The Things Around Us
22 Oct 2025
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TicketsPay What You Can
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VenueHoward Assembly Room
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Running time2 hrs 10 mins
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Age guidance14+
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Ahamefule J. Oluo (USA)
In this solo performance – somewhere between jazz and stand-up comedy – darkly humorous true stories about other people mix with a haunting soundscape.
Uplifting and bleak, deep and silly, a musical score is created live, electronically looping clarinet, trumpet and everyday objects.
This final piece in an acclaimed trilogy of works inverts the formula of the first two pieces – of autobiographical anecdotes and large ensembles – with stories about other people, other places, and other times set to intimate solo soundscapes that seem to emerge from thin air.
Ahamefule J. Oluo (they/them) is an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, composer, writer, comedian, and creator of live performance.
Part of Transform 25 international performance festival: transformfestival.org
Supported by a grant from The MAP Fund.
Performances at Transform 25 co-presented by Transform and Howard Assembly Room.
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Important Information
This is a seated performance within a music venue. The performance contains live music, comedy and storytelling.
Head to the Howard Assembly Room website for more information about getting to the venue.
Access
There are two wheelchair spaces, but this can be increased if more are required. Please call the Box Office on 0113 223 3600, or email boxoffice@operanorth.co.uk for more information.
This show will be BSL interpreted.
There is step free access to the event and there are accessible toilets at the venue.
The seating is high backed.
We have an open door policy across all shows at Transform, meaning ticket holders are welcome to come and go as they need.
Head to Transform’s Access page for more information.
