About Us

In its prime location on Millennium square, The Carriageworks houses an exciting mix of plays, musicals, dance, film, exhibitions, community events and workshops. 

With two theatres and six rehearsal rooms, this state of the art venue is an important space for local and regional artists of varying backgrounds and abilities.

Since its opening in November 2005, The Carriageworks has been a new home for the Leeds Civic Arts Guild, an umbrella organisation of approximately fifteen local amateur performing groups that previously rehearsed and performed at the former Civic Theatre. 

The Carriageworks is also home to key festivals such as Leeds International Film Festival and Breeze International Youth Festival. 

Whilst nurturing its important long-standing partnership with the Guild, The Carriageworks continues to establish new relationships with local young companies, playing an essential role in helping these companies establish an identity through showcasing their work in its upstairs@thecarriageworks theatre.

Located within the new Electric Press Development, The Carriageworks is situated on first-floor level overlooking an historic glass-roofed and heated courtyard which in early Victorian times was the home of the ‘West Riding Carriage Manufactory’, from which the theatre takes its name.

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