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Kath Harrison (R) and her daughter Helen Shippin (L) are integral parts of the hard-working costume and backstage team at The Carriageworks, which this year marks its 20th anniversary at the heart of the Leeds local performing arts scene.

Kath Harrison (R) and her daughter Helen Shippin (L) are integral parts of the hard-working costume and backstage team at The Carriageworks, which this year marks its 20th anniversary at the heart of the Leeds local performing arts scene.

Kath Harrison (R) and her daughter Helen Shippin (L) are integral parts of the hard-working costume and backstage team at The Carriageworks, which this year marks its 20th anniversary at the heart of the Leeds local performing arts scene.

Kath Harrison (R) and her daughter Helen Shippin (L) are integral parts of the hard-working costume and backstage team at The Carriageworks, which this year marks its 20th anniversary at the heart of the Leeds local performing arts scene.

Kath Harrison (R) and her daughter Helen Shippin (L) are integral parts of the hard-working costume and backstage team at The Carriageworks, which this year marks its 20th anniversary at the heart of the Leeds local performing arts scene.

This November marks 20 years since The Carriageworks first opened its doors, taking its name from the West Riding Carriage Manufactory which occupied the site in the early Victorian era in what is now The Electric Press. Over the last two decades, the venue has hosted more than a million audience members to more than 2,000 productions, with an eclectic programme focused on community and children’s theatre and created by local theatre-makers.

Snow White (2023) at the Carriageworks Theatre. Credit Elouisa Georgiu.

Snow White (2023) at The Carriageworks Theatre. Credit Elouisa Georgiu.

Cinderella (2022) at The Carriageworks Theatre. Credit Elouisa Georgiu.

Beauty and the Beast (2024) at The Carriageworks Theatre. Credit Abby Swaine.

Curator Nigel Walsh with John Atkinson Grimshaw's Iris, one of the works on display as part of Don’t Let’s Ask For the Moon: Nocturnes and Atkinson Grimshaw, which opens at Leeds Art Gallery this November 14.