Events
On Friday 8th October 2010, the City of Leeds stages its 6th annual Light Night – a dusk ‘til dawn festival filling city centre streets and over 50 venues with shows, music, dance, artworks and other strange and surreal activities. Playing a central role in the celebrations once again, the University of Leeds is hosting an eclectic programme of events. Come and see the campus transformed into a buzzing hub of spectacular displays, performances and participatory entertainment. Ghost Stories in the Brotherton, theatre by the poolside, Pablo Fanque’s Victorian Circus in the Students Union……. there’s something for everyone. Activities are free and open to all.
To download a location map and event timetable please click here
For further information on what is happening across the City, please visit www.lightnightleeds.co.uk
EVENTS GUIDE
People’s Map of Leeds
Life, Time Photo Exhibition
Marks in Time Heritage Trail
VOID
Let there be Light
Colour Breathing (CANCELLED)
Pablo Fanque & St George's Field: A Secret History
Ghost Stories
Music in the Brotherton Library
Narcissus
Personal Trainers the Musical
Lute Workshop
Late Night Lute
PEOPLE’S MAP OF LEEDS
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds
5:00pm – 10:00pm
Come and join our interactive ‘People’s Map of Leeds’ with Leeds artist Louise Atkinson. Add your own routes, houses and memories to a large-scale hand-drawn map to create a unique personalised record of the area. The People’s Map involves wall drawing and space which relates to the current exhibition in the Gallery ‘All Over the Place’.
www.leeds.ac.uk/gallery/
LIFE, TIME
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, Charles Thackrah Building
5:00pm – 8:00pm
An exploration of identity, ageing and the value of memory which includes video stories from people living with Alzheimer’s disease, an art exhibition by LIHS staff and the multi-media installation ‘Wave’ by artist Jo Lee – a sea of hands cast from 100 residents of Leeds ranging from 3 months to 100 years old. The installation highlights their connectedness, challenges perceptions of the elderly and raises an awareness of a growing ageing society.
Visitors will be encouraged to get interactive and contribute to a related art project.
The exhibition will be available to view, 9:00am – 4:00pm from 4th -15th October.
MARKS IN TIME HERITAGE TRAIL
Vicar Lane corner entrance to Kirkgate Market
Meet at 6:00pm
Starting from Kirkgate Market, join our guide who will walk you through Marks & Spencer’s journey from market stall to penny bazaar to international retailer through the sites and buildings of Leeds. A series of fun, family activities await you when you reach your destination - the Marks in Time archive exhibition in the University’s Parkinson Building. From 7:00pm visitors will have the opportunity to handle archive treasures, dress up in old M&S uniforms and watch screenings of classic 1950s and 1960s M&S adverts.
VOID
stage@leeds, School of Performance and Cultural Industries
6:00pm, 6:30pm, 7:00pm, 7:30pm, 8:00pm, 8:30pm
You enter a room, it’s familiar but isn’t how you imagined; something is out of place. You find a place to reflect as the sound haunts your memories. The image fades as the dusk turns into the darkest night. This is the VOID…… an immersive installation fusing live and recorded sound, light and multiple speakers to absorb the audience in a world of distant memories.
Made in collaboration by artist and researcher David Shearing (School of Performance and Cultural Industries), music technology specialist Dr James Mooney (School of Music) and students from the School of Performance and Cultural Industries.
Length 25 minutes. Booking essential; in person at stage@leeds or on 0113 343 8730
www.stage.leeds.ac.uk
LET THERE BE LIGHT
Universities Chapliancy, The Emmanuel Centre
6:30pm – 11:00pm
See the Emmanuel Centre transformed into an immersive journey exploring creation through a series of installations developed by different artists. The pieces will be linked in observing the Genesis creation narrative, with each artist interpreting one of the ‘days’ of creation in their own way. There will be elements that are inter-active encouraging participation of those visiting.
The piece will seek to use the unique spaces offered by the Emmanuel Centre and will include the use of sound and light.
PABLO FANQUE & ST GEORGE’S FIELDS: A SECRET HISTORY
St George’s Fields
7:00pm onwards
Explore the University after dark and discover, at the heart of its campus, the hidden park with a long and sombre history.
During the course of just over 100 years, nearly 100,000 people were interred in what is now a quiet & peaceful park. Most of the tombstones and monuments have been cleared away but some remain, and they can tell us the most interesting stories… For one night only, the path through St George’s Fields will be lit to lead visitors to the Chapel at its centre. Once there, our guides will help you discover the secret history of St George’s Fields and of one of its most famous residents…Pablo Fanque, the first black circus proprietor in Britain.
GHOST STORIES
Brotherton Library, Parkinson Building
7:15pm, 8:15pm, 9:15pm
In the atmospheric surroundings of the historic Brotherton Room in the heart of the Brotherton Library, experience the spine-tingling thrill of classic, dramatised ghost stories.
This Light Night favourite is an incredibly popular event. Free tickets for all performances will be released at 6:30pm at the Brotherton Library reception desk on a first-come, first-served basis. There is a restriction of 4 tickets per person. People who turn up on spec without a ticket may be able to get a place if ticket holders are late or don’t show, but this will probably be for the lucky few (last year an estimated 200 people were turned away). Performances start promptly so ticket holders who arrive late for performances may find their place has been given to someone else.
MUSIC IN THE BROTHERTON LIBRARY
Round Reading Room
7:45pm, 8:45pm
A rare chance to hear the Brotherton rotunda resound to music, performed by the talented musicians from Leeds Grammar School. Enjoy the sounds and explore the impressive art-deco architecture of this hidden gem of the University. There is no need to register, just turn up and enjoy!
NARCISSUS
The Edge, Swimming Pool
7:30pm, 8:00pm, 8:30pm
"When as glass
again the rippling waters smoothed, and when such beauty in the stream the youth observed,
no more could he endure. As in the flame the yellow wax, or as the hoar-frost melts in early morning beneath the genial sun;
so did he pine away, by love consumed, and slowly wasted by a hidden flame".
("Echo and Narcissus", Ovid)
"Narcissus" is a 15-minute site-specific performance at the University's new swimming pool complex "The Edge". It explores issues of beauty, narcissism and self-obsession. Contemporary solipsism will be juxtaposed with conventional social behaviours in closed environments. "Narcissus" uses water as a major feature in the performance. Students from the School of Performance and Cultural Industries (University of Leeds) will work with young athletes to create a new work of visual beauty underscored by a haunting soundtrack.
Director: Katy Rudd
Producer: George Rodosthenous
Tickets can be reserved and collected via stage@leeds until 6pm on the day. Thereafter, tickets can be collected at The Edge.
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/paci/ektlightnight
PERSONAL TRAINERS THE MUSICAL
The Edge, Studio 3, University of Leeds
7:30pm, 9:15pm
Personal Trainers the Musical is an original piece of music theatre. It deals with the staff of a gym and their relationships with their eccentric and unusual customers. Does health and fitness bring happiness? Come and find out as the Personal Trainers and their dedicated clients exercise their hopes, fears, and insecurities on life, love and the cross trainer. It promotes the ethos of the Cultural Olympiad and also shows how dance and sport can co-exist.
The Music is written by Graham Mercer (3rd year Theatre and Performance Student) and the piece is devised and directed by 12 Theatre and Performance students from the School of Performance and Cultural Industries. This entirely NEW piece of work is the product of collaboration and artistic vision from the entire cast. Graham Mercer is a self taught musician currently writing a new musical to be staged in Leeds in 2011. The music is inspired by Pop, Rock, Musical Theatre, Hip Hop and Hardcore Techno, and will have you humming the tunes for days afterwards!
Capacity 50. Tickets can be reserved and collected via stage@leeds until 6pm on the day. Thereafter, tickets can be collected at The Edge.
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/paci/ektlightnight
LUTE WORSHOP
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, School of Music
7:30pm – 8:30pm
An opportunity prior to Peter Martin’s late night recital, to explore the world of the Lute – its repertoire, its history and its techniques. The workshop is open to all – including lute players and audience members. Admission is by free ticket. If you are a lute player, let us know during ticket booking.
LATE NIGHT LUTE
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, School of Music
9:00pm – 10:00pm
Lutenist Peter Martin plays a programme drawn from one of the most important collections of late 16th Century English lute music, with music by Dowland, Holborne and Johnson and their continental contemporaries Francesco da Milano and Philip van Wilder. Admission is by free ticket. Coffee available from 8:30pm.
Admission is by free ticket which are available from 1st September 2010 online at www.leeds.ac.uk/music and at the door.