A city centre magic show, the Brontës as you’ve never seen them before, and a bassline house symphony are all part of Bradford’s City of Culture lineup, which its organisers call a celebration of everything that makes the West Yorkshire city great.
Shanaz Gulzar, the creative director of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture, said the whole of the country was invited to come next year to a place she billed as young, diverse, creative and “the heart of the UK”.
“The UK is invited to Bradford in 2025,” she said. “Not only will audiences want to be celebrating everything that makes Bradford great, but it’ll also be a part of the change for this vibrant city and district.”
Steven Frayne, formerly known as the magician Dynamo, will start the year with his new performance Rise, which is inspired by the story of his grandfather teaching him magic as a child growing up in Bradford. It is directed by the theatre director Kirsty Housley and will be staged in the city centre, not far from where Frayne used to perform street magic.
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