Leicester WORD! at Attenborough Arts
Here's a gorgeous new trailer for our long running Leicester WORD! night.
Thanks to all featured and performing with us over the last year. Thanks to wonderful Andrew Lee (Insta: @photography_andrewlee)
Thanks to our gorgeous venue, Attenborough Arts Centre.
Thanks to the brilliant (we sing songs around the fire to) major funder Arts Council England - and lovely additional funders and supporters, University of Leicester and Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust.
If you've already made it down, look forward to seeing you again.
If you've never been - come join us! We'd love to meet you X
More info - wordpoetry.co.uk
Attenborough Arts Centre is on Campus
Attenborough Arts Centre is on Campus.
As a student here at University of Leicester you will get 50% off our state-of-the-art Creative Learning courses plus big discounts for selected shows including Leicester Comedy Festival.
On any evening you can catch performances fresh from Edinburgh Fringe, enjoy an evening of live music or even burlesque, and laugh your socks off with the best local and national comedy acts.
Our brand new gallery offers a chance to see some of the most thought-provoking and visually
awe-inspiring contemporary art, with exhibition themes often linked to wider University topics in science, literature and research. All for free!
Why not try your hand at something new and get stuck in to one of our Creative Courses?
From visual arts, jewellery and crafts, to music
and yoga – beginners are always welcome!
Look out for our DeStress Fest taking place from January - March 2018 to explore the relationship between mind, body and art as you relax into the New Year.
RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH TRIBUTE
A very private person Lord Richard Attenborough here speaking on the importance of education, his brother David and the film Gandhi at the University of Leicester on being made a Distinguished Honorary Fellow at the University.The Lord at his witty best in one of his last public outings at the end of last year. These are excerpts from that speech.
Leicester Comedy Festival at attenborough arts Centre
We’ve got a programme packed with shows that will make you scream with laughter, recoil with cringe, and even stop to make you think. For the first time we’re offering shows that are British Sign Language interpreted and as always we have a great family offer. Visit bit.ly/lcfaac for all the shows
Andy Morley's memories of Richard Attenborough
Andy Morley was Financial Director at City Challenge and is now Head of Finance at Leicester City Council. Andy was part of the team that worked with Richard to secure the land where the Richard Attenborough centre stands.
Sir David Attenborough reflects on living in Leicester and growing up at the University of Leicester
Sir David Attenborough spokes about his time growing up on the grounds of Leicester University College, now the University of Leicester, in a BBC East Midlands Today interview.
During the interview, Sir David praised Leicester as a city for providing him with a rich cultural upbringing, suggesting that Leicester is a richer place now than ever before due to the diverse array of cultures within the city.
Sir David Attenborough - Memories of the University of Leicester
Sir David Attenborough grew up in College House on the campus of the University College, Leicester, where his father, Frederick, was principal.
In this interview David talks about his memories of family life on the campus and his journey to become an educationalist just like his father.
This film was produced by External Relations, University of Leicester.
Filmed and Edited by Carl Vivian
Produced by Jon Shears
QUEER LADY M : preview from Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester (Sat 8 Dec 2018)
1623 theatre company presents QUEER LADY M preview show.
A fabulous new fusion of autobiography, Shakespeare and drag.
Live from Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester on Saturday 8 December 2018.
Shane idolises Lady Macbeth.
He always has done, ever since she slipped into his world through Grandma's telly when he was small.
Tonight, Shane's been stood up. Lonely and lost, he turns to Shakespeare's fierce queen for strength.
But how far can becoming your idol help you find yourself when you're anxious and alone?
QUEER LADY M brings together devised performance, Shakespeare and drag while exploring the real-life experiences of working-class, gender-fluid artist Shane Gabriel.
Find out more at 1623theatre.co.uk/queerladym
Follow us on Twitter @1623theatre and @QueerLadyM
SHANE GABRIEL performer | TIM HEYWOOD set and costume designer | REBECCA LEGG assistant director | CHRISTOPHER LYDON composer and producer | ADAM McCREADY sound designer | MICHAEL PINCHBECK dramaturgical support | BEN SPILLER director | KITTY WINTER movement director
Queer Lady M is supported by Arts Council England, Attenborough Arts Centre, Derby Theatre, Derbyshire LGBT+ and QUAD.
David Attenborough at Attenborough Arts Centre
In Leicester for the gallery launch
Sir David Attenborough - ABA Rare Book Fair London 24 May 2018.
Sir David Attenborough discusses the first book he ever purchased at age 15, The Origin of Species. He then declares the 2018 Rare Book Fair in London OPEN! Footage copyright Stewart Guy wildlife.net
Sir David Attenborough - Was Your Father Proud of Your Career?
During an interview about his memories of growing up on the campus of Leicester University Sir David Attenborough was asked if he thought his dad would be proud of his career.
He was a profound believer in the importance of learning and the intellectual life.
He was a son of a shopkeeper in Stapleford not far from Attenborough, so he came from very humble beginnings and he believed profoundly in the importance of education, at all levels and of the accessibility of education to people of all strands of society. So his friends and therefore the family friends were all academics really.
One of the closest of them was a young botanist who became one of the great botanists of the inter-war period, professor Harry Godwin, and I got a letter from Harry after one series that I'd done in which he said that he felt that I was an educationalist just as much as my father had been. That warmed my heart more than I can say.
And I did think that my father did think that I had remained true to the traditions that had motivated him in that education and knowledge was the right and inheritance of every kind and class of people, and that their lives were enriched the greater their education, and that everybody should have access to it.
And that television properly used could provide just that and that was in the area that I was working, and so I think he approved at what I did.”
This film was produced by External Relations, University of Leicester.
Filmed and Edited by Carl Vivian
Produced by Jon Shears
Lord Richard Attenborough - Honorary - University of Leicester
Lord Richard Attenborough gives a response after being made a Distinguished Honorary Fellow of the University of Leicester. This is the highest award the University presents. Recipients already have an Honorary Degree from the University of Leicester, but have continued to engage in distinguished service within the University. At any one time there are only 24 recipients of this award.
Lord Richard Attenborough's association with the University began when his father was the Principal of the University College from 1932-51. Their former home, College House, is in the heart of the campus. Lord Attenborough's association with the University of Leicester continues with the Richard Attenborough Centre which was opened in 1997 by Diana, Princess of Wales. The centre offers everyone a chance to participate in the arts without barriers, in ways that challenge and inspire.
For further information about the Richard Attenborough Centre see
Official Opening of the New Wing at the Attenborough Arts Centre
Sir David officially opened the new £1.5million gallery extension at Attenborough Arts Centre, the University’s inclusive, multi-use arts venue on Lancaster Road.
The new extension comprises of approximately 530 square metres of new accommodation, increasing the size of the existing building by 50%, and providing three new interlinked gallery spaces together with an external sculpture garden.
The gallery will be the largest contemporary art space in Leicestershire and one of the largest in the East Midlands. It will be open to the general public to showcase the best in contemporary visual art and sculpture.
Alan Caine's memories of Richard Attenborough
Alan Caine was one of the founding directors of the Richard Attenborough Centre and still tutors at the Centre.
Jean Humphreys' memories of Richard Attenborough
Jean Humphreys is a friend of Richard and supporter of Richard Attenborough centre. Jean met Richard when she came to Leicester from Scotland with her husband. The Attenborough family helped her to settle in and she and Richard became life-long friends.
Sir David Attenborough - 'Beauty in Nature' - University of Leicester
Extracts from Sir David Attenborough's public lecture titled 'Beauty in Nature' held at the De Montfort Hall 28 January 2016.
The lecture was held as part of the University of Leicester's flagship Chancellor's Distinguished Lecture series.
This film was produced by External Relations, University of Leicester.
Filmed and Edited by Carl Vivian
David Attenborough at Attenborough arts centre 2
In Leicester to open the new gallery
Sarah Levitt's memories of Richard Attenborough
Sir David Attenborough Opens Arts Centre Extension
Renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough opened a new £1.5million galleries wing at Attenborough Arts Centre – the building championed by his late brother Lord Attenborough.
Michael Attenborough CBE on Lord Richard Attenborough
An impassioned speech paying tribute to his late father and outlining his remarkable legacy.
Recorded in 2015 at the opening of the refurbished Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts.