Leeds 2023 announces huge opening show at Headingley Stadium with star-studded lineup

We can't wait! LEEDS2023

LEEDS 2023 creative director Kully Thiarai said: “We are here, and together through the power of the imagination and our collective endeavours we will tell a new story of and with the people of Leeds.

“All that kicks off with ‘The Awakening’, a show only possible if everyone shares their individual act of creativity whatever that might be for them.”100 days before the year kicks off, a ballot has been opened and the general public are being asked to submit a piece of art that they have created to be in with a chance of securing a pair of free tickets for ‘The Awakening’.are encouraging residents and anyone with a passion for the city to get creative in any way they wish to express themselves.

November 25 is the deadline for submissions when 7,500 pieces of the public’s art will be selected at random to receive a pair of free tickets to a once in a lifetime experience. Their work will also feature in the opening show.LEEDS 2023 is the city’s response to the cancellation in 2017 of the UK's participation in the European Capital of Culture competition.

“From our schools and workplaces, through to our shopping centres and community spaces and parks, and everywhere else in between - we can’t wait to let culture loose in the city for our Year of Culture in 2023.

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