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Get Around Light Night:

There are lots of ways to enjoy the many events at Light Night. Create

your own trail using this fold out map or join in with one of the

many guided walks or runs.

Parking Offers Trinity Car Park £2

Merrion Centre Car Park / 7 White Hall Rd / Clarence Dock £4 from 5pm til late!

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21Light Night RiderLight Night’s very own hop on hop off free bus service. Stops are available at all the different zones, making your journey around Light Night easier and quicker. For details of bus routes and stops please see www.lightnightleeds.co.uk

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All trails will meet at the front of Leeds City Museum on the terrace in front of the café. The Art Run meets at Yorkshire Dance. For full details of all trails and runs, and to book, see inside back cover.

Emerging Artist Trails An opportunity to see more work from new and emerging artists.Trail 1 at 8pmTrail 2 at 9pm

Light Night Art RunVeggie RunnersRegistration: 2nd Floor Yorkshire Dance. 4k runs 6pm-9.30pm

Family Friendly Trail A buggy friendly route with activities and events suitable for children under 11.5pm

Accessible Trail A wheelchair friendly route with regular stop offs. 6pm

Hidden Histories Heritage Trail Taking in the history of leeds and it’s buildings and streets, stopping off at a range of Light Night events.7pm

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This year we are celebrating our 10th festival! For one night only the city centre will come alive with spectacular large scale light projections, exhibitions, installations, film, dance, music, theatre and street performances. Many of the city’s arts organisations and public buildings will be opening their doors late into the night as artists transform spaces into temporary showcases of their work.

Bring your friends and family along to experience a fantastic festival atmosphere, navigate your way around over 50 different events across the city centre, and sample some delicious street food. As darkness falls, come and see the city of Leeds in a new light!

This year we are proud to be supporting the work of emerging

artists through our Shine programme, funded by Arts Council England. Working in partnership with Illuminating York, we will also be exhibiting work from their emerging artist programme, SPARK. Check out the Light Night website and social media for more details of where these events will be popping up. We are also pleased to be showcasing three artists from Nottingham Light Night.

As part of our anniversary we have invited you to be part of this year’s festival. Playful Leeds have been on tour across Leeds hosting community workshops. On Light Night come along to Victoria Gardens and see the robots created by Leeds residents.

Things you need to know:

All events are free but some events may require booking in advance. The last entry to all events is 15 mins before the end. More information including disabled access to venues and events can be found on our website. All events are family friendly unless otherwise stated, however events specifically aimed at children and young people are identified as child friendly in the listings. Toilets will be available at most indoor venues.

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Welcome to Light Night Leeds 2014

1 / Theatre of Illumination

Omni PicturesMillennium Square, LS2 8BH Thursday 2nd Oct (Preview ) 7.30pm – 9pm Friday 3rd October (Light Night) 7.30pm – 10pm Sitting at the heart of Light Night, a digital spectacle of light and sound propels the architecture of Leeds Civic Hall into the next century with the explosive energy of a firework display. 3D optical illusions and projection mapping combine to create an ultramodern white light show with surround sound. Theatre of Illumination takes you on a futuristic journey through time and space.Commissioned by Leeds Inspired.

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Leeds College of ArtVernon Street, LS2 8PH7.30 – 10pm (Live performances at 8pm, 9pm and 10pm)Ways of Seeing is an interactive projection mapping installation which plays with the hidden histories of Leeds College of Art’s Vernon Street site. It reveals the eclectic catalogue of work created within its walls, from current students to as far back as 1846. This is the premiere of a new interactive story-telling technique from Amorphous Orchestra using a custom designed system. The visual reality of the building will change and shift as it is rearranged by the live improvised soundscapes emanating from the base of the projection from renowned musicians Christophe de Bezenac and Chris Sharkey. Commissioned by Leeds College of Art

3 / Pool

Simon RingePortland Building, Portland Way, LS1 3HE 7.30 – 10pmLarge scale projection piece, Pool, reveals a life size car swimming in and out of view in a murky, aquatic world. It silently roams and glides through its domain searching for both meaning and function. On encountering another like itself it enters into a kind of playful release, possibly an impromptu courtship.Sponsored by Leeds Beckett University

4 / Capture

Levantes Dance Theatre Upstairs@TheCarriageworks, Millennium Square, LS2 8BH5pm – 10pmAward winning Levantes Dance Theatre are known for combining beautiful creative costumes and designs with intimate experiences. Forever fascinated by the varying ways people consume creative work, Levantes will focus on experience in its most authentic, surprising and personal way. For Light Night, Levantes will create a one on one performance for audience members.

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5 / Improvised Music Night

Fusebox The Carriageworks, Millennium Sq, LS2 8BH 5pm – 10pm Come and listen to the sounds of the Leeds improvising community with the chance to conduct the band yourself. Manipulate, gesticulate and pull faces at them, or otherwise coerce them into playing the music you want to hear! The musicians will be performing in various constellations, with audience conducted big band sessions on the hour every hour.

6 / My Leeds My Culture Preview

Angel of Youths Leeds City Museum, Millennium Sq, LS2 8BH6pm – 10pmThis contemporary art and heritage project will showcase ‘Leeds Today’ from the perspective of young people from BME communities. The themes of the five display cases focus on Music, Sport, Faith, Fashion and Identity, and have been curated by the Angel Of Youth members, reflecting their cultural heritage.

7 / Hackspace Cubed

Leeds HackspaceLeeds City Museum, Millennium Sq, LS2 8BH 6pm – 10pmWelcome one and all... a giant multi-patterning illuminated cube awaits your presence. Colourful and vivid shapes appear before you in 3-dimensions. Give in to curiosity, step

forward, and notice how playful and intricate patterns react to your movement. This

large scale installation invites you to explore the relationship between digital

and physical worlds. So what’s going on? Are you in control of the cube or is it the other way round?Sponsored by Ragworm

8 / Choose Your Own Classical Adventure

Eleanor OkellLeeds City Museum, Millennium Sq, LS2 8BH 6pm – 10pm (last entry 9.30pm) Suitable for ages 9+Fight pirates, be sold into slavery, rescue your beloved, turn into a donkey, or even fake your own death - the decision is yours! In Choose Your Own Classical Adventure the challenges you face and the choices you make weave the plot of your own unique story. Enter the ancient world and let the adventure begin! On your way you will meet characters, find artefacts, solve puzzles and discover the building-blocks of fiction.


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9 / Clock Tower Tours

Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, LS1 3AD2pm – 10pmClimb the 203 steps (no lift available) to the Town Hall’s huge clock and experience a spectacular view of Leeds on Light Night. Tickets are available in advance on 0113 2243801 and on the night. Please be aware these tours have limited spaces available but are also offered throughout the year at a cost of £4.50.

(For tours between 2-4pm only)

10 / LLNL

Pyramid of ArtsBridewell Corridor / Victorian Cells, Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, LS1 3AD5pm – 10pmIn the basement of the Town Hall, a place associated with imprisonment and containment, Pyramid of Arts will create a wormhole to another dimension, or at least to Luxembourg. Connecting Leeds’ Light Night with Luxembourg’s Nuit Des Lampions you will be able to explore the basement and discover hidden sound installations.

11 / 28th Leeds International Film Festival Launch

Victoria Hall, Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, LS1 3AD6.30pm – 10pm (Launch 6.30pm Short films from 8pm)The 28th Leeds International Film Festival programme will launch exclusively on Light Night in the stunning setting of Victoria Hall. Presenting over 250 screenings and events across Leeds from 5 – 20 November, LIFF28 will feature an incredible line-up of premieres, new discoveries, international competitions, special guests, and much more.

12 / 10A

Stephen Malorie PotterBridewell Corridor, Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, LS1 3AD 5pm – 10pm10A is a large-scale paper cut installation that uses light to create an immersive, highly physical environment, in which the viewer is a roving participant. Hand cutting in favour of laser allows the creation of a history within the work that machine production obscures. Its strong visual impact is contradicted by the fragility of the materials – paper and light. The fragile veil-like paper cut, stretched out like a corridor, simultaneously invites and prohibits admittance.

13 / Python & Weezell’s Pop UpPet Shop

Carol Hanson &Model, 19 East Parade, LS1 2BH5pm – 10pmAll creatures great and small hit the high street tonight as our cartoon pet shop ‘pops up’ for one night only. Expect chatty tropical birds, forgetful fish, nervous bunnies, sporty hamsters and sleepy tortoises as we pay a cheeky nod and a wink to Leeds’ colourful and diverse student population. The beasties wake at 5pm so please do not feed the animals...

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Yorkshire Dance3 St Peter’s Square, LS9 8AH 5pm – 10pmYorkshire Dance’s annual scratch night, Bish Bash Bosh, focuses on entertaining, experimenting and presenting a real variety of short dance works. This year’s line-up of regional artists will include Jordan Massarella Dance, Laura Simpson, and Dance United Yorkshire Performance Company. As ever this evening is a blend of wonderful and wacky dance, theatre, cabaret, music and film accompanied with a fun atmosphere. Come expecting the unexpected because anything goes!

15 / Leeds at Night

West Yorkshire Playhouse Quarry Hill, LS2 7UP 6pm, 8pm (1 hour journey)Zodwa Nyoni, Channel 4 Writer-in-Residence at West Yorkshire Playhouse, and a company of young non-professional performers, invite you to join them on a short journey into Leeds at night across five decades. Starting at West Yorkshire Playhouse and moving out into the night, you’ll experience a series of short stories told through theatre, poetry and music, celebrating Leeds life across half a century.

16 / No Man’s Land

Phoenix Dance Northern Ballet, Quarry Hill, LS2 7PD 5pm – 8.30pm (Ideal for 11 years and under)Join Phoenix Dance Theatre this Light Night

as they mark the centenary of the First World War, experiencing the mood and

atmosphere from a child’s perspective. Guided by their storyteller and dance practitioner, all ages are welcome as they

lead you on interactive journey through the trenches of the front line, and the daily

grind of life ‘back home’. Craft activities will begin the sessions in the foyer, and short

movement workshops will run throughout the evening where children can use the props they have created to animate their journey.

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17 / BodyRemixer

Jane Wood & Simon EastVictoria Gardens, The Headrow, LS1 3AA 5pm – 10pm (Image making from 5pm, Projections 7pm – 10pm)Come and have your body remixed! A fun take on the playground game “Head, Body, Tails” recreated for the digital age. Artists Jane Wood and Simon East will take a photo of you, chop it into three pieces, and then mix you up with lots of other people before projecting the results onto the Leeds Art Gallery!

18 / March of the Robots

Playful LeedsVictoria Gardens, The Headrow, LS1 3AA 5pm – 10pmHaving chartered a course around inner Leeds, the infamous Minecrafter and Educator, Stephen Reid, and his creative community ‘Robot Lab’, touches down in Victoria Gardens to spill forth the secrets of robotic creations from a select group of inventors from communities across Leeds. What’s more, Stephen will be inviting you to create your very own Light Night robot inventions. Come and marvel at the creation of this vast robot army as it unfolds in the lab and add to a total of 10,000 robots.

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19 / 365 Leeds Stories Almanac

Alison Andrews & Matthew Bellwood Portal Room, Central Library, Calverley Street, LS1 3AB5pm-10pmThe 365 Leeds Stories Almanac is a functioning diary for 2015. Inspired by Matthew Bellwood’s Twitter project @365LeedsStories, the book contains a forgotten local history, an overheard conversation, or a personal reflection on living in the city of Leeds, for every single day of the coming year. The almanac combines Matthew’s own material with that generated by over 300 other people who live, work, or seek residency in Leeds, with stunning new photographs by local photographer, Lizzie Coombes. The almanacs will be distributed for free on Light Night.

20 / Find the Light!

Various Artists Central Library, Calverley Street, LS1 3AB5pm – 10pmOn Light Night Central Library will be buzzing with a wide range of Light themed events for all ages. Stroll around this fabulous listed building and take part in activities such as lantern making, face painting, and loom band making, as well as experiencing film, shadow puppets and storytelling. More detailed information available on the night.

21 / How the Light Gets In

Clare FisherLocal Artists Space, Central Library, Calverley Street, LS1 3AB5pm-10pmHow the Light Gets In is an interactive storytelling installation which explores the ways in which words can and cannot lead us through the dark – both the literal dark of the winter months and the dark that everyone encounters when life gets hard. Actors will perform very short stories on this theme whilst audiences will be invited to contribute their insights and reactions to a display wall.Part of the SHINE emerging artist programme.

22 / Echoes

Tetra ColllectiveLeeds Art Gallery, The Headrow, LS1 3AA 5pm-10pmSpanning three rooms in Leeds Art Gallery, this sound installation is an immersive, sonic reflection of the artworks on the walls and the spaces themselves. The artists aim to create an extra layer of depth into the gallery experience, achieved through a combination of live musical improvisation and sonic processing, blended with recorded compositions utilising a complex sound diffusion system. Part of the SHINE emerging artist programme.


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23 / Intervals

Liz WestHenry Moore Room, Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow, LS1 3AA5pm – 10pmIntervals creates a field of delicacy through systematically arranged shards of multi-coloured acrylic which glow with an array of hues, saturating the immediate surroundings. This intense myriad of colours directly transforms the environment by creating an experiential encounter using an iridescent colour palette reminiscent of a city at night. This work carefully balances the science of colour theory as suggested in Josef Albers text ‘Interaction of Color’, together with the aesthetic and luminosity of light.

24 / City of Light

Paul MatosicHenry Moore Room, Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow, LS1 3AA 5pm – 10pmAs a species we are perhaps unique in that we value our history and seek to record past events. Often all that remains are the architectural remnants of an era, and often these structures become the repositories for other tangible items from that period.

With the advent of photography the recording of memories became more democratised and no longer the reserve of the technological advances cause some of these older methods to become redundant. Visitors can participate by making their own small structure from slides or bring along their own unwanted slides to create something larger.

25 / New Exhibition Launch

Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow, LS1 3AA 5pm – 10pmOn Light Night Leeds Art Gallery will be launching two new exhibitions as well as family arts activity in Artspace – everyone welcome.

3 October 2014 – 18 Jan 2015Elín JakobsdóttirElín Jakobsdóttir is an Icelandic artist whose work combines drawings, films and sculptural objects which consider the everyday world through the lens of the subconscious. Shot in Super 8 on location in Leeds Art Gallery her latest film Eyes Cast is a silent, visual poem that traces a path through the building by focussing on two bronze portraits by the sculptor Jakob Epstein.

Shezad Dawood Artist Shezad Dawood presents a new film installation, textile paintings and neon work alongside selected works from the Leeds Collection which interrogate and inspire a meeting point between modernism and mysticism. Dawood’s Towards the Possible Film is a science-fiction film that follows, allusively and self-consciously, in the footsteps of experimental pioneers like Jean-Luc Godard. Together these works map out the artist’s enquiries into history, narrative and possibility.

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26 / Gego: Line as Object & Talk

Henry Moore Institute, The Headrow, LS1 3AH5pm – 10pm (9pm Talk) The Henry Moore Institute’s exhibition Gego: Line as Object investigates the artist’s unrivalled engagement with the problems of form and space, using light, shadow, scale and gravity in a constant process of discovery. Hear a talk from Head of Sculptural Studies, Lisa Le Feuvre on how the artist used light in her practice, and browse the book sale in the reception area.

27 / Night Sun

Richard BirkinNation of Shopkeepers, 27-37 Cookridge St, LS2 3AG5pm – 10pmInspired by the innocent sound of a toy music box, abandoned cities, cities at night, rescue helicopter searchlights and human connections, Night Sun will come to life through the turn of a handle. As time passes, photographs and words fill a previously dark shop window, telling the story of something abandoned filling with life.‘Night Sun’ was commissioned for Nottingham Light Night 2014.

28 / HairStory

Lydia CottrellRenegade Hair Studio, 23 Cookridge Street, LS2 3AG5pm – 10pmHairStory is a live performance project in which the content is shaped by collecting and collating personal accounts and stories from the public about hair. Three performers explore the rituals, investment, movement and preconceptions that come from our hair. HairStory will share stories that are hilarious and also deeply heartfelt, stories that highlight our own body politics, and some stories that are completely hair-raising! Part of the SHINE emerging artist programme.


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Opera NorthHoward Assembly Rooms, 46 New Briggate, LS1 6NU5.30pm – 10pm (Performances every 10 mins) & Saturday 4 October 5pm-7pmSomething strange has happened in the Howard Assembly Room. Trees have taken root in the floor and birds are singing from the treetops, indoors, on a cold, dark October night… Experience opera as never before, for as the clock strikes, singers and musicians appear around you, bringing to life one of the most achingly beautiful love songs ever written. From the final moments of Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea, this is a moment of magic where all is not as it seems... This is opera for everyone in 3D and surround sound.

30 / High Lights

Home Sweet HomeThe Light, The Headrow, LS1 8TL5pm – 10pmHome Sweet Home‘s interactive audio-visual spectacular High Lights will be suspended from the roof in The Light’s main concourse. Using video mapping to project onto suspended hexagonal shapes, the installation is all controlled by the public in real time. With a custom built interface, this is a great opportunity for everyone to engage with Light Night work in a stimulating and entertaining way.

31 / Unravel The Crux Series

Michelle ArieuLeeds Cathedral, Great George Street, LS2 8BE 5pm – 10pmA series of porcelain, wood and neon light crosses as objects. The neon light allows the architecture of each piece to emerge through the translucency of the porcelain covering its surface. Unravel The Crux alludes and makes reference to life, death, beliefs and memory. ‘Unravel The Crux’ was commissioned for Nottingham Light Night 2014.

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Anna MawbySt John the Evangelist Church Gardens, Mark Lane, LS2 8JA5pm – 10pmIn St John’s churchyard is a circle of light, glimmering around one of the trees. Here you will discover over 200 tiny glass dishes waiting for your interaction. You are invited to pour a small amount of sparkling water into one of the tiny dishes and watch as it effervesces from the word ‘you’ etched on the bottom. Take a moment to watch as the bubbles rise to the surface. Allow your thoughts to focus on yourself and your significant others. Embrace the tranquillity and stillness.‘You’ was commissioned for Nottingham Light Night 2014.

33 / City Chimes

Andrew PottertonSt John the Evangelist Church Gardens, Mark Lane, LS2 8JA5pm – 10pmCity Chimes is an interactive installation and sound piece based on the everyday object “wind chimes”. Wind chimes are probably one

of the worlds’ earliest music instruments and have a long and varied history in a range of cultures and locations. This wind chimes piece by artist Andrew Potterton, is slightly different in that it intends the passer-by or audience member to play the chimes and create new sounds and music in any way they want. No musical training required! A fun and creative piece suitable for all ages.Part of the SHINE emerging artist programme.

34 / Sound & Visions

The Leeds Waits / Organist John ThorntonSt John the Evangelist Church, Mark Lane, LS2 8JA Organ recitals 6.30pm, 7.30pm, & 8.30pm Leeds Waits 7pm, 8pm & 9pmSit in the beautiful seventeenth century interior of St John the Evangelist church and experience the sounds of the past. The Leeds Waits re-established by Alan Radford in 1983 play authentic music from the 16th to 18th centuries, and organist John Thornton will play a selection of evocative melodies on the fine Victorian organ. So close your eyes and travel back in time to visions of past congregations who have come to this amazing building in times gone by.



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Anna PolitikoBriggate, LS1 6LX 5pm – 10pmThere are still tramlines buried under some of Leeds’ roads, the only remaining evidence of a public transport system that ran from the nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth, powered in its latter years by electricity, but originally driven by horse. For Ghost Tram, artist Anna Politiko brings a horse drawn tram back to Briggate and populates it with passengers from a bygone age.Part of the SHINE emerging artist programme.

36 / Squishy Sculpture Park

Nick KiddTrinity Leeds, LS2 8AJ 5pm – 10pmCome and wander around Yorkshire’s first Squishy Sculpture Park! Influenced by the work of sculptors such as Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, artist Nick Kidd aims to achieve a contemporary take on British modernist sculpture with his large fabric sculptures. Through the use of tactile materials and clashing fabrics, Nick produces light hearted, playful work for all ages. Part of the SHINE emerging artist programme.

37 / Zombies in Trinity

University of Leeds Performing ArtsTrinity Kitchen, Trinity Leeds, LS2 8AJ 5pm – 10pmA horde of zombies has settled in Trinity. Come along and witness their unique zombie-banquet. Desperate to civilise themselves, these zombies don’t eat people - they love street food, spicy food, sushi, milkshakes, burgers and fizzy drinks. Never satisfied, the zombies shuffle off in search of more food and can be spotted eating in strange and unusual ways. This physical, visual performance reimagines a future Leeds post-zombie invasion. The zombies are charming, playful, intriguing, funny, messy creatures, but beware: zombies are always hungry.

38 / Cloud Collector’s Apprentices

Dinner Theatre CompanyTrinity Leeds, LS2 8AJ5.15pm, 6.15pm, 7.15pm, 8.15pm (Ideal for ages 2-6)Join Monseignour Heironimus Asquith Charterblouse Von-Struble of Minkwertle - better known as the Cloud Collector, as he unbottles his collection of rare cloud dragons to share his stories of good versus evil. A family theatrical event complete with cloud making activities.

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39 / Time to the Power of 3

Arts@TrinityHoly Trinity Church, Boar Lane, LS1 6HW6pm – 10pmDirector Michael Birch will lead three actors (Susie Baxter, Helen Sutcliffe and Paul Ratcliffe) through a series of improvised pieces, creating both witty and moving scenes on the themes of light, ageing, time, and a little bit of hope thrown in. In the stunning setting of Holy Trinity Church, the audience will be invited to help guide the action and see the characters and situations evolve in time. Local upcoming bands will provide musical entertainment between performances.

40 / Light Night Collages

Tracey EasthamCorn Exchange, Call Lane, LS1 7RB5pm – 10pmCan an image ever truly represent a person, a situation or an idea? For Light Night artist Tracey Eastham will be creating one-off, quick collages made in response to interaction or observation of visitors, passers-by and conversations. Come to observe or talk to Tracey and you could receive an artwork to take away with you that represents your time with her.

41 / Leeds Young Astronomers Club

Carriageworks Young Theatre Makers Piazza, Corn Exchange, Call Lane, LS1 7RB5pm – 10pm (Installation from 5pm, performances from 7pm)The Leeds Young Astronomers’ Club Open Day! Explore the cosmos with The Leeds Young Astronomers Club for one night. Create and discover new stars in the universe called Leeds. Directed by Ruth Cooper, this interactive performance will begin at 7pm and then become an interactive installation for the remainder of the evening.


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42 / Shadow Portraiture

Simon WarnerCorn Exchange, Call Lane, LS1 7RB5pm – 10pmCreate full length self-portraits silhouetted against an 8ft shadow screen. Picture yourself against a frieze of the Leeds skyline, or cut out your own props from sheets of black paper provided at the venue. Each tableau will be professionally photographed and emailed to you, or you can snap your own companions to immortalize your visit. This immersive experience is brought to you by visual artist and photographer Simon Warner as part of his continuing researches into shadow portraiture.

43 / Liminal

Verity Harr15-17 Duncan Street, LS1 6DL5pm – 10pmVerity’s work aims to connect the viewer with the sublime through the medium of light. The images are photographs, a medium made of light, that show ephemeral moments that

transform the perception of every day and mundane subject matter. Verity is interested in how light can change a place that is usually overlooked in to something beautiful, and how that light can connect the viewer to the sublime moment. Her work is shown using light to bring out this transformative illuminative quality in the image itself, and to create an immersive experience.Part of the SHINE emerging artist programme.

44 / Garden of Unearthly Delights

Space2 15-17 Duncan Street, LS1 6DL6.30pm – 10pm (Performances every 15 mins)Welcome to the Garden of Unearthly Delights, a visual interlude where you should expect the unexpected. Using flourishes of light from fire to glow sticks, the performance takes in dance, juggling, live musicians, sculptures and film. And that’s where it gets interesting, as artists trace all of these extraordinary happenings to paint with light, creating a dynamic work of art.

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Impossible ArtsQueen’s Square, LS2 8AJ5pm – 10pm A huge talking story book with projected images carefully mapped to its shape. See text materialise, bounce and float across the pages as pictures appear and pages seem to turn. The book will tell short stories, some real, some more difficult to believe. If you can tell a story in 140 characters or less and can tweet it to the book on the night using @AskCodex, you will see your story appear too. If you do, the Codex book will automatically reply to you, engineering new meaning from its inbuilt text and poetry, creating a random saying that can be at times funny, enigmatic, cheeky or profound.

46 / Painting with Light

Precious Art CollectiveQueen’s Square, LS2 8AJ 5pm – 10pmPrecious Art Collective invites you to paint with light. Draw your favourite doodle, write a message or just your name; let your imagination run riot! Your light drawing will be captured in a photograph and uploaded to Facebook so you can share your artwork with everyone you know!

47 / Light Show

First Direct ArenaClay Pit Lane, LS2 8BY7pm – 10pmIn honour of Light Night’s 10th anniversary, First Direct Arena, Leeds’ major new entertainment venue, will be putting on an extra special light display on their building. First direct Arena hosts exciting live music, comedy, entertainment shows and sporting events.

48 / Roland Emett Machines Launch

Merrion Centre, LS2 8NG5pm – 10pm (Machines on display until mid-November)In celebration of the Merrion Centre’s 50th year, the whimsical Emett machines will be returning just in time for Light Night. Many people will remember the magical mechanical machines from when they were previously on display in Merrion Centre. The collection includes the well-known Lunacycle ‘Maud’, Humbug Major Sweet Machine, The Little Dragon Carpet Cleaner, and The Clockwork Lullaby Machine.

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49 / Chorus: Legacies of War

Akeelah BertramThe Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, Parkinson Building, Woodhouse Lane, LS2 9JT 5pm – 10pm For this year’s Light Night, Leeds-based artist Akeelah Bertram has created a site-specific sound and light installation within the impressive Parkinson Court immediately outside the Gallery. Chorus will engulf your senses and will bring to light the physical, emotional and spiritual impacts of the First World War. It will celebrate those lost and left behind, and offer a final farewell as the memories of these individuals are lifted upwards into the sounds and light of the work – into the noise and experience of the war. Akeelah’s installation piece will be complimented by a display of her preparatory works and original accounts and records within the Gallery.

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50 / WW1 Ghost Stories

Brotherton LibraryWoodhouse Lane, LS2 9JT 5pm – 10pmThe University Library holds the internationally important Liddle collection, which contains personal letters and memorabilia from over 4,000 people who lived through the First World War. Using this unique source material, drama students at the University will bring to life the haunting stories in the collection. The objects from the Liddle Collection that inspire the performance will also be exhibited, telling their own stories. To complement the performances, musicians from the Grammar School at Leeds will perform music of the era. The event will happen in the spectacular marble and oak round reading room of the Brotherton Library. A rare chance to visit and experience performance in these impressive art deco spaces.

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51 / Foyer Jazz

Max Kahn Trio Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall Foyer, School of Music, University of Leeds, Cavendish Road, LS2 9JT 7.30pm, 8.30pm, 9.30pmJoin us in the Clothworkers Concert Hall Foyer for an evening of jazz performed by Leeds based jazz trio consisting of Max Kahn on double bass, Dom Pusey on Saxophone, and Laurence Marshall on drums. The trio plays music from the great American songbook and this event will see a new spin on compositions by Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington, Jimmy Van-Huesen, and more.

52 / LightTAG

University of Leeds, Banham Theatre, Michael Sadler Building, LS2 9JT5pm – 10pmBoth science and art have the power to illuminate the world around us. LightTAG is an exciting interactive exhibition that fuses art with science, allowing participants to create their own pieces of media art while learning the science behind light and photography. Using LED lights and long-exposure camera settings, you’ll be able to create amazing images that you can take home to share!

53 / Digital Narcissus

University of LeedsStage@Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, LS2 9JT 5pm, 6.30pm, 8pmDirected by George Rodosthenous, Digital Narcissus is a 40-minute dance-theatre piece for one actor, one dancer, one performer and a live illustrator. It aims to investigate narcissistic behaviour and what it means in contemporary society. What starts as a sketching session, with a live illustrator and three bodies on stage, gradually transforms into a multi-media performance re-interpreting the myth of Narcissus on a large-scale projection. Digital Narcissus explores the use of new technology in performance in an interactive and exciting way, as well as live art creations.


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Encounter the weird, wonderful, and wacky as you stroll around Leeds City Centre on Light Night. These performances from a variety of talented artists will be popping up in different zones throughout the evening. With music, comedy, dance, drumming and puppetry, there’s certainly something for everyone.

Incredible Ramos Family

De Ramos Millennium Sq 5pm, 6.30pmThe Ramos Family all have their own individual acrobatic skills which they have fused together to put on a jaw dropping performance! An action packed dynamic spectacular which demonstrates acrobats’ stunts of the highest level.

Now You See Us…

Leeds Beckett University Performing ArtsMillennium Sq 7pm, 8pm, 8.45pm, 9.15pmNow You See Us… is an exploration of light, line and shape that takes inspiration from the geometry of Leeds city architecture. This flash-action style ensemble performance piece uses bodies, light, and sound to create a pulse of energy in the crowd.

Light Walkers

Wrong Size Millennium Sq 7.30pm, 8.30pm, 9.30pmThe beautiful Light Walkers mesmerise their audience with simple, starkly beautiful images in a multi-colour swirl of costume and light.

Songo Drumming Project

Victoria Gardens 5.30pm, 6.45pmCreated in 2008 by four asylum seekers, Songo is a group of artists united in their love of African based rhythms, song and dance. Their performances include djembe, dun dun and kenkeni, percussion, balafon, individual and group singing and dancing. Offering a great variety of sounds, styles, energetic movement and vivid costume, Songo will bring a flavour of Africa to Leeds City Centre.

Juggling Inferno

Victoria Gardens 8pm, 9pmWitness some magnificent fire juggling performances from Juggling Inferno. Audiences will be spellbound as the performers create exquisite patterns in the dark with their spinning poi and flaming clubs.

Ras Garba and Urban-Natyam

SAA-ukLeeds Town Hall Forecourt 5pm, 6pm, 7pm, 8pm, 9pmRas Garba is a lively folk dance from the Gujarat. Join SAA-uk for this vibrant and colourful performance, with a chance to join in! Urban-Natyam is a dance piece that explores friendship, trust and betrayal as teenagers. The experimental choreography combines traditional Bharatanatyam vocabulary with more contemporary movements.

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Hunslet Club Dance Troupe

Leeds Town Hall Forecourt 5.30pm, 6.30pm, 7.30pm. 8.30pm, 9.30pmHow will Leeds look in the future? Children and young people from Hunslet Club Dance Troupe have imagined how their favourite parts of the city will look in 100 years time, how technology will have changed things, and how people will interact differently with each other. This futuristic dance piece includes many different styles of dance such as hip hop, ballet, gymnastics and contemporary.

Never Too Old

Frolicked Dortmund Square 6.30pm, 7.30pm, 8.30pmThis octogenarian Yorkshire couple have been around for decades, but they’re no strangers to the 21st century. They’re feisty, they’re mobile (well, just about…) and they’re connected – they know what social media is… and they’re not afraid to use it!

Leeds Festival Chorus

6.30pm Museum Steps, 7.30pm Briggate8.30pm Corn Exchange Leeds Festival Chorus, first formed in 1858, has 160 performing members singing to professional standards. They present classical choral music in Yorkshire, often at their spiritual home, Leeds Town Hall. Acclaimed conductor Simon Wright has adapted a number of pieces especially for Light Night.They will be wearing dark clothes, light scarves and head torches!

The Pigeons

Circii Briggate 6.30, 7.30, 8.30pm Eternally curious, Mr & Mrs Pigeon investigate everything they come across by pecking and scratching. These great big puppets capture the comedy of our most common city birds in wonderful detail. Watch out though, the Pigeons have been known to leave a little ‘gift’ behind them.

St Joan’s Ambulance

Stickleback PlasticusBriggate 9pm Accident prone but ready to serve, this cumbersome duo of first aid course dropouts will trip, fall, and blaze a trail of self-destruction through the streets while attempting to save people from the hazards of everyday life.

Granny Turismo

Briggate 6.30pm, 7.30pm, 8.30pmListen for the screech of burning rubber. No pavement is safe. Meet the first and only shopping trolley dance display team. When the Grannies arrive on their souped-up shopping trolleys with their pumping tunes, everyone takes notice. Fantastic and unique, the Grannies are loud and a force to be reckoned with. You have been warned!

Cat’s Choir

Stickleback PlasticusCorn Exchange 6.30pm, 7.30pmFrom oversized rubbish bins, these two mischievous cats reflect on their lives, food, and the death of Fat Bob. Nothing, and no-one, passes by without comment!


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Bánh mì BoothYorkshire-based purveyor of delicious Vietnamese inspired street food sarnies and noodles, all served from Gloria the 1979 Estafette vintage van!

Cow BoysPutting other burger vans to shame, Cow Boys serve cows with the occasional pig thrown on top.

El KantinaFunky, tasty, fierce, sloppy, scrumptious, gratifying, healthy, yummy Mexican and Southern American Street Food, using meat sourced from the best Yorkshire farms.

Fish&Never more than 72 miles from the sea. Fish & chips with a twist.

Grub&GrogPickle your fancy at The Grub & Grog Shop, a traveling food & drink emporium bringing flavours for the curious to locations all over the globe.

La Petit BretonneAuthentic French Crepes served from a Classic Citroen Van, as well as barista coffee, tea and soft drinks.

Las PaellerasPacked full of all the smoky, sweet, salty flavours of Spain, their giant paellas and tapas are cooked from scratch using fresh, seasonal ingredients.

Pizza LocoWood fired artisan pizza from a traditional Neapolitan thin-crust recipe. Cooked in Pizza Loco’s amazing steam engine styled oven.

Senor ChurroFreshly cooked to order organic Spanish churros served with sugar and a warm chocolate dip. Senor Churro also serves Fair Trade Arabica coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and ice cold drinks.

The Mexican PilgrimThe Mexican Pilgrim will be serving cuisine found on the bustling streets and in the lively markets and bars of Mexico.

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Pavillion bring their popular Leeds Art Walks to Light Night. All walks will meet at the front of Leeds City Museum on the terrace in front of the café.

Maximum 25 people per trail. Booking recommended but not essential. Book at [email protected] or 0113 343 2718

Family Friendly Trail A buggy friendly route with activities and events suitable for children under 11. (Includes treasure hunt)

5pm Meet at Museum 5.10pm BodyRemixer, Victoria Gardens 5.30pm March of the Robots,

Victoria Gardens 5.45pm High Lights, The Light 6.00pm Squishy Sculpture Park, Trinity Leeds 6.15pm Cloud Collector, Trinity Leeds

Accessible Trail A wheelchair friendly route with regular stop offs.

6pm Meet at Museum 6.10pm Unravel the Crux series,

St Anne’s Cathedral 6.30pm Never too old, Dortmund Square 7.00pm I am yours, yours am I,

Howard Assembly Rooms 7.30pm City Chimes, St John’s Garden Finish at Age Concern café

Hidden Histories Heritage Trail Taking in history of Leeds and its buildings and streets, stopping of at a range of Light Night events.

7pm Meet at Museum 7.10pm 365 Leeds Stories Almanac,

Central Library 7.30pm City of Light, Leeds Art Gallery 8pm Ways of Seeing,

Leeds College of Art 8.30pm The Leeds Waits, St Johns

(includes tour of the church)

SHINE Artist Trail 1 An opportunity to encounter the work of new and emerging artists.

8pm Meet at Museum 8.10pm How the Light Gets in, Central Library 8.30pm Echoes, Leeds Art Gallery 8.50pm Hairstory, Renegade Hair Studio 9.15pm Night Sun, Nation of Shopkeepers

SHINE Artist Trail 2 An opportunity to see more work from new and emerging artists.

9pm Meet at Museum 9.15pm City Chimes, St Johns 9.40pm Ghost Tram, Briggate 10pm Liminal, 15-17 Duncan St Squishy Sculpture Park, Trinity Leeds

Light Night Art RunVeggie Runners

Registration: 2nd Floor Yorkshire DanceSt Peter’s Square, LS9 8AH6pm-9.30pm

Join Veggie Runners for an active Light Night experience where light, art and running come together in dazzling fashion. Guided by experienced Run Leaders, illuminated runners will weave their way through the crowds, making Art Runs a thrilling part of the Light Night experience. Setting out from Yorkshire Dance Centre, the 4km runs overlap at key points in the city centre to create a dynamic vision of light in motion. Register at veggierunners.com from 5th September.

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On Friday 3rd October come and explore Leeds with your friends and

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