“Why Rush?” comes to Temple.Works.Leeds…11-13th May, three days of experimental multi-media performance, music and mayhem. 36 artists, two cities, London & Leeds.

“when pianos drop… horns salute…taxidermists fly…mice poledance…clowns menace…geishas howl…men rock…heads roll… WHY RUSH?”

Come watch, get involved, find out why and how they do what they do in workshops. Bar, cafe, get the Tshirt.

• Friday May 11th: 6pm – 2am.
• Saturday May 12th: 11 am – 1am.
• Sunday May 13th: noon – 11pm

Tickets go on sale on Eventbrite NOW………………..

• £8.00 per day / student concession £6.00
• £20.00 for 3 days / student concession £16.00

http://whyrush-eorg.eventbrite.com/

Performance

• Carrieanne Vivianette
• Anna Frisch My Polar Disorder performed by Laura Bradshaw
• Jenny Kosmowsky
• Dave Lynch
• Il Pixel Rosso and the birds fell from the sky
• Melanie Wilson in Illustrated
• Paul Green
• Rachel Sweeney in crow-glove / croagh-love
• Contemporary Beef Productions presents “MATRYOSHKAS”

Live music

• Jerico Orchestra
• Lone Taxidermist
• MonkeyPunch Productions present The Institute of Stone Age Sex
• Slim Bob Pro 6 and the Bobettes
• Sloth Hammer
• Executive Legs
• Urban Exploration

Details of Times and dates when people will be playing will be announced very soon along with more performers.

keep checking back….

“Why Rush?” is part of a trio of festivals codenamed The Freds that launch Temple.Works.Leeds own major in-house productions and bring artists together from different directions, generations and media both to work together and to involve audiences in learning how they work. While Why Rush? will be about experimental performance, bringing artists together from London and Leeds, Fred 2 will go even further south – to Latin America – and further North to Scotland to join industrial artists in two weeks of experimentation, exhibition and teaching. Fred 3 will bring the most famous Punk and Situationist artist, Jamie Reid to Temple Works for five weeks in a celebration of his work and vision during which he will meet and work with young free and street artists in a series of private and public workshops.

It was a scene from the Italian Job. Madcap chefs in stolen (well, pre-loved) cars, roaring back and forth Saturday into Temple Works car park to deliver successive loads of pig, more pig, did I say pig and lentil cutlets…and giant Eton Mess, cupcakes and found vegetables (hedge-found not hedge-fund, that rules out Bridgewater Place Tesco provenance.) One chef came all the way from Bournemouth.  This  gourmet rush was preceded by Majestic Wines roaring up in a minivan with rather a lot of booze (a great tradition at Temple Works);Test Space dashing around for two days with lists, cutlery, slate chips, fairy lights, pineapples-for-rent and giant mops…and finally guests roaring in on the trot to demand their fill.

The food was superb and provoked the kind of discussion that engaged foodies and non alike. There was some speculation about what each body part actually was and one bold diner left politesse behind and attacked the pig’s head itself in the spirit of investigation. When the plates were piled high speculation gave way sheer enjoyment and the showmanship of each chef contributed greatly to the evening, in particular the serving of the extraordinarily tasty giant Eton Mess. Many thanks to  David Bennett of Sunshine Bakery, Mike Wallis, Mina Said, Leeds Kirkgate Market and SalsaMexicana and Bournemouth’s Dave Prior.  Other entertainment included a lengthy visit from the police, concerned at the delicious smells emanating from an uninsured building site; food porn as part of Exposure Leeds Photo Week, addresses on Slow Food by Andrew Critchett and live music from Ryan Spendlove (which was rip-roaring and went the whole hog).

This was a popup kitchen first for both Test Space and Temple Works. Once the largest room in the world, Temple Works is re-opening as a cultural venue which – while the Main Space is being repaired – includes a wide range of events including the improbable, the impossible, the frankly deafening and the roast pig. We can’t wait to see what Test Space pulls out of the culinary hat next. Hats generally mean rabbits but I’ve heard it may be fish…different kind of hat, flies and the like. This will mean a continuing problem for vegetarian guests so next time all you omnivores please don’t eat the gorgeous little lentil cutlets until the veggies have been fed. They get nasty when hungry!