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SUMMARY:Word Central
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press present Word Central \nOpen Mic Poetry and Spoken Word hosted by Tony Curry \nWith special guest David Viney \nTues 30th August\, 6.00pm – 7.45pm (doors 5.30pm) \nA free event every month at Manchester Central Library\, St Peter’s Square\, Manchester M2 5PD \nOur special guest for August is David Viney\, a multiple poetry slam winner\, playwright\, workshop facilitator and youth worker from Stretford. He has been poet laureate for Kendal Calling festival\, written for and performed on BBC radio\, written and performed two shows at Salford’s Lowry Theatre as part of Working Verse Collective\, and in 2019 was commissioned to write and perform at the opening and closing ceremonies of the World Taekwondo Championships. His second solo collection\, In Orbit\, Back Soon\, is out now. \nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 16th August via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk \nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer \nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day \nIf they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-4/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220726T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220726T194500
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SUMMARY:Word Central - Now We Are Six! Birthday Special!
DESCRIPTION:Word Central Open Mic Night\nHosted by Tony Curry\nPresented by Manchester Libraries & Flapjack Press\n\nJoin us at Manchester Central Library on Tues 26th July for our Now We Are Six Birthday Special\n6.00pm – 7.45pm (doors open 5.30pm)\nFree entry\n\nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 12th July via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk\nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer\nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day\nIf they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-now-we-are-six-birthday-special/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Monthly event,Performance,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220609T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220609T213000
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SUMMARY:The Wicked Problem from Ergon Theatre
DESCRIPTION:What would you put first\, the planet or your family? Set in the year 2061\, the audience act as jury for the trial of an individual who has broken a climate law created by the new authoritarian green government\, Ergon. The jury will hear from witnesses across the globe and Greater Manchester before deciding whether the defendant should be punished for what they did\, or be allowed to return home. \nFree – £3-10 suggested donation
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/the-wicked-problem-from-ergon-theatre/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220601T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220601T170000
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SUMMARY:Shadow Girl
DESCRIPTION:Shadow Girl is a new adventure story about a girl called Sabrina\, who has a vivid imagination. It is a playful and adventurous show about friendship\, growing up and discovering what it means to be brave. Sabrina is growing up fast\, but her parents haven’t noticed yet. Feeling invisible and alone\, Sabrina hastily forms a plan to escape with her newfound companion\, Alf. Together they venture out into the world to discover what it means to be brave. Separated from her new friend and thwarted by powerful forces\, Sabrina discovers the power of her shadow and steps into the light. \nFor families and children aged 8 and over \nFree – to book a free place call 0161 234 1983
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/shadow-girl/
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220531T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220531T194500
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SUMMARY:Word Central
DESCRIPTION:WORD CENTRAL RETURNS TUESDAY 31 MAY 2022 \nJames Hartnell is a poet\, newspaper columnist and writer who has been published globally. He is presently editor of Current Accounts\, the international magazine of Bank Street Writers\, and is a regular contributor to Worktown Words\, the writing arm of Live from Worktown\, a major community project in Bolton. \nJames created the Bolton International Writing Project which saw work in twenty-nine languages published and read at various venues in nineteen shows\, engaging more than five hundred immigrants from the Bolton community. \nHis new poetry collection\, Songs of Submission\, was published by Flapjack Press earlier this year. \nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tuesday 17th May via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk \nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer \nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day \nIf they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-3/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Performance,Readings
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220426T194500
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SUMMARY:Word Central
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press present \nWord Central Open Mic Night\nHosted by Tony Curry\nFeaturing special guest Steph Lonsdale!\nHere’s some more biog information from Steph – \n\nI was born in Salford\, in the North West of England in 1981. I live in Manchester and work in Salford\, having lived for nine years in Liverpool. I love Manchester and Liverpool equally although I still have mixed feelings about Salford. I am teacher and a mother of two children\, I am also a bit of a bitch\, but only when it is strictly necessary. \nI read my poems out loud occasionally although mostly I like to hide behind a screen. Most of my writing is observational which probably shows a great lack of imagination. I can also be found in the Whalley Range and Chorlton areas of Manchester generally hanging around and looking pretentious; most often whilst being judged by my children. \n\nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 12th April via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk\nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer\nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day\nIf they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list \nFREE EVENT – EVERYONE WELCOME!
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-2/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220322T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220322T194500
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SUMMARY:WORD CENTRAL Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word hosted by Tony Curry. \nPresented by Flapjack Press & Manchester Libraries. \nNext event: Tues 22nd March\, 6.00pm (doors 5.30pm) with special guest Mantz Yorke. \nMantz Yorke trained as a scientist\, gaining a degree in industrial metallurgy before taking up a career in teaching. Later\, he switched to educational research. Now retired\, he has been able to spend more time writing poetry that reflects his interest in science and human behaviour as well as his enjoyment of\, and concern for\, the natural environment. His poems have been published widely\, both in the UK and internationally\, and his collections Voyager and Dark Matters are published by Dempsey & Windle. \nBook your open mic slot from noon on Tues 8th March via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk. \nN.B. Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer. Performance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day. If they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list. \nYou can catch up with our lockdown live streams and special guests’ sets on Word Central’s Facebook page. Word Central Facebook Group | Twitter: @WordCentralMcr | Library Live flapjackpress.co.uk/pages/word-centra
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-open-mic-night-12/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance,Readings
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220318T210000
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SUMMARY:Murder Mystery Night
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT\nManchester Libraries Crime Festival \nAfter Dark Entertainment present: An Invitation to Murder \nWill you find a body in the library? \nWhen famous golden age detectives are invited to a remote mansion by a reclusive author they get more than they bargained for as he reveals that one of them is the mysterious thief ‘The Falcon’. Before he can reveal which one of them it is\, he ends up dead. \nCan you play detective and uncover the truth before it’s too late. Questions the suspects and discover which of these super sleuths is really a super villain?
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/murder-mystery-night/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Party,Performance,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220316T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220317T200000
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SUMMARY:Crime Festival
DESCRIPTION:A CELEBRATION OF THE BEST CRIME WRITERS IN MANCHESTER\nWednesday 16th March – Cath Staincliffe\, Joseph Knox and Karen Woods.\nThursday 17th March – Mandasue Heller\, Alex Caan\, Chris Simms and S J Watson.\nFriday 18th March – After Dark Entertainment presents: ‘An Invitation to Murder’ Murder Mystery Night\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by the brilliant author Rob Parker.\nRob Parker lives near Warrington\, UK. The author of the Ben Bracken thrillers and the standalone post-Brexit country-noir Crook’s Hollow. \n​Rob writes full time\, as well as organising and attending various author events across the UK. Passionate about inspiring a love of the written word in young people\, he spends a lot of time in schools across the North West\, encouraging literacy\, storytelling and creative-writing. ​He is also a co-host of the For Your Reconsideration film podcast\, and a regular voice on the Blood Brothers crime book podcast. \n​Here’s some more information about the authors appearing.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCath Staincliffe\nCath was brought up in Bradford then moved to work as a community artist in Manchester where she now lives with her family. \nLooking for Trouble\, published in 1994\, launched private eye Sal\, a single parent struggling to juggle work and home\, onto Manchester’s mean streets. Cath has published a further seven Sal Kilkenny mysteries. \nCath is also a scriptwriter\, creator of ITV’s hit police drama\, Blue Murder\, she was also commissioned to write the Scott & Bailey books and writes for Danny Brocklehurst’s Stone detective drama. \nShe is now writing a series of stand-alone novels where ordinary families find themselves caught up in extraordinary events. Cath is a founder member of Murder Squad\, a virtual collective of northern crime writers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoseph Knox\nJoseph Knox was born and raised in and around Stoke-On-Trent and Manchester\, where he worked in bars and bookshops before moving to London. He runs\, writes and reads compulsively. \nSirens\, his debut novel\, was a Sunday Times bestseller\, and his work has now been translated into 18 languages. \nHis latest novel ‘True Crime Story’ was published in 2021. The Times described it as ‘Scandalously entertaining…Knox is a fantastic writer. His ambitious fourth novel satirises and celebrates the true-crime genre with glee … by turns horrific and hilarious’ – Mark Sanderson. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaren Woods\nKaren was born and raised in the City Of Manchester and is proud to be a Mancunian! Being raised within an inner city area inspired Karen to take an unorthodox and very well received approach within her writing. \nKaren left school without any formal qualifications and obtained her inspiration from attending an adult literacy course which was offered by her former employers. \nKaren writes from the heart and always keeps it real to life\, and she writes about subjects we can all relate too. Having lived a colourful life she uses her own experiences to write her books. Her fan base is growing every day and soon everyone will know the name Karen Woods. \nKaren believes that everyone has the power to to change their lives around with self belief and determination. “Life doesn’t give. We have to take what we can.” . \n \nMandasue Heller\nAfter moving to Manchester in the early 80’s\, Mandasue immersed herself in the underground music scene. Forced by illness to temporarily quit singing in the 90’s\, she turned her hand to writing\, using the notorious Hulme Crescents\, where she had spent her first 10 years in Manchester\, as the backdrop. \nHer first written piece concerned a real-life incident\, when a man had broken into her house in the early hours and attacked her with a claw-hammer\, fracturing her skull. But it was the psychological after-effects that affected her most deeply\, and she hoped that writing about it would exorcise the hold it still had over her. The finished piece was too personal for anybody else to read\, but she had enjoyed the process of writing\, so decided to try her hand at fiction instead – and her first book\, The Front\, was snapped up by Hodder & Stoughton. She has written 13 books since then\, and is currently working on the 14th. \nMother to 3 grown children\, and grandmother of 3\, Mandasue still lives in Manchester\, and spends her time between books and family commitments locked away in the studio\, writing and recording music albums. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlex Caan\nAlex Caan has spent over a decade working in Information Systems Security for a number of government organisations\, and is currently specialising in Terrorism Studies. A lifetime passion for writing was sparked by the encouraging words of an English Teacher in school\, and eventually led to Alex successfully completing an MA in Creative Writing\, and write Cut to the Bone. \nCut to the Bone has been a Kindle Number 1 bestseller\, was picked as a WH Smith ‘Everyone’s Talking About’ book of the week\, chosen as Sainsbury’s best of summer reads and was Angela Marson’s pick for crime novel recommendation of the year. Alex Caan was also a rising star on Amazon in 2016. \nFirst To Die\, the shocking sequel to Cut to the Bone\, was released June 14th 2018. \nHis latest novel The Unbroken is out now. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChris Simms\nChris Simms has worked in airports\, nightclubs\, post offices and telesales centres. Along with nominations for Crime Writers’ Association Daggers and the Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year award for his novels and short stories\, Chris was selected by Waterstones as one of their ’25 Authors for the Future’. \nThe idea for his debut novel\, Outside the White Lines\, came to him in the early hours of the morning while broken down on the hard shoulder of the M40. \nHis series of DI Spicer novels – psychological thrillers set very firmly in Manchester – follow the police detective’s fortunes as he pursues mad\, bad and deadly individuals through the city’s ever-evolving landscape. \nIn October 2012\, Scratch Deeper was launched – a new series featuring Detective Constable Iona Khan of Manchester Police’s Counter Terrorism Unit. This was followed-up by another DC Khan novel\, A Price To Pay. \nDark Angel\, the 9th DI Spicer novel was published in January 2021. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nS J Watson\nS J Watson’s first novel\, Before I Go To Sleep\, became a phenomenal international success and has now sold over 6\,000\,000 copies worldwide. It won the Crime Writers’ Association Award for Best Debut Novel and the Galaxy National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year and has been translated into more than 40 languages. \nThe film of the book\, starring Nicole Kidman\, Colin Firth and Mark Strong\, and directed by Rowan Joffe\, was released in September 2014. S J Watson’s second novel\, Second Life\, a psychological thriller\, was published to acclaim in 2015. His new novel Final Cut is out now.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/manchester-libraries-crime-festival/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Book Launch,Performance,Readings
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SUMMARY:Word Central Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Libraries and Flapjack Press present Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word.\nHosted by Tony Curry with special guest Ben Willems.\n\nOur special guest for the first Word Central of the year is beat-inspired performance poet Ben Willems. Ben has featured in numerous publications\, including Citizen 32\, The Recusant\, Beatification and Some Roast Poet\, as well as appearing in Flapjack Press’s The People’s Republic of Mancunia. Since 2013\, he has been working on a collection of poems for all of Greater Manchester’s railway stations and expects this to be finished around 2040. \nYou can book your open mic slot from noon on Tuesday 11th January via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk.\nN.B. Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer. Performance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day. If they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-open-mic-night-11/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211214T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211214T194500
DTSTAMP:20260526T203314
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SUMMARY:Word Central
DESCRIPTION:Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word Presented by Flapjack Press & Manchester Libraries. \nHosted by Tony Curry with special guest Ben Willems. \nYou can book your open mic slot from noon on Tuesday 30th November here. \nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes per performer. Performance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day. If they are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list. \nOur special guest for the last Word Central of the year is Ben Willems. Ben writes beat-inspired performance poetry from the jumble of brain clog. He has been published by Citizen 32\, The Recusant\, Beatification and Some Roast Poet among others\, as well as appearing in Flapjack Press’s The People’s Republic of Mancunia. Since 2013\, Ben has been working on a collection of poems for all of Greater Manchester’s railway stations and expects this to be finished around 2040.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211124T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211124T193000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Nail on the Head by Paul Cookson
DESCRIPTION:FLAPJACK PRESS PRESENTS: \nNail on the Head\nA COVID-19 Poetry Diary\, Vol. 4 \nWritten daily throughout the UK’s restrictions to combat coronavirus\, Nail on the Head takes us from the anniversary of the first lockdown\, through the easing of regulations\, and up to our grand reopening on so-called ‘Freedom Day’. \nHumorous\, compassionate\, and with a principled\, political edge (and more than a passing interest in the European Football Championships\, as you’d expect from the National Football Museum’s poet-in-residence)\, this is Paul’s fourth and concluding documentation of a nation’s resolve and wellbeing. \nIllustrated by Chris Riddell OBE (Children’s Laureate / Observer)\, Korky Paul (Winnie and Wilbur / Sir Scallywag) and Martin Chatterton (Winter of the White Bear / Bluenoses). \nCover by Martin Chatterton. \n“A fresh collection of Cookson’s verse. If it’s laughter you’re after you could do worse.” – Dr John Cooper Clarke\, poet \n“Pithy blinders\, heartfelt and moving\, marvellously inventive and original … quite brilliant. When looking at the national landscape\, its wounds and doughty perseverance generated by its grief besieged citizens\, Paul Cookson is their sparse voice\, their collective bewilderment and courage.” – Stewart Henderson\, poet \n“Paul Cookson is a special poet. He is a human being. Rare in this game.” – Mike Garry\, poet
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/book-launch-nail-on-the-head-by-paul-cookson/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211118T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211118T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T203314
CREATED:20211103T123537Z
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SUMMARY:Dream FM presents: 'What do you dream of?'
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the in-person premiere of What do you dream of? — a special broadcast & sound work created with the people of Greater Manchester \nNight falls and metropolis mirrors the cosmos. Destinies connected by light and dust send signals\, alone\, to one another. The city glitters: On Air. \nIn August 2021\, artists Danielle Swindells and Brit Seaton asked the people of Greater Manchester what they dream of. Directed to the automated voicemail system of fictional radio station Dream FM\, members of the public picked up the phone and left their answers. \nThe sound work What do you dream of? brings together selected hotline musings of the vast metropolitan borough. Strange encounters during sleep\, visions of change for a better world and personal tales of love and loss are among a constellation of intimate responses to the question\, capturing an audio portrait of dreams spanning from simple and symbolic\, to poetic and surreal. \nWhat do you dream of? features an original score by Joshua Inyang and Joshua Tarelle\, Space Afrika\, which takes sonic cues from pre-digital airwaves\, the DIY spirit of pirate radio and musical auras of Greater Manchester’s past and present. \nJoin us on Thursday 18 November 5.30 – 8pm at Manchester Central Library for a special premiere of the broadcast \nDoors open: 5.30pm \nBroadcast begins: 6.00pm \nBroadcast duration: 1hr 30mins \nThis event is BSL Interpreted by Lizzie Wharton. \nSeating will be socially distanced and we politely encourage you to wear masks unless exempt. \nFree – booking required below – please cancel if you are unable to attend\n  \nAlso – Online Broadcast: \nWhat do you dream of? will also broadcast from www.dream-fm.com every night at 9.00pm from Thurs 18 Nov to Thurs 16 Dec 2021. \nInspired by the fading format of night-time radio talk shows\, Dream FM stages a conceptual transmission that draws on the experience of listening together while apart\, the unifying liveness of radio\, and the comfort it can bring in the lonely hours when the public\, as orator and audience\, speaks to itself. \nDream FM is tuned in to emotional connections between strangers across Greater Manchester. The sound work platforms local voices in an experimental piece of archived social history\, guided by imagination and the collective sharing of innermost thoughts. \nThis project is made possible with support from Manchester Independents. \nVisit: www.dream-fm.com \nInstagram: www.instagram.com/0161dreamfm \nTwitter: www.twitter.com/0161dreamfm \nEmail: 0161dreamfm@gmail.com \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/dream-fm-presents-what-do-you-dream-of/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211028T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211028T170000
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SUMMARY:And We Rise; Together. Performance and Protest Poetry
DESCRIPTION:And We Rise; Together. Performance and Protest Poetry \nA Young Identity curated event of poetry and readings from material gathered from workshops with community groups based in Moss Side. \n \n1.30 pm-3.30 pm:  A Young Identity curated event where material gathered from community workshops are woven together to produce spoken word and poetry performances by the co-facilitators. There will be readings and new works by produced by the artists that will be shared at the event and an interactive element where the audience can join in and create their own protest poetry. \n3.30 pm -5.00 pm: ‘I Predict a Riot’ two-part documentary film screening in partnership with Northwest Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University.  Both films will be shown on a rotation.  Throughout the afternoon there will be a book display\, archive handling\, a documentary screening and space for conversation. \nWhere: Performance Space \nWhen: 28 Oct 1.30 – 5.00 pm \nCost: Free
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/and-we-rise-together-performance-and-protest-poetry/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance,Screening,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211022T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211022T170000
DTSTAMP:20260526T203314
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T080030Z
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SUMMARY:creative:connection
DESCRIPTION:MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL \nWe are delighted to welcome national charity\, Create\, back to MLF. Create believe in the power of creativity to change lives. Their creative:connection project brings together disabled and non-disabled children to create\, build connections and break down barriers around disability. This October children from four schools in Manchester and Salford (Chatsworth High School\, Grange Academy\, Loreto High School and New Park Academy) joined forces with professional musicians to create new pieces of music\, which they will perform at this special celebration event. \nCreate (createarts.org.uk) runs dozens of projects like this across the UK\, and are expanding in the North West. If you are an artist or a partner who would like to work with them\, email hannah@createarts.org.uk \nPlease note: We have reduced the capacity at this venue to increase space between seats so everyone can enjoy the event safely. Although masks are no longer mandatory under Government guidance\, we strongly encourage everyone to wear one when in close proximity to others\, particularly when entering and leaving the event. We also encourage everyone to use the sanitation stations and sign in using track and trace when they arrive. \nTickets FREE – booking advised
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/creativeconnection-2/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211002T140000
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SUMMARY:Drag Queen Bingo
DESCRIPTION:We’re celebrating Older People’s Day in style\, with an afternoon of bingo.\nBut this is Manchester. We do things differently here!\nJoin the fabulous Angel Delight for a sparkling afternoon of fun\, including stand up bingo\, bongo bingo\, singalongs and loads more.\nPlease phone 0161 234 1932 to book your FREE tickets. \nMaximum of six people per table. \nThis event is aimed at over 50’s. \nWe’ve reduced the numbers of tickets to ensure there is still some social distancing. We are also asking that people wear face masks when they arrive. There will also be hand sanitisers available and track and trace.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/drag-queen-bingo-2/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210804T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210804T150000
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SUMMARY:I am not Friday
DESCRIPTION:Libraries Connected and BBC Novels That Shaped The World bring you…\n\nA new humorous and imaginative re-telling of the Robinson Crusoe story.\n\nOften regarded as the first English novel\, we’re all familiar with the basics of the Robinson Crusoe story: A man\, a shipwreck to a desert Island\, some survival skills that would give Bear Grylls a run for his money… and his faithful servant – Man Friday. But what if Robinson Crusoe got some things a bit…well\, wrong? What if ‘Man’ Friday…wasn’t? And what if it wasn’t the first novel after all?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformed by: Janelle Thompson \nWritten by: Joyce Branagh \nDirected by: Alyx Tole \nMusic by: Zara Nunn \nSound Design: Andrew Glassford \n  \nSuitable for ages 12+
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/i-am-not-friday/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance,Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210714T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210901T120000
DTSTAMP:20260526T203314
CREATED:20210622T114105Z
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SUMMARY:Henry Normal in conversation with...
DESCRIPTION:Join Henry Normal as he chats and shares poems with award-winning wordsmiths from Flapjack Press. With audience Q&A. \nA series of live stream events\, 12 – 1pm each Wednesday from 14th July to 1st September. Brought to you by Flapjack Press\, Manchester Libraries and New Poetry Society. What better way to spend your lunchtime? \nFree but booking essential. \nHenry Normal is a poet\, writer\, TV and film producer\, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Manchester Literature Festival) and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival. Henry co-wrote and script edited The Mrs Merton Show and the spin-off series Mrs Merton and Malcolm. He also co-created and co-wrote the first series of The Royle Family and has collaborated extensively with Steve Coogan. Setting up Baby Cow Productions Ltd in 1999\, Henry Executive Produced all and script edited many of the shows during his tenure as MD. Highlights of the Baby Cow output during this time include Oscar-nominated Philomena\, Gavin and Stacey\, The Mighty Boosh\, Red Dwarf\, Nighty Night and Alan Partridge. In 2017 he was honoured with a special BAFTA for services to television. Since retiring\, Henry has written and performed seven BBC Radio 4 shows in his ‘occasional series’ A Normal…\, combining comedy\, poetry and stories about his life and family. \n“Shove up national treasures. We need to make room for Henry Normal.” Radio Times \nYOU CAN BOOK FREE TICKETS HERE. \n  \n \nGerry Potter is a poet\, playwright\, actor\, director\, and both creator and destroyer of the infamous gingham diva Chloe Poems. A favourite son of Manchester and his hometown Liverpool\, he trained at Everyman Youth Theatre and National Museums Liverpool lists him amongst the city’s leading LGBTQ+ icons. The portrait documentary My Name is Gerry Potter premiered at Homotopia in 2015 and his first volume of domestic/fantastic theatre-verse\, 2009’s Planet Young\, was championed on BBC2’s Between the Covers.\n“Will amuse\, move\, inspire and provoke.” Polari Literary Salon \n \nGeneviève L. Walsh founded Halifax’s spoken word night Spoken Weird in 2013\, was a core member of the acclaimed troupe A Firm of Poets until their 2017 swansong\, and has been a host/curator with Manchester’s Stirred Poetry collective since the same year. Walsh debuted and toured their one-person show\, A Place in the Shade\, in 2019. Their second poetry collection\, Vitriol Works\, was published in 2021.\n“A unique and passionately inclusive voice.” Steve Nash\, UK Performer of the Year \n \nThick Richard has presented BBC Radio 6 Music’s Beat of the Day\, performed on BBC Radio 4\, hosted NME parties\, and gigged with Kae Tempest\, John Hegley\, Arthur Smith\, The Fall\, Jerry Sadowitz and (sort of) Dr John Cooper Clarke. He co-curated spoken word franchise Bang Said the Gun’s Manchester events during its run at The Dancehouse Theatre\, and his one-man show\, Swear School (a crash course in everything you wanted to know about bad language – with puppets)\, toured nationally. His flamboyant use of profanity once saw the official Edinburgh Fringe radio station temporarily closed down and he has been kidnapped on two separate and unconnected occasions. His latest collection of acerbic wit and wisdom\, Read ‘em and Weep\, was published in 2020.\n“His words are rattling and brilliant and shoot life back at you in all its futility and chaos and wonder.” Kate Tempest\, poet \n \nAnna Percy co-founded Stirred\, the influential pro-feminist collective which organises poetry performances and writing workshops throughout the north-west of England. Her award-winning poetry is written for both the page and the stage\, is post-pastoral\, occasionally surreal\, and an exercise in hope for sexual equality and an advocacy of women’s rights. Her third collection with Flapjack Press\, Jumping into a Waterfall\, was published in 2020.\n“A fabulous feminist fighter.” Shirley May\, poet \n \nTony Curry is a performance poet\, playwright\, workshop facilitator\, soundsmith and enabler. He runs literature-in-the-community projects with a specific leaning towards mental health and wellbeing across the north-west. His solo shows and plays have been performed at Manchester’s Royal Exchange and Contact theatres\, and his work has been exhibited at the city’s art galleries and museum. Tony is also host of Word Central\, the monthly spoken word event at Manchester Central Library coordinated by Flapjack Press and Manchester Libraries. His third poetry collection\, We Kid Ourselves\, was published in 2021.\n“This is our poetry. These are our poems.” Tony Walsh\, poet \n \nDominic Berry is a performance poet whose work for adults and children has taken him across five continents. He has been Glastonbury Festival’s poet-in-residence and his awards include winning Manchester Literature Festival’s Superheroes of Slam\, New York’s Nuyorican Poets’ Café Slam\, and he has twice been publicly voted Sabotage Review’s Best Spoken Word Performer. Dominic regularly performs at the Edinburgh Fringe and his TV appearances include BBC’s Greg & Celia’s Festivals Highlights\, Rhyme Rocket and Channel 4’s My Daughter the Teenage Nudist. His third collection for adults\, No Tigers\, was revised and reissued in 2020\, and his fifth poetry adventure for children\, Best Adventure Ever!\, was published in 2021.\n“Emotive\, intelligent and raw… quite delicious and totally engaging.” City Life \n \nRose Condo is a Canadian poet now based in Salford\, England. With a background in theatre\, she has been writing\, performing and teaching for over twenty years and was longlisted for the inaugural Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowship. Rose has won numerous poetry slams and her poetry theatre show\, The Empathy Experiment\, received critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and went on to win the award for Best Spoken Word Show at the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival 2019. Her debut collection\, After the Storm\, was published in 2020\, and contains the scripts of her three award-winning poetry theatre shows: The Geography of Me\, How to Starve and Artist and The Empathy Experiment.\n“A steadying reminder of compassion in a world tipped off its axis.” Rosie Garland\, poet & author \n \nPaul Cookson has worked as a poet for over three decades\, performing in schools and libraries\, and at literature festivals and events across the world. As well as being Poet-in-Residence for The National Football Museum and Everton in the Community\, he is Writer-in-Residence for Sing Together\, which involves 125 Lancastrian schools with over 5000 children and 400 teachers. In 2020 he was commissioned by the BBC to write and perform a poem for the Women’s FA Cup Final. Paul has more than sixty titles to his name and over a million book sales – and with a quarter of a million copies sold alone\, the anthology The Works has become a teacher’s ‘poetry Bible’. The third volume of his poem-a-day lockdown diaries\, Pig’s Ear\, Dog’s Dinner\, was published in July. A fourth and final collection\, Nail on the Head\, is due in November.\n“Every day should have a Paul Cookson moment.” Simon Mayo\, broadcaster & author \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Publishes the most cutting-edge poetic performers” – Writing Manchester\nShortlisted Saboteur Awards’ Most Innovative Publisher & Northern Soul Awards’ Best Northern Publisher
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/henry-normal-in-conversation-with/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Author Event,Online Event,Performance,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200605T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200605T203000
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SUMMARY:Unsung Radio Play
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS AN ONLINE PERFORMANCE – CENTRAL LIBRARY IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE \nThe Unsung Collective were due to bring their critically acclaimed show to Manchester Libraries this month. They have now produced a brand new digital version that explores the untold stories of four pioneering and inspirational female figures from our past. Tune in to the launch party at 7.30pm on Friday 5th June @ www.unsungcollective.com/radio \nWhat they say… \nAda Lovelace\nSophia Jex-Blake\nLilian Bader\nAndrea Dunbar \nHeard of any of them? Neither had we. And we’re meant to be a group of feminists. \nUnsung explores the untold stories of four pioneering and inspirational female figures from our past\, asking why they\, and hundreds like them\, have been relegated to the footnotes. \nAfter a critically acclaimed UK tour in 2019\, this timely and passionate show from Unsung Collective and Lisa Holdsworth (Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile\, Ackley Bridge\, Call the Midwife) was set to the stage for spring 2020. Then\, covid-19 happened. so\, in the true sprit of the determined women whose stories we set out to tell\, we turned this knockback into an opportunity.  with a soundtrack from Leeds-based three piece electronic band PEAKES. \nUnsung is supported using public funding by Arts Council England. With special thanks to Leeds City College and Slung Low.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/unsung/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200214T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200214T220000
DTSTAMP:20260526T203314
CREATED:20200107T184653Z
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SUMMARY:Angel Delight's Valentine Party
DESCRIPTION:Once\, twice\, three times a lady! \nThe gorgeous Angel Delight is back by popular demand for her 3rd party night at Central Library! \nThis time we’re celebrating LGBTQ History Month with lots of games and fun\, including a queer version of Mr and Mrs! \nOver 18’s only. \nDoors open at 6.30pm \nBar open all evening \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/angel-delights-valentine-party/
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200207T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200207T210000
DTSTAMP:20260526T203314
CREATED:20200102T172534Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Rosie Garland and Friends
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate LGBTQ History Month with the wonderful Rosie Garland and her favourite Manchester based LGBTQ performers\, poets and authors! \nNovelist\, poet and singer with post-punk band The March Violets\, Rosie Garland has a passion for language nurtured by public libraries. Her work has appeared in Under the Radar\, The North\, Spelk\, Rialto\, Butcher’s Dog\, Ellipsis\, Mslexia & elsewhere. Debut novel\, The Palace of Curiosities\, was nominated for both The Desmond Elliott and Polari First Book Prize and Vixen was a Green Carnation Prize nominee. Latest novel The Night Brother is described by The Times as “a delight: playful and exuberant… with shades of Angela Carter.” \nShe is inaugural writer in residence at The John Rylands Library\, Manchester\, and in 2019 Val McDermid named her as one of the Top 10 LGBTQ writers in the UK today. \nJoining Rosie will be… \nOkey Nzelu. \nOkey Nzelu’s prose and poetry has been published in various magazines. He was the recipient of a 2015 Northern Writers’ Award for his debut novel\, The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney\, a comedy about family and making mistakes. \nRoma Havers \nRoma Havers is a Manchester-based queer poet and performer\, whose current work explores\, failing bodies outness and how poetry can shorthand memory into something new. While working with Young Identity she has been commissioned by HOME\, Manchester Histories and Manchester International Festival \nAfshan D’souza-Lodhi \nAfshan D’souza-Lodhi was born in Dubai and is of Indian/Pakistani descent. Afshan writes plays\, prose\, performance pieces and occasionally passive aggressive tweets. She has worked with Manchester Lit Festival\, The Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester\, Edinburgh Fringe Festival\, Eclipse Theatre\, Paul Burston’s Polari and one day hopes to take over the world. \nHelen Darby \nHelen Darby is a poet from Manchester who has been appearing at spoken word nights around the North West since 2018. Her red-pill poems will wet your eyes\, offer Kleenex\, then slice your fingertips off with Stanley knives\, so you can touch pain in ways you’ve never imagined.\nShe has performed invited guest slots at Edinburgh Fringe Festival\, Lancaster Spotlight\, That’s What She Said Manchester\, Superbia for Manchester Pride\, Manchester Museum\, New Mills Festival\, Stirred and the Fight Like a Girl cancer charity night at the Kings Arms in Salford.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-rosie-garland-and-friends/
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200207T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200207T153000
DTSTAMP:20260526T203314
CREATED:20200107T161730Z
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SUMMARY:Common Salt
DESCRIPTION:Common Salt\nSheila Ghelani and Sue Palmer \nCommon Salt is a performance around a table – a ‘show and tell’. It explores the colonial\, geographical history of England and India taking an expansive and emotional time-travel\, from the first Enclosure Act and the start of the East India Company in the 1600s\, to 21st century narratives of trade\, race and culture. \nSue and Sheila activate insights into our shared past\, laying out a ‘home museum’ of objects and stories; of the Great Hedge of India\, of borders\, and collections – all accompanied by original Shruti box laments. \nCommon Salt is a reckoning; the interconnectedness between history\, empire\, nature and memory is hidden in plain sight. \n“Common Salt … was exquisite … A miniature with epic undertones.” \n“Intruiging and mesmerising” \n“Like reading a book in 3D real life”\nAudience Feedback \nSupported using public funds by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. \nTickets: \nWe seat up to 25 people around the table for each performance. \n13 x full price tickets @ £5 \n12 x concession tickets @ £2.50 (students\, over 60s and those in receipt of benefits) \nPerformances are at 11.30 – 12.30 and 2.30 – 3.30. \nPlease contact us if you have any problem booking tickets through ‘Contact the organiser’ and we will help sort it out. \nCommon Salt lasts for 65 minutes. You are welcome to stay to talk with us after the show.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/4449/
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200206T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200206T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T203314
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SUMMARY:Word Central Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:WORD CENTRAL open mic poetry and spoken word hosted by Tony Curry \nFebruary’s special guest poet is Ben Mellor \nBen is writer\, performer and facilitator who has worked in theatres\, festivals\, schools\, colleges and prisons nationally and internationally. He has created seven touring theatre shows incorporating spoken word\, storytelling\, theatre\, music\, beatbox and vocal looping. As a facilitator and director\, Ben has worked with hundreds of people of all ages and backgrounds in schools\, colleges\, universities\, theatres\, community centres and prisons. He has worked in partnership with venues and organisations such as Apples & Snakes\, Contact\, The Lowry\, The Royal Exchange\, Manchester Literature Festival and Shakespeare Schools Festival and has featured on BBC Radio 4\, 4 Extra\, the World Service and a variety of poetry podcasts. He is a former BBC Radio 4 Slam Champion and winner of the Dike Omeje Slam Poetry Award\, and is currently Youth Theatre Director with Collective Encounters. He has two collections published by Flapjack Press\, Anthropoetry and Light Made Solid. \nYou can book your open mic slots from 22nd January via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk \nNB Open mic slots are 3 minutes maximum\nPerformance slots are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis from the stated booking day – if the open mic slots are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list \nIn association with Flapjack Press and Manchester Libraries \nwww.flapjackpress.co.uk/page40.htm | Facebook: Word Central | Twitter: @WordCentralMcr
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-open-mic-night-10/
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200127T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200127T213000
DTSTAMP:20260526T203314
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200107T125315Z
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SUMMARY:Holocaust Brunch: a performance by Tamara Micner
DESCRIPTION:As part of Holocaust Memorial Day\, Holocaust Brunch explores what it’s like living in the shadow of genocide and displacement. Darkly funny\, moving and provocative\, this show asks how we can honour the histories we inherit whilst breaking free from them\, and whether the weight of inheritance can be turned into a gift. \nAdmission fees act as a contribution to the Jewish Museum’s Holocaust Education Programme \n 
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/holocaust-brunch-a-performance-by-tamara-micner/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191122T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191214T170000
DTSTAMP:20260526T203314
CREATED:20191022T135113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191022T135113Z
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SUMMARY:2084 - An Immersive Experience
DESCRIPTION:SORRY\, DUE TO HIGH DEMAND ALL PERFORMANCES HAVE NOW SOLD OUT \nAN IMMERSIVE PERFORMANCE INSPIRED BY ORWELL’S CLASSIC \nThe Ministry of Truth is recruiting… \n​Enter the dramatic world of Manchester Central Library after hours and embark on an immersive journey inspired by George Orwell’s dystopian novel. \nThis new immersive theatre production takes the audience inside a totalitarian state that monitors every act\, word and thought of its citizens. In our era of social media and digital corporations – when everyone is tracked\, analysed and influenced – Orwell’s compelling vision has never been more pertinent. 2084 puts the audience at the heart of this iconic story and explores how fragile are the freedoms that we take for granted. \nWelcome to the Party. \nREVIEWS OF PREVIOUS 2084 PERFORMANCES \n​”With major dystopian vibes and a brilliant new story\, explore Manchester’s Central Library in a way never before experienced.” Whatsonstage \n​”The company has fused the imposing physicality of Manchester’s Central Library with the appalling horror of George Orwell’s dystopian nightmare to create a thrilling piece of theatrical entertainment.” GM Reviewer \n“Disturbing and engrossing” Number 9 Reviews
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/2084-an-immersive-experience/
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191028T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191028T193000
DTSTAMP:20260526T203314
CREATED:20190912T112917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190912T112917Z
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SUMMARY:The Escape Act: A Holocaust Memoir
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this hybrid talk / performance\, led by academic and artist Stav Meishar. Stav will discuss the lives of Jewish circus artists during Nazi regime\, their legacies and their fates\, as well as the process of transforming real stories into her stage work. The talk will be woven with excerpts from Stav’s theater-circus show\, The Escape Act – A Holocaust Memoir’. \nFor queries\, contact Laura at: laura@mancesterjewishmuseum.com \nFree (collection after talk – pay what you wish)
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/the-escape-act-a-holocaust-memoir/
LOCATION:Jewish Museum Pop-up Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191018T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191018T140000
DTSTAMP:20260526T203314
CREATED:20190823T135812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190823T135812Z
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SUMMARY:creative:connection
DESCRIPTION:Manchester Literature Festival presents…                               \nIn partnership with Create\, disabled and non-disabled students from Chatsworth High School & Community College\, Grange School\, Loreto High School and New Park Academy will come together to take part in an award-winning music project designed to build confidence and break down barriers. Working with professional musicians\, the young people will work together to write and perform original songs at this special celebratory event. \nTickets FREE – booking advised \nFor tickets call the MLF box office on 0843 208 0500 or use the link below
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/creativeconnection/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191003T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191003T200000
DTSTAMP:20260526T203314
CREATED:20190829T160542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190829T160542Z
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SUMMARY:Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Paul Neads with special guest poet Gerry Potter. \nOctober’s guest Gerry Potter is a poet\, playwright\, director\, actor\, and both creator and destroyer of the infamous gingham diva\, Chloe Poems. A favourite son of Manchester and his home town Liverpool\, he trained at Everyman Youth Theatre and National Museums Liverpool lists him amongst the city’s leading LGBTQ+ icons. The portrait documentary My Name is Gerry Potter premiered at Homotopia in 2015 and his published works are included in both the poetry and philosophy collections at Harvard University. Gerry (and Chloe) has nine collections of poetry and plays published by Flapjack Press\, the most recent being Manchester Isn’t the Greatest City in the World: The Rise and Rise of The Bourgeois Zeitgeist (2018). A new collection is due in 2019. \nYou can book your open mic slot from Thursday 12th September via mail@flapjackpress.co.uk. \nN.B. Open mic slots are 3 minutes maximum and allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis. If the open mic slots are already filled you will be offered a space on the reserve list. \nIn association with Flapjack Press and Manchester Library & Information Service. \nwww.flapjackpress.co.uk | www.facebook.com/WordCentral | www.twitter.com/@WordCentralMcr \nManchester Central Library\, St. Peter’s Square\, Manchester M2 5PD. 6pm – 8pm [doors open 5.30pm] – Free Entry.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-open-mic-poetry-and-spoken-word-2/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191003T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191003T190000
DTSTAMP:20260526T203314
CREATED:20190902T144241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190902T144251Z
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SUMMARY:Food Mania!
DESCRIPTION:Let our expert Speed Mentors help you turn your new food business into a tasty success \n\n\nThe UK’s food and drinks sector is going from strength to strength with developments in street food and markets\, pop-up catering\, hospitality and myriad innovative new product launches all contributing to our growing reputation as a nation of foodies. With almost 7\,000 micro\, small and medium businesses in the food and drinks manufacturing sector last year\, there’s certainly no shortage of new brands eager to take a bite out of the market. \nWhether you’ve got an idea for a new product or service that will shake-up the sector\, or you’re already small business owner in the sector with ambitions to take a bigger piece of a profitable pie\, don’t miss this opportunity to chat to our seasoned food sector experts. \nThis fun and informal event brings together a team of experts in the food\, drink and hospitality sectors to provide insight\, support and guidance on everything from funding to flavour\, product to packaging and seasoning to sales! \nMentors include: \nEdwin Booth CBE\, Chairman & CEO of Booth’s supermarkets \nEmma Wren from Geordie Seoul\, Korean street food \nJoe Harper from Just Bee Drinks \nJason Bailey from Grub Manchester \nYetti Tabai\, founder of Yetti’s Kitchen (Caribbean fusion restaurant) and author of Food Business From Home \nClaire Kelsey from Ginger’s Comfort Emporium \nRachel Gilkes\, Senior Enterprise Co-ordinator Back On Track \nNick Jeffs from Plant Meats Food \nAlex Shaw from Kickback Coffee \nIf you’re a food business owner with an appetite for success\, don’t miss this event.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/food-mania/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Melanie Rees with special guest poet copland smith. \ncopland smith\, a mathematician and ecologist\, is a poet (three times being amongst the runners-up in The National Poetry Competition)\, fiction writer\, songwriter\, playwright\, translator\, essayist\, naturalist and photographer. Born and adopted in Liverpool\, brought up in Wallasey and North Wales\, he now lives in Manchester\, where he runs Manchester Poets. \nOpen mic slots for September are fully booked\, but to get your name on the reserve list please email mail@flapjackpress.co.uk. \nIn association with Flapjack Press and Manchester Library & Information Service. \nwww.flapjackpress.co.uk | www.facebook.com/WordCentral | www.twitter.com/@WordCentralMcr \nManchester Central Library\, St. Peter’s Square\, Manchester M2 5PD. 6pm – 8pm [doors open 5.30pm] – Free Entry.
URL:https://librarylive.co.uk/event/word-central-open-mic-poetry-and-spoken-word/
LOCATION:Performance Space
CATEGORIES:Performance
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