IOU Creation Centre

22/04/2026

Wonderful day meeting new people, thanks to everyone who came along yesterday and to Eve Emsley Moves for leading our Movement Workshop at Todmorden College funded by Community Foundation for Calderdale

Look out for more workshops and events as IOU Hebden Bridge Hostel Active Hub announces our new summer programme

14/04/2026

LAST FEW PLACES AVAILABLE

Tuesday 21 April 2026
Movement Workshop with Eve Emsley
2-4pm
Todmorden College
FREE

Movement practitioner Eve Emsley Moves welcomes you to a creative workshop for people living with diability.

This session will focus on creativity, expression and connection - no dance experience needed. Clear guidance, prompts and gentle facilitation to allow you to engage fully and in a way that works for you.

We awaken our bodies to find flow, listening to sensations and the physical possibilities that arise inspired by natural landscapes and weathers. The session celebrates differences and creates a welcoming space where all bodies and ways of moving are valued.

Book your FREE space here : https://buytickets.at/ioucreationcentre/2124108

Carers or support workers are very welcome to attend, join in or just watch !

Movement Workshop with Eve Emsley – Todmorden Community College, Burnley Rd, Todmorden, Tue 21 Apr 2026 - Movement practitioner Eve Emsley welcomes you to a creative workshop focusing on creativity, expression and connection - no dance experience needed. Clear guidance, prompts and gentle facilita...

12/03/2026

IOU50 Artist Call Out - Funded Commission

Application Close 30 March 2026 10am

As part of IOU’s 50th anniversary programme, this commission invites THREE artists working in body-based performance, durational practice, movement and/or land art to create new performance-to-camera or film works in collaboration with MA Cinematography students at Leeds Beckett University.

The commissioned artists will take inspiration from IOU’s 50-year archive of live performance, film-making, sculptural practice and unique approach to image making, alongside histories of performance artists working with bodies in landscape, and land artists making interventions into nature.

For all information and how to apply visit our website ioucreationcentre.org

09/02/2026

05/02/2026

FREE Half Term Activity
Bussing Out Family Day
Monday 16 February, 2026 , 10am–2pm

Join us for a special Family Day — a playful, creative space for families to explore together.

Bussing Out is an immersive art installation set in the top deck of a 70s bus. The project produced by Bradford's Theatre In The Mill, brings to life memories of those affected by 'bussing out'- the goverment policy between 1965-1980 where schools were required to have no more than 30% of their children from imigrant famillies - meaning some children were bussed daily to other schools.
Find our more about Bussing Out https://ioucreationcentre.org/events/bussing-out/

FAMILY ACTIVITIES
Recommended for ages 8+, the day includes hands on activities inspired by Bussing Out, inviting children and grownups to imagine, make and share stories side by side.
CREATIVE WORKSHOPS
Families can step onto the installation, take part in creative workshops suitable for all ages, and enjoy time together in a relaxed, welcoming environment.

NO BOOKING REQUIRED
Drop in at any point during the day and stay as long as you like.
All activities are free and open to families of all backgrounds.
IOU Creation Centre, Dean Clough, HX3 5AX
Find our how to visit IOU at www.ioucreationcentre.org

Dean Clough Theatre in the Mill

04/02/2026

Proud to announce IOU50 - a two-year programme celebrating IOU’s pioneering legacy in experimental art and performance and a springboard for the future of the IOU Creation Centre, a place where artists collaborate, experiment and present new work.

At the heart of the programme is the creation of the IOU Archive: a new physical and digital resource bringing together materials, props, films and images that document the origins and evolution of IOU and its founding artists.

Over the next two years, IOU Labs will commission contemporary artists to respond to the archive, using it as a catalyst to generate ambitious new work across multiple disciplines, spanning art, performance, engineering, technology and environment.

The archive will function as a living space for past, present and future productions, activating stories and memories from artists and audiences through workshops that capture the lived experiences of those connected to IOU.

The programme culminates in a major exhibition that brings together archives, new commissions and contemporary practice, celebrating IOU’s legacy while confirming what comes next.

Past. Present. Future. IOU50

Thanks to our Funders :
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Arts Council England
Calderdale Council
Community Foundation for Calderdale
Dean Clough

27/01/2026

Bussing Out is arriving at the IOU Creation Centre Studio from 2 Feb 2026 with special events :

Wed 11 Feb 2026- Artist Talk - Dr Shabina Aslam in conversation with IOU Creative Director, Richard Warburton

Monday 16 Feb 2026 - FREE Half Term Family Day

Bussing Out is an immersive art installation set in the top deck of a 70s bus, produced by University of Bradford-based arts organisation, Theatre in the Mill, written and directed by Artistic Director Dr Shabina Aslam

Taking place between 1965 and 1980, ‘bussing out’ was an educational policy, that stated no school should have more than 30 per cent immigrants on roll, or they had to be taken to other schools.

The project brings to life memories of those affected by bussing out via a bus journey through Bradford, alongside animation and black and white photographs, shown through the windows of the bus, during an 18-minute art installation also featuring audio of young passengers talking on the last day of school.

Suitable for ages 8 +, Bussing Out is available for group bookings between 3-13 Feb - please email [email protected] to arrange a group visit

Artist Talk- Wed 11 Feb 2026
Dr Shabina Aslam in conversation with IOU Creative Director, Richard Warburton
IOU Creation Centre
6pm-7.30pm
Free but please book a space -https://ioucreationcentre.org/events/bussing-out/

FREE Half Term Family Day 2026
Monday 18 February, 10am–2pm
IOU Creation Centre

Join us for a special Family Day — a
playful, creative space for families to explore together.
Recommended for ages 8+, the day includes hands on activities inspired by Bussing Out, inviting children and grownups to imagine, make and share stories side by side.
Families can step onto the installation, take part in creative workshops suitable for all ages, and enjoy time together in a relaxed, welcoming environment.
Drop in at any point during the day and stay as long as you like.
All activities are free and open to families of all backgrounds.

Dean Clough CultureDale The Arts Charity at Dean Clough of bradford Theatre in the Mill

11/12/2025

Thanks to everyone - who dressed up warmly!- and came along to the IOU studio to hear artist Richard Mulhearn in conversation with

Richard's new work - the projected photographic installation Everything is Suspended in Movement is open for one more night:
Tuesday 16 December 2025
5pm-8pm
IOU Creation Centre, Dean Clough
HX3 5AX

Free entry and free parking after 5pm

"A beautiful and thoughtful installation. If you get the chance, it’s well worth spending time with it"

Arts Council England Dean Clough Calderdale Council CalderdaleCreates CultureDale

05/12/2025

IOU Labs Present
Richard Mulhearn : Everything is Suspended in Movement

Friday 5 & Saturday 6 December
5-8pm
IOU Creation Centre
Dean Clough, HX3 5AX
Free entry & free parking after 5pm

Everything Suspended in Movement is a projected photographic installation exploring perception, uncertainty and interpretation.
Comprising of 91 projected photographs, presented in four sequences and accompanied by a soundscape, the images seemingly float in a dark space, ever-changing, suspended out of reach.

ALSO

ARTIST TALK: Wednesday 10 December 6pm-7:30pm. Richard Mulhearn in conversation with artist and writer Kelly Loughlin
Free but please reserve your place at ioutheatre.org

Arts Council England Dean Clough Calderdale Council
CultureDale





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04/12/2025

TONIGHT
PREVIEW EVENT:
Thursday 4 December 5pm-8pm -
all welcome

Everything Is Suspended In Movement
IOU Creation Centre
Dean Clough, Halifax, HX3 5AX
FREE
+Free parking after 5pm weekdays

This Thursday
4 December 2025
5-8pm
IOU Creation Centre, Dean Clough

Join us for the Preview of
Richard Mulhearn: Everything Is Suspended In Movement.
A projected photographic installation exploring perception, uncertainty and interpretation.

Presented in the IOU Creation Centre Studio, Everything Is Suspended In Movement is an evolution of a new work by artist and academic Richard Mulhearn.

A series of images seemingly float in a dark space, ever-changing, suspended out of reach. Accompanied by a soundscape, the images shift and move as the connections between them shift and change.

The work comprises 91 projected photographs presented in four sequences, creating a visual space to explore uncertainty in how we see and experience the everyday through photographs.

ARTIST TALK with Richard Mulhearn, and Kelly Loughlin : Wednesday 10 December 6pm-7:30pm. Free but please reserve your place at https://ioutheatre.org/events/richard-mulhearn-everything-is-suspended-in-movement/

Installation open to view:
Friday 5 December 5pm-8pm
Saturday 6 December 5pm-8pm
Tuesday 16 December 5pm-8pm

Arts Council England CultureDale Dean Clough
Joanne Wain