News
19th May 2025
Attenborough Arts Centre’s flagship SENsory Atelier programme has been named Learning Programme of the Year at the prestigious Museums + Heritage Awards 2025. Leicester’s Attenborough Arts Centre scooped the national...
7th May 2025
On Saturday 3 May we welcomed in over 550 visitors to our bi-annual Craft & Art Fair to explore the work of local crafters and artists as they presented their...
6th May 2025
Attenborough Late’s returns for a evening of celebrating Black & Brown joy in collaboration with whatsthebigmistry. A fun-packed after-hours art experience the takes over our whole building, the evening will...
23rd April 2025
The Empire’s Old Clothes by Priya Mistry, who works under the pseudonym whatsthebigmistry, opens at Attenborough Arts Centre. The work challenges the myths and propaganda of the ‘British Empire’ and...
10th April 2025
This season we are excited to welcome new and returning artists and audiences to our Craft & Art Fair. With crafters from across the country sharing their work, there will...
31st March 2025
We do what we can everyday with our venue, our programmes, our staff and our communities, but we know there is always more we can do. Which is where you...
24th March 2025
As a team we work together to lower our carbon emissions where we can, however you can help us to every time you visit Attenborough Arts Centre. As an individual...
19th March 2025
Coming to Attenborough Arts Centre is Punk Alley, a loud and unapologetic joyride of live original punk music for everyone in the family. Expect to enter into the world of...
18th March 2025
Literary Leicester is back, the University of Leicester’s free literary festival that is open for all. Brought to you by the School of Arts, Media and Communication and the Centre...
17th March 2025
We can’t have ‘Creativity with a Conscience’ without delving into what we offer as part of our programmes! As a University Arts Centre we are lucky to have varied and...
13th March 2025
Attenborough Arts Centre is pleased to announce that we have been shortlisted for Learning Programme of the Year for the Museums + Heritage Awards 2025. The global awards celebrate the...
10th March 2025
As a part of the University of Leicester, we recognise that the activities we do inevitably impact on the environment and that we have a responsibility to environmental protection. As...
6th March 2025
We have been nominated for an award at the Leicester Comedy Festival and UK Kids’ Comedy Festival Awards 2025 and we couldn’t be happier. This year we are in the...
3rd March 2025
Our new summer season features art for all, with our latest range of exhibitions, performances, and artist-led creative courses and workshops, while also featuring free events for all ages. This...
2nd March 2025
Good for a Girl is a brand-new drama celebrating and exposing the real-life experiences of women in football, coming to Attenborough Arts Centre Friday 7 & Saturday 8 March 2025....
26th February 2025
Small audience groups sit immersed in a wonderland of hundreds of real plants, watching, feeling and hearing as music, puppets, sounds, smells, light and shadows are brought to life around...
14th February 2025
On the evening of Thursday 13 February, Attenborough Arts Centre launched ‘Crip Arte Spazio: The Disability Arts Movement in Venice’ in Gallery 1 and celebrated the Gallery 2 Exhibition ‘Who...
31st January 2025
We are excited to once again celebrate this year’s LGBTQ+ History Month throughout the whole of February. This year’s theme is Activism and Social Change which highlights the incredible contributions...
29th January 2025
Chinese Lunar New Year has begun and we are welcoming in the Year of the Snake! Running from 29 January to 12 February, the Chinese Lunar New Year is a...
22nd January 2025
Attenborough Arts Centre is excited to announce the support of a new work titled ‘Lido Loves’ by Lindsey Warnes, a Leicester-based writer and performer. This piece is being created as...
15th January 2025
Shape Arts brings its landmark Crip Arte Spazio: The Disability Arts Movement in Venice exhibition to Leicester, fresh from its presentation at the world-renowned Venice Biennale 2024. The Disability Arts...