Nubian Noire, Expo

21/10/2026

FINAL CALL OUT...workshops are already full, may have room for a couple more...inbox [email protected] for more details.

21/10/2026

🔥 THE EXCELLENCE WILL BE SHOWCASED LIVE!

BREAK THE RULES. CHALLENGE THE EXPECTATIONS. EXPERIENCE OPERA DIFFERENTLY.

🎭 Here’s a glimpse of the cast in action! Get a taste of Our Eyes Looking for God — a bold, powerful production celebrating Black identity, culture and storytelling through an electrifying fusion of opera, rap, and hip-hop

✨ This is just a glimpse of what awaits you. Come and experience the full production LIVE on stage!

📍 Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University
📅 5–7 November 2026

🎟️ BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW:
https://www.northernoperagroup.co.uk/lnof2026

Presented by Barbican Centre and Northern Opera Group, in collaboration with Nubian Noire.

🙌🏾 SUBSCRIBE. SHARE. SPREAD THE WORD. Let’s celebrate Black excellence and experience something extraordinary together!

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21/10/2026

🎭 OUR EYES LOOKING FOR GOD — WORKSHOPS THIS WEEK!**

Join us this Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd October for two exciting creative workshops as part of Leeds New Opera Festival 2026.

Please accept my apologies for the slight error, all workshops will be taking place THIS WEEK! as oppose to next week..lol

Come and EXPERIENCE. EXPLORE. CREATE. We look forward to seeing you there!

18/10/2026

Workshop, now full..few more spaces left! So book early

16/10/2026

Read all about it...

Groundbreaking hip-hop opera exploring Black British boyhood comes to Leeds New Opera Festival

16/10/2026

We're delighted to announce that, Our Eyes Looking for God* has been featured in the Yorkshire Evening Post..

This bold, boundary-breaking production brings together opera, rap, hip-hop and powerful storytelling to explore Black British boyhood, identity, friendship and survival.

Nubian Noire is proud to be collaborating with the Barbican Centre and Northern Opera Group, not forgetting the wonderful, Chapel Allerton Arts Centre to bring this extraordinary production and its accompanying workshops to Leeds.

📍 Leeds School of Arts
📅 5–7 November 2026
Time - 7.00pm 8.30pm
📰 Read the feature.. 👇👇👇👇and discover why this is a production you won't want to miss!

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/our-eyes-looking-for-god-leeds-new-opera-festival-nubian-noire-9287021

14/10/2026

Project Manager quote of today...Winners, Win🏆 Scores Score..🏀 and amateurs stay dribbling on the sideline...Keep your 👀 open

14/10/2026

🎭 **STEP INSIDE. FEEL THE SPACE. UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY! ✨This what our new opera group will be doing at Chapel Allerton Arts Centre..

We’re opening the doors soon, in fact next Thursday 22nd October to clear the space to create creativity. Starting with two exciting workshops in taking place in Leeds!

Where you can explore performance, storytelling and self-expression.

🔥 **OUR EYES LOOKING FOR GOD** kicks off on, 📅 Thursday 22 October from 5:30pm–8:30pm and guess what?
🎟️ We only a few spaces left!

💙 **ULTRAMARINE**
📅 Friday 23 October | 5:30pm–8:30pm
🎟️ Explore creativity, music and women’s voices in this special workshop for women aged 18+.

📍 Chapel Allerton Arts Centre, Leeds

Both workshops are **FREE**, but spaces are very limited. Watch the video, picture yourself in the space, and take the next bold step!

**EXPERIENCE. EXPLORE. CREATE.**

Presented by Nubian Noire in connection with Leeds New Opera Festival 2026 & Barbican Centre

13/10/2026

This October, during Black History Month, Chapeltown Allerton Arts Centre are proud to be the venue for something really special!

Our Eves Looking for God is a brand new opera by TD Moyo, Renell Shaw and April Koyejo-Audiger that sold out at Barbican Centre,London in September and comes to Leeds Opera Festival in November.

Before then the Barbican Centre, Norther Opera Group and Nubian Noire Expo are bringing two free workshops to Chapel Allerton Arts Centre.

Thursday 22 October: Allows participants to get inside the text and with interactive performance pieces of the show with its writer and director TD Moyo

Friday 23 October: Ultramarine with April, a creative exploration of women's voice, visibility, ageing and storytelling for women of all ages.
Both 5pm to 8.30pm, free,

Book your free place ✨️ https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/umdny3j5k3

09/10/2026

LEEDS, ARE YOU READY FOR A NIGHT THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU?

This November, experience Our Eyes Looking for God — a bold, contemporary opera where love, ghosts, memory and the joy of Black boy hood prevails.

An opera. A ghost story. A love story.

Created by TD Moyo, Renell Shaw and April Koyejo-Audiger, and starring Gamba Cole and Themba Muvula, this powerful new production brings together original music, compelling performances and raw, unforgettable emotion.

This is opera with a difference. Bold, contemporary and full of life, it invites you into a world where music, identity, friendship and the complexities of fear takes centre stage.

Come feel the energy where rap & hip-hop collides with opera.

must importantly, Leave with a story to tell!

OUR EYES LOOKING FOR GOD

📅 5–7 November 2026

📍 Leeds School of Arts
Portland Way, Leeds LS1 3PB

Be part of the excitement, as this compelling new work arrives in Leeds as part of the New Opera Festival 2026 in collaboration with Barbican Centre & Nubian Noire.

And there’s more! you can take part in a connected two day workshop exploring the creative world behind the production.Email [email protected]

Don't wait to hear everyone talking about it! Be there. Experience it. Be part of the moment.

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NEW OPERA. BOLD STORIES. REAL VOICES.