Discover the fascinating history of queens and warriors who ruled vast swathes of the African continent from pre-colonial Nigeria to the villages of Rwanda, the hills of Madagascar to apartheid South Africa.
Open Works Festival Presents a rehearsed reading of A Sound is Still a sound.
Open Works Festival Presents a work in progress, KalakutHER: Queen of Fela's Republic.
Open Works Festival Presents a work in progress performance of Ijakadi (The Wrestle).
A guided walk along an easy going city centre discovery trail. We will explore how engineering has developed the city of Sheffield. You will see diverse buildings and structures ancient and modern, various forms of transport (road, rail, tram and water)
Sheffield Museums’ Metalwork Collection is one of the finest in the world. It contains the cutlery, flatware and tableware that have made Sheffield famous, as well as beautiful objects collected from every continent.
Measuring 483.69 square metres in total, the artwork will be painted across 6 facades of the brown-brick NCP building on Wellington Street, paying homage to the natural topography which has defined Sheffield since the 12th century, as a city built on hills and rivers.
Open Works Festival presents a work in progress performance of Seven Magic Birds: An African Panto.
Sheffield’s visitor economy reached new heights in 2024, generating a record-breaking £1.85 billion – a 10% increase on the previous year and a full recovery from the impact of the pandemic.