The streets of Leeds will take centre stage later this week as a spectacular outdoor show celebrates the important role that sport and art can both play in bringing people and communities together.
Power Of Performance: This Is Us! is being held on Friday (October 28) as part of the Rugby League World Cup Cultural Festival.
Taking place in Victoria Gardens, Cookridge Street and Millennium Square between 4pm and 6pm, the free event will use dance, music and aerial movement to tell exciting and insightful stories about rugby league and its fans.
These stories will explore themes such as the working class origins of the sport and the ways in which pioneering players have helped further the cause of inclusivity.
The show, which is open to all and features a participant cast of local residents alongside professional performers, is being held ahead of the Rugby League World Cup fixture between the New Zealand and Ireland men’s teams at Headingley Stadium on Friday evening (kick-off 7.30pm).
The game is one of eight being played in Leeds during the course of the tournament, which is running for five weeks and comprises men’s, women’s and wheelchair competitions.
The Jamaica and Ireland men’s teams and the England, Papua New Guinea, Brazil and Canada women’s teams have all made the city their base for the tournament.
Leeds City Council welcomed the Jamaican and Irish teams earlier this month with a reception at Leeds Civic Hall. Further civic receptions are taking place this week for the locally-based women’s teams before the start of their competition next Tuesday, November 1.
This Friday’s show in Leeds city centre is made up of three different segments, entitled Origins, One And All and Tries And Triumphs, which will be based in Victoria Gardens, Cookridge Street and Millennium Square respectively. Each segment lasts for around 10 minutes and will be performed six times during the event.
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