The Riot toured Bracken Edge Primary School, Hovingham Primary School and Bankside Primary School, working with 420 children.
It was created by Ashley Peckri and performed by Gabriel Simpson, Beth Walkden and Madeleine Ivanov, all of whom are members of Leeds Actors in Training programme.
The project first came about when Bracken Edge headteacher Caroline Carr called the outreach team at Leeds Heritage Theatres.
Ms Potter says the children “loved” the experience and key to that was giving them an active role in the performance, allowing them to make decisions.
“It really engaged the children. They don’t even realise they’re learning,” she says.
“Lots of our children are new to English or to the country but there’s something everyone can take from theatre and that’s what we found, that our children really engaged in the workshops and they could see how what they were doing had an impact on the change.”
A year on, Ms Potter says things have changed at Bracken Edge – a huge amount of work has gone into rebuilding relationships, especially with the Roma community.
“Unfortunately one community got the slack for the riots but there’s a huge amount of other factors that fed into that. We’re a diverse area and we’re proud to represent them all,” she says.
“I really feel our children and the children from the local schools understand what it is to be tolerant, to be respectful and we hope we can see that continuing into the community.
“I will continue to love working in this area. I’m sure, as in many communities, there will be troubles along the way but hopefully what we’ve done is rebuild some trust and we’ll continue to build that positivity.”