6 concessions and members. The band will play from 8.15 p.m. For any further information please contact Emma at emma@leedscombined.org.uk

LCA Storytelling, Poetry & Voice Workshops
2019-02-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD, Green Road, Leeds, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom
This workshop will be facilitated by professional Story-teller Matthew Bellwood.
The workshops will take place once a week for two hours, with a short break in between. The first half will be discussion based with some introductions and warm-up sessions where people get to know each other and share their stories and express themselves. There will be opportunities for anyone to read out any poems or short stories they have written or are able to tell.
Overall the workshops will be a celebration of people’s lives with songs and stories from the past, and an opportunity for them to share their stories and memories and songs. The event will be held in a safe, friendly accessible and comfortable environment with refreshments provided for the break. The project aims to help those attending to focus on an enjoyable art activity while encouraging them to relax at the same time and appreciate the company of others focusing on the same activity. Supported by Metcalf Smith Trust. The workshops are provided free of charge, but donations are always welcome for refreshments.

LCA Theatre 'Random'
2019-02-16 20:45 - 21:45
An ordinary day in the ordinary life of an ordinary family. The clock blinks 7.37am, a rushed breakfast, and then off to join the hustle and bustle of the world outside. And then one random act changes everything. A bewildered family find themselves caught up in catastrophe and grief in this vivid, detailed and brilliantly observed play by Debbie Tucker Green. An award-winning playwright, screenwriter and director, she is one of theatre’s most unique and acclaimed voices, and this play for one actor is a remarkable tour de force.

LCA Harewood Walk. Meet at the Junction of Wike Lane
2019-02-17 11:30
Join Carol for this 5 mile walk around Harewood and Harewood Estate, we will also be calling in the Muddy Boots tea room towards the end of the walk with the option of finishing at the Harewood Arms to catch the bus back to Wike Lane or walk through the path to the finish. Meet at 11.30 a.m. at the junction of Wike Lane. The 36 bus stops just opposite. Contact Carol for more details on 07708 230 333.

LCA Poetry & Prose Evening
2019-02-20 19:30 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
This evening will be an opportunity for all members and guests to read poetry or prose on the theme of ‘Situations’.

MBS Talk on 'The Touch of Healing' with Ann Gore
2019-02-27 19:30 - 21:30 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
The Touch of Healing, written by Alice Burmeister with Tom Monte.
Ann invites you into the world of this book, which is full of self-help guidance on using your hands to energize, body, mind, and spirit with the Art of Jin Shin Jyutsu ® ,
Jin Shin Jyutsu was brought to the West, by Mary Burmeister, more than 50 years ago. Mary studied with Jiro Murai for twelve years, approx five of them in Japan. He saw himself as rediscovering instinctive knowledge of how we can reharmonise ourselves.
Ann Gore is a student practitioner of JSJ. Entrance £4.00/£3.50 including refreshments.

LCA Theatre Visit 'Rite of Spring' & 'Gianni Schicchi'
2019-02-28 19:30 - 21:40 | The Grand Theatre, Leeds, 46 New Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6NZ
Thursday 28th February 7.30 p.m. Double Bill – ‘Right of Spring’ & Gianni Schicchi
Join us for a very special double bill which combines The Rite of Spring, a co-production with the brilliant Phoenix Dance Theatre, and Puccini’s short comic opera, Gianni Schicchi! Gianni Schicchi is sung in Italian with English titles Running time: approximately 2 hours 10 minutes. All tickets £10.50. (Please note these seats could be high up).

LCA & Headingley Music Festival Interim Events Salsa Classes
2019-03-02 19:00 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Join Emma for a last of a 6 week programme of Salsa dancing classes at HEART, Headingley as part of the Headingley Music Festival Interim Events. Dance solo to all of the Latin rhythms. (Partner optional).
Salsa is a popular fusion style of dance originating from South America, characterised by hip-swaying rhythms and fancy footwork. In these workshops we will start with basics and work our way up, adding extra moves each week. We will look at technique, timing and style and lean some fun choreography to fantastic music along the way. Pease wear comfortable shoes.
The classes will culminate in a final dance session on Saturday 2nd March at 7.00 p.m. with a performance as part of The Headingley Music Festival where you can dance along with the Grupo Azucar live band. Further information on this event will be published in the ‘LCA Spring Newsletter’.
There will also be a further class before the band on the 2nd March in the main Shire Oak Hall at HEART at 7.00 p.m. and the price including the band is £8/£6 concessions and members. The band will play from 8.15 p.m. For any further information please contact Emma at emma@leedscombined.org.uk

LCA Book Reading Group
2019-03-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD, Green Road, Leeds, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom
Commencing on Monday 11 March 3.00 p.m. Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 3HN. ‘The Best of Sisters, by Dilly Court’. Twelve-year-old Eliza Bragg has known little in life but the cold, comfortless banks of the Thames. Living above her uncle’s chandlery she has grown accustomed to a life of penury and servitude, her only comfort the love and protection of her older brother, Bart. But one day Bart accidentally kills a man and is forced to flee to New Zealand. Alone, barefoot, beaten down and at the mercy of her cruel uncle, Eliza realises that her very survival is at stake. Entrance is £3.00 including refreshments.
(We meet on a bi-weekly basis, (except Bank Holidays), All reading is done in the 2 hour slot with a break for refreshments, all are welcome to read aloud or just sit and listen).

LCA Theatre Visit 'Victoria'
2019-03-12 19:30 - 21:30 | The Grand Theatre, Leeds, 46 New Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6NZ
Tuesday 12th March ‘Victoria’, 7.30 p.m. Northern Ballet, Leeds Grand Theatre.
Passion, tragedy, fierce devotion. Queen Victoria’s diaries revealed a life so fascinating that her daughter Beatrice tried to rewrite history. Her irrepressible love for Albert sparked a royal dynasty but his untimely death brought the world’s most powerful woman to her knees with grief .Northern Ballet’s new biopic brings the sensational story of Victoria to life in dance. For further details and to book please contact Sibylle on sibylle@leedscombinedarts.org.uk

LCA Poetry Evening with Poet Joe Williams.
2019-03-20 19:30 - 21:30 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
Joe Williams is a former starving musician who transformed into a starving writer and poet in 2015, entirely by mistake. He lives in Leeds and appears regularly at events in Yorkshire and beyond. He has been published in numerous anthologies, and in magazines online and in print. His debut poetry pamphlet, ‘Killing the Piano’, was published by Half Moon Books in 2017, followed by the verse novella ‘An Otley Run’ in 2018. He won the prestigious Open Mic Competition at Ilkley Literature Festival in 2017 and was runner-up the following year. this evening Joe will be reading from his latest publiction ‘An Otley Run’. Open mic in the second half of the evening. Entrance £3.50/£3.00 members of LCA and concessions.

LCA Theatre Visit 'Hamlet'
2019-03-21 19:00 - 21:30
A young woman returns from university to attend the funeral of her father and finds her world turned upside down. Consumed by grief and a promise to avenge her father’s brutal murder, Hamlet embarks on a treacherous journey through an imperfect world, confronting love, loyalty,betrayal, madness and mortality. Following her extraordinary portrayal of Juliet in our recent, highly acclaimed production of Romeo & Juliet, Tessa Parr undertakes the title role to create a contemporary Hamlet for the here and now. For further details and to book please contact Sibylle on sibylle@leedscombinedarts.org.uk
This production has now reached its limit for tickets.

LCA Walk around Old Farnley.
2019-03-24 11:30 - 14:30 | Car Park at Farnley Hall Park, Car Park in Farnley Hall Park, Hall Lane, Farnley., Leeds, LS12 5HA
Sunday 24th March 11.30 a.m. Join Rob for this 5 mile walk around Old Farnley with Packhorse paths and beckside trails.
Meet at the car park in Farnley Hall Park, Hall Lane, Farnley, Leeds, LS12 5HA.
The walk takes us through the Park by good paths to New Farnley and Upper Moor Side, then along Tong Beck and Pudsey Beck to Troydale. A short but steep climb through the woods takes us up to the Beulah Inn, a licensed cafe/pub with a good range of drinks and meals. From the pub it is a 10 minute walk back along Hall Lane to the Park. The walk is 5 miles long with mostly good flat paths, some of which are clearly ancient pack-horse routes, but there are a couple of quite steep woodland descents and ascents to and from the beck-side paths.
Apart from wonderful countryside a stone’s throw from Leeds, we will pass by an old Lancasterian schoolroom founded in 1813 by Quaker educationalist, Joseph Lancaster. Lancaster was an early innovator in public education and, although a rigid disciplinarian, was very unusual for his time in being opposed to corporal punishment of children. Accordingly I felt that “Schooldays” could be a poetry theme. An alternative could be “Becks”. There are no toilets at the start of the walk (apart from those provided by nature) but the Woodcock Inn, 2 miles into the walk at Upper Moor Side has toilets that can be accessed, discreetly, without going through the pub.
Public transport: bus no 42 runs every 15 minutes on a Sunday and I intend to catch one from stop P4 at City Square (bottom of Park Row) at 10.42. Alight at the terminus at Old Farnley Village Green at 11.04 . This is 10 mins walk from the rendezvous at Farley Hall Park. To reach the Park cross from the bus terminus towards the Village Green and into Cross Lane, bearing left after 3 or 4 minutes into Hall Lane. A couple of minutes later the Park’s main entrance will appear on the left and the car park is clearly visible. Anyone catching the later bus from Leeds at 10.57 (arr. Old Farnley 11.19) and following these directions should also get there just in time. Bus no 15 also goes to Old Farnley but takes at least 10 mins longer and only runs hourly, so not recommended. However if you get one at 10.45 that may just get you to the rendezvous in time.
Bring suitable outdoor gear, water and packed lunch. Further details: Rob 0113 216 449.

LCA Book Reading Group.
2019-03-25 15:00 - 17:00 | Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD, Green Road, Leeds, LS6 4LD, United Kingdom
We continue with our current book on Monday 25 March 3.00 p.m. Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 3HN. ‘The Best of Sisters, by Dilly Court’. Twelve-year-old Eliza Bragg has known little in life but the cold, comfortless banks of the Thames. Living above her uncle’s chandlery she has grown accustomed to a life of penury and servitude, her only comfort the love and protection of her older brother, Bart. But one day Bart accidentally kills a man and is forced to flee to New Zealand. Alone, barefoot, beaten down and at the mercy of her cruel uncle, Eliza realises that her very survival is at stake. Entrance is £3.00 including refreshments.
(We meet on a bi-weekly basis, (except Bank Holidays), All reading is done in the 2 hour slot with a break for refreshments, all are welcome to read aloud or just sit and listen).

Mind, Body, Spirit Evening on 'The Creative Process' with Jenni Noyes
2019-03-27 19:45 - 21:30 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
MBS talk on ‘The Creative Process’ with Jenni Noyes
Jenni obtained a BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing and subsequently spent 3 years working as a professional in this field. She later went on to explore energy healing practices of the East alongside developing her art and music. The Creative Process was designed by Jenni, out of a motivation to become a conscious creator. Inspired by possible links found in the activity of sub-atomic particles described in Quantum Physics, Ancient Egyptian Mythology, the Indian Chakra system and Carl Jung’s collective unconscious, this is an exploration into the fundamental creative process of life. Jenni Noyes is now working as an Artist and Creative Consultant.”

LCA Theatre Visit ‘Rough Crossing’
2019-04-04 20:30 | The Grand Theatre, Leeds, 46 New Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6NZ
Two famous but desperate playwrights are stuck on an ocean liner headed for New York, feverishly trying to rehearse their latest show before reaching land and opening night. But they are constantly distracted by their delicate composer’s attempts to end it all, having overheard his lover confess her feelings to the leading man. Add an absurdly unorthodox waiter, a mistimed lifeboat drill and a vanishing glass of brandy and soon the sharp Atlantic winds turn to world-class gales of laughter as these colourful characters become tangled up in a string of absurd events.
For further details and to book please contact Sibylle on sibylle@leedscombinedarts.org.uk

Trip to Decathlon, Sheffield, and Nepalese Curry
2019-04-06 11:30
Join Jon for a day outing to Decathlon in Sheffield the biggest outdoor centre of the North. Selling a variety of outdoor wear, bikes, tents and much more. We will also be having a look around Sheffield Market and enjoying a Nepalese curry and maybe a few drinks.. Meet at Leeds Train Station at 10:30 to catch the 10:38 train to Sheffield. We will return on the 18:18 from Sheffield which arrives in Leeds at 19:15. The train fare with Train Line return is currently £9.00 should anyone wish to book their tickets in advance. You may be able to get a further discount if you have a rail card. For further information contact Jon on 07731448924.

LCA Book Reading Group
2019-04-08 16:00 - 18:00
We continue reading our current book ‘The Best of Sisters’ by Dilly Court this Monday 8th April 3 – 5 p.m. at Meanwood Institute. Entrance is £3.00 which includes afternoon tea. All who wish are welcome to read or just sit and listen as preferred. For further details on the book please see the description on our calendar dated 11th March.

LCA Theatre Visit ‘Around the World in 80 Days’
2019-04-09 20:00 - 22:00
The mysterious and fabulously wealthy Phileas Fogg wagers his life’s fortune that he can circumnavigate the globe in just 80 days. Accompanied by his valet Passepartout, and with Scotland Yard’s finest Fix of the Yard hot on his heels, can our hero make it back in time or will his plans be thwarted? This fast-paced and funny adaptation of the ultimate globetrotter’s tale transports audiences into the far-flung realms of the imagination. It’s an irresistible round-the-world romp, packed with mayhem and inventive storytelling, guaranteed to raise a smile. This madcap Easter treat for all the family will play in our Pop-Up theatre before touring to community venues across Leeds.
For further details and to book please contact Sibylle on sibylle@leedscombinedarts.org.uk

LCA Theatre Visit to see 'Spirit Level'
2019-04-12 20:30 - 22:30 | Adel War Memorial Association, Church Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS16 8DE, United Kingdom
First produced in 2010, ‘Spirit Level’ is a light comedy with a strong streak of fantasy and moments of classic farce. Jack and Susie Cameron drowned in a boating accident while on a holiday in the Italian Lakes. They now haunt their old cottage, staving off boredom by tormenting the local estate agent and the various tenants who rarely stay long. Then a young couple arrives and Jack and Susie decide that they really quite like them and start to get involved in their lives. Director, Alan Foale, says: “Spirit Level is a light comedy about couples young and old and the strange ways in which human relationships develop. It is indeed a play to lift your spirits. I was enchanted when I first read the play and it was so fresh that it held my attention throughout, as well as making me laugh out loud! And it left me to reflect on human nature without ever feeling that someone was lecturing me”. All tickets £8.00. Please book direct with Adel Players on 0113 2755585. We will meet in the bar area around 7.10 p.m.

'Community Litter Pick'.
2019-04-13 11:30 - 13:00 | Parkland Shops, Stonegate Road, Meanwood., Stonegate Road, Leeds, LS6 4QA
COMMUNITY LITTER CLEAN OF STONEGATE ROAD AND MEANWOOD ROAD ON SATURDAY 13TH APRIL 2019 STARTING AT 10.30 AM.
JOIN LEEDS GREENPEACE, LITTER FREE LEEDS AND MEANWOOD VALLEY PARTNERSHIP TO CLEAN UP OUR STREETS. THE EVENT WILL LAST UNTIL 12 NOON OR HOWEVER LONG YOU CAN SPARE.
NOTE THERE ARE 2 STARTING POINTS. 10.30 AM STONEGATE ROAD MEETING POINT IS AT THE PARKLAND SHOPS, CLOSE TO THE PLAYGROUND ON STONEGATE ROAD, LS6 4QA. 10.30 AM MEANWOOD ROAD MEETING POINT IS AT JOHNSTONES DECORATING CENTRE, CROSS CHANCELLOR STREET, LS6 2TG. 12 NOON BRING ALL RUBBISH BAGS COLLECTED TO THE MEANWOOD VILLAGE STONE OPPOSITE WAITROSE WHERE LCC WILL COLLECT. Keep Britain Tidy are running a massive Great British Spring Clean campaign at the moment, with many cleanup events all over the country between 22/3 – 23/4 (https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/getinvolved/support-our-campaigns/great-british-spring-clean). On

LCA Poetry Evening ‘Connecting North’, Novella by Thelma Laycock
2019-04-17 20:30 - 22:30 | HEART – Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds, LS6 3HN
This evening we’ll be exploring the themes of love, loss, intrigue and mystery with a dash of the paranormal. A Novella comprising of nine interlinking stories about an Anglo-Swedish family over three generations and is set in Southern Scandinavia and Scarborough North Yorkshire. This is a first Novella by Thelma Laycock. There will be readings from the book which will also be on sale should anyone wish to purchase, and poetry from both LCA members and guests. Refreshments will be included in the entry price of £3.50/£3.00 members and concessions.
