Plays Days with Beccy Durham and Frantic Assembly
BPH is delighted to launch our long-awaited Play Days! Moments where creative people from all disciplines come together to explore, share fun and food, and inspire one another. Play Days are for any creative person living or working in Bradford. WHEN: Friday 16 July, 9.30am-4.30pm WHERE: Kala Sangam Arts Centre. St Peter’s House, 1 Forster […]
NPO Call Out
We want to hear from companies in Bradford who are intending to apply to become an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) for the first time.
Intercultured | Mussarat Rahman in collaboration with BIASAN
The inspiration for Intercultured came from my passion for working in communities. The time I have spent within the refugee/sanctuary seeker community over the last 12 years has opened up my world both individually and artistically. Through working with BIASAN (Bradford Immigration and Asylum Seekers Support and Advice Network) I saw a myriad of artists, […]
KHOOGHI | Kauser Mukhtar
Contrary to popular belief, not all doves are white. Meet Khooghi, the red collared dove, and discover how she managed to survive for 153 years. Kauser Mukhthar’s family friendly show, set within a beautiful toy theatre stage, uses puppetry, music and song to tell a story of humour, tragedy and hope, build around a song […]
A Compendium of Mythical Beasts | Cecil Green Arts
What are the mythical stories that underpin the origins of our city and district? This is a land of urban grit, of strength and courage in the face of adversity. It is also a land of beauty, found in the face of human interaction, in hidden corners of cement and stone. A land of dales […]
The Bull and The Moon | Carlos Pons Guerra and DeNada Dance Theatre
The Bull and the Moon is a brand-new family friendly production that celebrates anyone who dances to their own tune. A fun, fiery and magical outdoor dance performance that blends contemporary dance, flamenco and theatre, this is a heart-warming story about the importance of being oneself, family and LGBTQ+ inclusivity. Lolo is a little Spanish […]
Full English | Bent Architect in Association with Natalie Davies
Full English | Bent Architect in Association with Natalie Davies FULL ENGLISH tells the story of the women of Canterbury Estate – white British girls from the 1960s who married Pakistani men and brought up mixed race children. Driven out by their families and shunned by their husbands’ community, where did they belong? Told through […]
Thyme Café | Kerry Wright
Thyme Café is a new script by emerging writer Kerry Wright, a comedy drama that delves into the dysfunctional life of eighteen-year-old Kailey. She regularly visits her mother, Shaz, in a café but it isn’t all that it seems. The café is actually a visitor’s room and her Mum is in prison. The theatre piece […]
When I was seventeen, both of my parents were arrested and went to prison.
[rev_slider alias=”hidden-winter-1″][/rev_slider] When I was seventeen, both of my parents were arrested and went to prison. Thyme Café is Kerry’s first full length play that explores her teenage experiences of having parents in prison. Last year, she successfully secured a Bradford Producing Hub Make Work Grant. This is the first blog of a series that […]
A Love Story on Leeds Road | Kamal Kaan
A Love Story on Leeds Road is an exploration by writer Kamal Kaan and director Dominic Leclerc, of the hidden stories that lie within the renowned Leeds Road: a stretch of Bradford that’s like an entire universe along one continuous spine of Bradford. Having spent time interviewing the inhabitants and exploring, photographing and documenting the […]
