by s12admin | Jul 23, 2019 | Projects, Showcase
Over five days nine emerging Leeds female musicians worked with singer-songwriter Bianca Gerald with support from composer and producer Christella Litras. The group wrote and produced original music exploring themes of female empowerment, artistic identity and...
by s12admin | Feb 26, 2019 | Projects
A project partnership with Boomsatsuma, Khadijah Ibrahiim and Studio12. Borderlines was a transnational poetry project: 7 centres in England, 3 in the UK and 7 across the EU took part to produce Europe’s largest ever online exhibition of spokenword, exploring the...
by s12admin | Sep 23, 2017 | Projects
I am Spark is a 3 minute film capturing the diverse, cultural zeitgeist of the city. A vibrant spoken word monologue highlighting the cultural aspects of Leeds, the enthusiastic ‘can do’ attitude of its people, their capabilities and how together as a city we can...
by s12admin | Aug 29, 2017 | Projects
Shakespeare at Carnival Studio12 worked in partnership with BBC Look North and commissioned Chicken Shop Shakespeare to create a film celebrating Leeds West Indian Carnival’s 50th anniversary. The Caribbean carnival is Europe’s longest running parade celebrating...
by s12admin | Oct 23, 2015 | Projects
Words First is a partnership with BBC Radio 1Xtra and the Roundhouse that seeks to find the hottest and freshest spoken word talent from across the country, supported by Arts Council England. Studio12 and Leeds Young Authors were chosen to host workshops and...
by s12admin | Sep 24, 2015 | Projects
As part of the build up to the 1Xtra Live event the BBC worked in partnership with a number of community organisations across the city to bring grass roots experiences to the young people of Leeds. Studio12 felt it was really important to allow real DJs and...