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TRANSFORMATIVE MURAL FOR PENNY POCKET PARK

TRANSFORMATIVE MURAL FOR PENNY POCKET PARK - Leeds Guide A park in the centre of Leeds has received a transformative new mural by an internationally recognised artist to uplift the heart of the city. The unveiled mural in Penny Pocket Park, located right next to Leeds Minster, is part of a longer-term project to repurpose the park and make it a more welco...

THE KARATE KID HITS TOWN

THE KARATE KID HITS TOWN - Leeds Guide Pictures motion picture, comes to Leeds Grand Theatre from Tue 26 – Sat 30 May 2026. This new stage adaptation features a book by Robert Mark Kamen, screenwriter of the original 1984 film that launched a 40-year global franchise, and music and lyrics by Drew Gasparini. Honouring the roots of the t...

LEGENDARY DJS TO PERFORM AT THE HOWARD ASSEMBLY ROOM
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LEGENDARY DJS TO PERFORM AT THE HOWARD ASSEMBLY ROOM - Leeds Guide Celebrate the Spring Bank Holiday with a weekend of jazz and electronic music at the Howard Assembly Room on New Briggate, as the venue hosts live performances from the legendary DJ E.A.S.E and Reach Up Disco Wonderland duo DJ Andy Smith and Nick Halkes. Thursday 21 May sees Leeds-born DJ E.A.S.E re...

DINE IN A PIECE OF THE CITY'S HISTORY
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DINE IN A PIECE OF THE CITY'S HISTORY - Leeds Guide Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine when I was a toddler and my mum used to lift me up to post letters to her friends in the large brass mailbox at the city’s main post office that one day, decades later, I would be dining inside that very building in one of the […]

LUSH HELPS MARATHON RUNNERS GET BACK ON THEIR FEET
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LUSH HELPS MARATHON RUNNERS GET BACK ON THEIR FEET - Leeds Guide Fresh handmade cosmetics company Lush is giving away free products on 10th May, to help Leeds marathon runners get back on their feet after the gruelling 26.2 mile race.* The Lush store on Commercial Street will be giving away the brand’s new Marathon-exclusive Ouchy magnesium massage balm and The...

ACCLAIMED STAGE ADAPTATION COMES TO THE LEEDS GRAND
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ACCLAIMED STAGE ADAPTATION COMES TO THE LEEDS GRAND - Leeds Guide The acclaimed stage adaptation of The Shawshank Redemption, based on Stephen King’s 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, comes to Leeds Grand Theatre from Tue 19 to Sat 23 May 2026. Adapted by Owen O’Neill and Dave Johns and starring Joe McFadden in the role of the wrongly convic...

THE RED SHOES - A MASTERPIECE OF A PRODUCTION
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THE RED SHOES - A MASTERPIECE OF A PRODUCTION - Leeds Guide The Red Shoes started life in the 19th century as a very dark fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson. In 1948 it was made into Powell and Pressburger’s seminal film winning numerous awards and starring Moira Shearer, Anton Wallbrook and Marius Goring. It had always been a dream of Matthew Bourne’...

HERE AND NOW - THE STEPS MUSICAL COMES TO THE GRAND
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HERE AND NOW - THE STEPS MUSICAL COMES TO THE GRAND - Leeds Guide Happiness is only a heartbeat away with this hilarious and heart-warming new musical based on the songs of pop phenomenon Steps Welcome to seaside superstore Better Best Bargains, where its Friday Night, the vibe is right and everyone is dancing in the aisles. With Caz and her friends around who kno...

NEW TRIPLE BILL FROM NORTHERN BALLET
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NEW TRIPLE BILL FROM NORTHERN BALLET - Leeds Guide This autumn, Northern Ballet brings a new and exciting triple-bill programme with Three Short Ballets, opening at the Stanley and Audrey Burton Theatre in Leeds 18–26 September before continuing to London’s Linbury Theatre from 29 September–2 October. The programme features the return of Fools...

THE JEWEL IN LEEDS HOTEL CROWN
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THE JEWEL IN LEEDS HOTEL CROWN - Leeds Guide Step inside the Metropolitan Hotel and its easy to understand why this hotel is fast becoming the jewel in the crown of the city’s hospitality scene. In fact it would be true to say, that after a grand programme of renovation, restoration and refurbishment – the Met as its known is back where it...