This April, Leeds Heritage Theatres invites families to Explore… Find out more.

A series of playful cartoon characters depicting children and adults in creative activities, such as juggling, dancing and wearing costumes. Central title reads: explore.

Explore

This April, Leeds Heritage Theatres invites families to Explore – a playful programme of film, performance and hands-on activities designed to spark curiosity, creativity and connection across our three much-loved venues – Leeds Grand Theatre, City Varieties Music Hall and Hyde Park Picture House, with the fun expanding to the Howard Assembly Room and Lower Briggate too!

Created primarily for children aged 5–12 and their parents and carers, Explore is a time to imagine, play and learn together.

Explore the full programme here

For fans of… Live Performance

Our season includes: Out of the Box, Shrek: The Musical, Mughal Miniatures: The Peacock and the Princess, Exciting Science, Holmes and Watson, Olaf Falafel, Mughal Miniatures: The Elephant and the Drummer and Opera North: Little Listeners.

Man cramped inside of a pink box alongside various toys and other objects like an exercise ball. He is holding a toy stuffed dog. In the bottom right corner, a roundel featuring a playful illustration of two people running across the word 'explore'.

Out of the Box

Presented by Makin Projects Limited
City Varieties Music Hall
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Animated image. A mossy wooden plank sign protrudes from messy grass. Text on the sign reads: Dreamworks Theatricals. Shrek The Musical. In the bottom right corner, a roundel featuring a playful illustration of two people running across the word 'explore'.

Shrek: The Musical

Presented by Leeds Amateur Operatic Society
Leeds Grand Theatre
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In a floral forest, a person in an elaborate peacock costume swans through the shrubbery, followed by a dancer in a red dress and gold jewellery. In the bottom right corner, a roundel featuring a playful illustration of two people running across the word 'explore'.

Mughal Miniatures: The Peacock and the Princess

Presented by Sonia Sabri Company
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For fans of… Film

Our season includes: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Wild Style, Lost and Found, Coco, Sing, Kensuke’s Kingdom, Robot Dreams, Ghostbusters, Cinema Then and Now, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, GOAT, Leeds Young Film Festival and more coming soon.

Stop-motion animated still. Gromit watches on as Wallace reaches into a rabbit hutch, where a rabbit stands scared. In the bottom right corner, a roundel featuring a playful illustration of a person juggling stood on the word 'explore'.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Presented by Park Circus
Hyde Park Picture House
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Animated still. A child in a woolly jumper and beanie floats along an icy sea in an upturned umbrella, clutching a book beside a penguin. In the bottom right corner, a roundel featuring a playful illustration of a person sat peering over a bucket of popcorn, on the word 'explore'.

Lost and Found
Hyde Park Picture House
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Animated still. A young boy plays a decorated white guitar in a tiled room, surrounded by golden leaves floating by his feet and moonlight coming through the windows. In the bottom right corner, a roundel featuring a playful illustration of a person sat peering over a bucket of popcorn, on the word 'explore'.

Coco

Presented by Filmbank
Hyde Park Picture House
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For fans of… Activities

Our season includes: Speak to the Streets, Learn to Beatbox, Play Tent Leeds, Aardman: Morph Making Workshop, Boomchikkaboom, Playbox, LHT Unwrapped: Playing with Puppets, LHT Unwrapped: Fantastic Fairytales, City Varieties Treasure Trail, Mughal Miniatures: The Peacock and the Princess Workshop, Marshmallow Castles and Supersonic Parcels and Mughal Miniatures: The Elephant and the Drummer Workshop.

Testament performs on stage in a t-shirt, holding a microphone in one hand and gesturing with the other, beneath fluorescent lights that flare on the camera. In the bottom right corner, a roundel featuring a playful illustration of a person juggling stood on the word 'explore'.

Learn to Beatbox

Presented by Testament
City Varieties Music Hall
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A pair of hands position an orange plasticine figurine of Morph, alongside several other Morph figurines on a black table cloth. In the bottom left corner, a clay style logo reading 'Aardman Model Making Workshop'. In the bottom right corner, a roundel featuring a playful illustration of a person juggling stood on the word 'explore'.

Aardman: Morph Making Workshop

Presented by Jim Parkyn
Hyde Park Picture House
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Children dance under red lights in a disco, wearing bangles and excitedly reaching out for foam falling in the air. In the bottom right corner, a roundel featuring a playful illustration of a person juggling stood on the word 'explore'.

Boomchikkaboom: Family Rave

Presented by Howard Assembly Room
Howard Assembly Room
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About the artist

Hollie Fuller is a UK-based illustrator, bringing everyday scenarios to life with charming warmth and playfulness, creating distinctive character illustrations with compelling narratives, paired back colour palettes and unmistakable forms and motifs.

Hollie has collaborated with clients including The National Portrait Gallery, The Tetley, The Hepworth Wakefield, NSPCC, The Guardian and more.

Check out more of Hollie’s work here

Black and white polaroid image of Hollie Fuller smiling behind an illustrated character.

Hollie Fuller

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