Leeds Jewish International Performing Arts Festival

An Annual Celebration of Music, Dance, Comedy and Theater With a Jewish Accent

• What: Five days of Jewish performing arts and performers from around the world.
• When: Third week in June
• Where: The Carriageworks, 3 Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 3AD
• Telephone: +44 (0)113 224 3801
• Admission: £8-£10
• Website

The great variety of Jewish artists, Jewish humor and Jewish themes is put on show for five days every year at the Carriageworks in Leeds. Performances range from Klezmer and Word Music Fusion bands, Jewish stand-up comedians and Belly Dancing to serious drama, classical music and literary events. The highlights scheduled for the 2009 festival included musical comedy from America; Max Pashm's Klezmer-Balkan-ElectroBeat; a female impersonator Barbra Streisand; the award-winning monologue Spoonface Steinberg, and an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's story, The Mozart Question, performed by actor/violinist Andrew Bridgmont.