Leeds Playhouse’s Rio Matchett talks about the return of their Furnace Festival after a two year break
There is always a joy in watching fully formed work, but there is equal satisfaction being able to watch artists develop new pieces, which is where a safe space like the Furnace Festival at Leeds Playhouse comes in.
Artists often talk about learning as much from failing as what works so Furnace offers them a year-round development programme which the Playhouse says is their development engine offering a place to play and learn as pieces come to life.
The Playhouse use their Furnace brand to describe all of the work they do to generate and create new performance work that supports the local creative community
Usually that work is showcased in an annual live programme where artists present their work in all sorts of stages of development but last year was cancelled for obvious reaso...
