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Our Freedom – A Celebration

19th Oct 2025

Times: 2pm - 3.30 pm

Price: Free (donation on the day to The Welcome Centre)

Lawrence Batley Theatre

Queen Street, Huddersfield
HD1 2SP

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A collage of four photos showcasing diverse cultural performances. Top left: three women and a young girl in embroidered traditional Ukrainian dresses sing on stage. Top right: a large group of children and adults in traditional Ukrainian costumes dance together under purple stage lights. Bottom left: a smiling Sikh man in a blue turban and ornate costume sings into a microphone. Bottom right: an older Black woman drapes a floral scarf around a young Asian girl’s shoulders in a workshop setting.
Photographers credit: Bokhego & Patricia Maziarz

Image caption: Photographers credit: Bokhego & Patricia Maziarz

Join Lawrence Batley Theatre for Our Freedom, a celebratory performance representing what freedom means to us.

Freedom Road, the specially commissioned poem by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, has been the inspiration for groups and artists across the local community to come together and create images, music, dance and drama to reflect what freedom means to them – both in 1945 and now in 2025.

The Sikh Soldiers Organisation, Ukrainian Friendship Group, IASK (Immigration and Asylum Support Kirklees) and 6 million+ will be sharing their art and performances, and you will also learn more about the exciting national programme Our Freedom: Then and Now.

This is a free event and there is no need to book, all are welcome. Any donations received on the day will go to the Welcome Centre.