[caption id="attachment_1017" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Jon Ronson"][/caption] Join award-winning writer and documentary maker Jon Ronson for a talk event at the Howard Assembly Room on Friday 21 October, where he will discuss his most recent book, The Psychopath...
Read the full postFriday 7 October was Leeds' annual Light Night festival, and the Howard Assembly Room opened its doors for a free five hour performance installation: O Let Me Weep. Featuring mezzo soprano Claire Bradshaw, guitarist Craig Ogden and oboist Hazel Cropper, Opera North Projects...
Read the full postCheryl Frances-Hoad is an award winning young composer. She is the current DARE Cultural Fellow in Opera-Related Arts at Opera North and the University of Leeds. Ahead of the Leeds premiere of her new song cycle Schumann Revisited: One Life Stand on October 11, Cheryl updates ...
Read the full postFour Seasons: Autumn at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park [caption id="attachment_989" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Jaume Plensa, Spiegel 2010, at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park"][/caption] On an unseasonably warm Saturday evening, as the sun was fading and the magni...
Read the full postOn Sunday 2nd October, the Howard Assembly Room officially launches as a wedding venue when it hosts the Leeds LOVE events UK wedding fair. Amongst the impressive surroundings of the Howard Assembly Room, visitors can meet weddings exhibitors and see the venue now available...
Read the full postWriting the music for this tour of Sundog (at the Howard Assembly Room on Saturday 15 October) has been and is still one of the more enjoyable things I’ve done so far - I can’t speak for Oli, the amazing violinist, but this is something I’ve been wanting to do for a very long ...
Read the full postMulti-award winning young composer, Cheryl Frances-Hoad turns her attention to Robert Schumann’s 1840 song cycle in a special concert on Tuesday 11 October. Frances-Hoad’s response to Schumann’s Women’s Lives and Loves, Schumann Revisited: One Life S...
Read the full postToday the Howard Assembly Room hosted an Open Rehearsal for Opera North's upcoming production of Ruddigore, allowing a limited audience of 50 people the opportunity to watch as cast members come together to rehearse with the Orchestra of Opera North. This type of rehearsal is...
Read the full postAhead of a talk event in the Howard Assembly Room on 14 October, music journalist Dorian Lynskey introduces his new book, 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs: [caption id="attachment_924" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Dorian Lynskey. Photo: Simon ...
Read the full postLate Spring, a classic of Japanese cinema directed by Yasujiro Ozu, is being screened at the Howard Assembly Room on Saturday 24 September at 7.45pm. It has been programmed to accompany Opera North's current production of Madama Butterfly, which opens at Leeds Grand Theatre on...
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