Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

  Parade, The Giant Wheel performed by ​⁠ It is a spectacular moving performance featuring a 12ft giant wheel and a community cast of performers. I caught the only performance of the day as Storm Boelo rolled into Leicester. The performers didn’t let the weather stop them, and the show went on. In the film, we see the final act of the show being performed on the overturned wheel , providing a stage that is able to rotate with the help of audience volunteers. A big well done to the performers for defying the weather and proving the show must always go on!.

    Joy, How does your garden grow is a immersive installation inspired by nature. Created by Vortex Creates the artwork invites the visitor to come in, stay awhile and let your imagination grow. We are also invited to explore and discover hidden details throughout the piece that reveal themselves the closer we look. The work features materials sourced from various locations being given a second life with elements such as the Disco mirror-ball trumpet plants being sourced from the Birmingham Commonwealth games for example. As the artwork moves from location to location it will grow with new species of plant added, it will remain at Leicester Cathedral till January 2027.

Ahead of Aardman in Concert at Leicester`s De Montfort Hall Leicester the venue commissioned SKB or Syston Knitting Banksy to render various well known Aardman Stop Motion Animation heroes as bollard toppers in her own unique and creative style. The toppers will welcome the audience to the show which is a fun celebration of the animation studios work shown on a screen and accompanied by a live orchestra. Among the knitted heroes we see Chaz & Morph famous for their mischievous exploits alongside the late great Tony Heart on Heartbeat and later SMart etc, there is also Fluffles Gromits "Girlfriend" from a mater of Loaf and Death, next along we find the sheep from Mossy Bottom Shaun The Sheep (here seen in his A Close Shave jumper, next up the evil "Chicken" Feathers Mc Grawl and probably the most famous Plasticine duo (fon`t tell morph & chaz) Wallace & Gromit who round up a cracking collection of stop motion heroes loved by thousands worldwide.  

  I visited LCB Leicester Creative Bsiness Depot in the cities Cultural Quarter to see an installation called Pigeon Tower by Peyvand Sadeghian. The work is inspired by centuries old "kabootar-khaneh" or Pigeon Towers found in Iran built to house thousands of messenger birds. Drawing on workshops with Leicester communities the work holds fragmented audio shaped by the transience of movement. The various sounds heard comprise of messages, remembered songs, memories etc of those who attended the workshops and these become the ever evolving soundscape of the work. Alongside the tower hangs a painting by Afsoon Hajihasani called Idea of Home, in it an eye sits inside the fragmented architecture of a pigeon tower. The work is part of the Journeys Festival international 2026.

  Look Up !, Look Out !, The Monsters are back for Halloween invading Leicester`s buildings and bringing monstrous fun from Tentacle Terry to Slick Jagger and all manners of larger than life characters they are invading from 22nd - 31st October 2026. My film features the crazy crew on and around various Leicester landmarks from the Clock Tower to the Highcross Shopping Centre and even the newly refurbished and reopened Jewry Wall Museum, how many will you spot when you Visit Leicester this spooky season ?. The return of Leicesters Monsters is and event by BID Leicester, Leicester Catgedrsl and Leicester City Council with support from many Leicester business.

     Flow an audio and light installation at ​⁠​⁠ as part of the Journeys Festival International , it explores migration and its integral role in human existence. Depicting the net migration of people coming to the UK between 2021 and 2025, it takes data from the ONS datasets , visualising the flow of people in and out of the country. Watch for a royal cameo from King Richard III !.

  Mughal Miniatures: The Awakening is a vibrant dance and music production by the Sonia Sabri Company . During the show, four performers start inside a large, ornate frame, bringing traditional Indian and Persian Mughal miniature paintings to life. We join a feisty Mughal Queen , her servant, a court musician, and a court dancer, tired of being confined to the restrictive social roles and frames (literally). They break out into the contemporary world, expressing empowerment and discovery through dance and music. This performance was filmed at the Art Reach Journeys Festival 2026 in Leicester's Haymarket Shopping Centre .

Great Central Railway held their Autumn Steam Gala, Featuring four days of intensive timetabled engine movement along the line I took a trip to Rothley station to see the various arrivals and departures over the course of the Friday afternoon and early evening. From goods trains to double header express trains and even a cheeky diesel loco there was something for everyone. We begin at Leicester North but it's not long before we find ourselves arriving at the picturesque Rothley Station kept immaculately by a dedicated group of volunteers and station staff some of whom we see throughout the film. So take a step back in time (no TARDIS required) and witness the lost era of steam at one of Leicester and Leicestershire`s great attractions the ‪GCR‬ another great reason to ‪Visit Leicester.

  The Annual HinckleyBID⁩ Motor Show came to the town on 20th September, and with 2026, the show reached the milestone of its 15th anniversary. Welcoming over 700 vehicles, the show was a petrol heads’ paradise with much-loved cars, bikes, scooters, and more from across the decades lining Castle Street, Market Place, and more, including Argents Mead Park and the town’s leisure centre. We begin as the scooters arrive with the distinctive sound of their two-stroke engines evoking the days of the Mods, etc. Next, we see the wide selection of cars parked along the streets, including a line of very colourful VW Beatles with their mini duplicates ready to inspire the next generation of enthusiasts. Next, it’s through the gates into Argents Mead Park, or maybe that should be Jurassic Park as a 4x4 from the franchise is on display (dinosaurs not included!). As the band strike up Waterloo by ABBA in the bandstand, we take a look at a variety of big American cars from the 50s era and beyo...