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Black Theatre History Month: Day 1 – The Wind of Change
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What is Black Theatre History Month?
Black Theatre History Month is a pilot project focussing on theatre and performance during Black History Month. It is designed to promote and celebrate the long history of Black excellence in the performing arts in England. The idea emerged from conversations that...
Musica Festival 2025
This year's Musica festival began with the Composition Workshop on Tuesday 25 February. Led by Laura Bowler, the session began with a short presentation about how to write for voice, discussing ideas about space, consent, and visuals, with examples of her own works...
Citizens Assemble!
What are we doing about the climate emergency? What are we not doing? What more could we be doing? What more should we be doing? These questions (and others) are addressed in A Citizens’ Assembly, a new play written by me, Andy Smith (part-time Lecturer in Theatre...
Musica Festival 2024
This year’s Musica festival featured seven events, held from 3-9 March. Polyphonic: We were delighted to see an audience of students and the public join us to celebrate the programme featuring predominantly women, non binary and gender diverse composers and musicians....
Manchester’s American Connections: A Public History Project
The American Connections project, which received support from the SALC Social Responsibility Fund, highlights how Manchester’s growth and development has been inextricably connected to the wider world, and in particular to transatlantic exchange. It does this by...
Caring for your voice
In our latest blog Dr Sarah Weston, Lecturer in Theatre Studies, shares her insights into the Vocal Care project – funded by the SALC Social Responsibility Award: “I am sitting in a rehearsal room on a cold afternoon in February when Robert instructs the group to ‘get...
Green Creative Industries Day
Green Creative Industries Day was held on Thursday 29 February at the Martin Harris Centre.The aim of the event was to provide insight into how creative practitioners and cultural institutions across Greater Manchester have responded to the climate crisis in the...
Sexuality Summer School 2024 – ‘Queer Friendship and Other Intimacies’
This year’s Sexuality Summer School (SSS) once again saw 40 postgraduates from across the UK and well beyond attend the University of Manchester for a week-long series of events combining seminars, lectures, and workshops alongside a public events programme in...
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