Highlights from ‘RISE’, the spectacular opening event which marked the start of Bradford’s stint as UK City of Culture in 2025, created by award-winning theatre director Kirsty Housley in collaboration with Steven Frayne, the world-renowned Bradford-born magician formerly known as Dynamo.

Filmed over two nights in January 2025, RISE starred hundreds of performers and volunteers from Bradford and the surrounding areas, who came together to celebrate the unique landscape, communities and diversity of Bradford, and bring this proud Yorkshire city to a national, and even international, stage.