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the whole world’s a stage

 If this week has been anything to go by it appears Summer is undoubtedly on the horizon. Yet if you’re a theatre lover and the thought of a dark, stuffy auditorium isn’t calling to you over the coming months here are some ideas on how to get your fix in the great outdoors: 1) Manchester’s…

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ice ice bear

 One of my top TV moments of the past year was Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice which got up close and personal with the cuddly, white predators. And this week in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens you to can get close to an ice cold incarnation of this magnificent beast. The Manchester Museum are launching their…

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camera shy?

 Recently I visited a cultural venue, that shall not be named, when a member of the party I was in attendance with got a ticking off from a surly member of staff for taking a photograph. With more and more people carrying cameras, in the form of mobile phones, in their pockets can museums, art…

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starman

 Bowie 2001 is a new Mixpiece, Movie and Remix from Manchester based music artist and DJ Fritz von Runte. The project takes Stanley Kubrick’s seminal film 2001 A Space Odyssey and meshes it with the music of the legendary David Bowie. An official party is taking place on the 21st of April 2011 to celebrate the launch of von…

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rock because men matter

 Are you ready to ROCK with the Northern Song Collective (NSC) and Men Matter Appeal? Manchester’s Men Matter Appeal raise awareness and much needed funds to assist the fight against the three types of cancer exclusive to men: prostate, testicular and penile. They have teamed up with the Northern Song Collective with the aim of raising big…

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mapping and snapping manchester

 When Manchester’s Central Library reopens in St Peter’s Square in 2013 it will be home not only to shed loads of books but also a new repository for the region’s archive and family history collections. Bringing the city region’s records together under one roof for the very first time. Until that time the Greater Manchester County…

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revolution manchester

 T’other week I took myself off to MOSI, the museum of science and industry in Manchester, to discover their brand spanking new gallery Revolution Manchester. Part of a £9 million refurbishment to the Great Western Warehouse the gallery contains exhibits focused on Transport, Computing, Engineering, Energy, the Cottonopolis and the Structure of Matter. The displays chart the…

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queer as folk, funk and fandango

 Think gay music and what comes to mind? Dolly Parton* and k.d. lang? Well if you care to put your stereotypes aside you’ll find that over the years gay culture and music have been heavily intertwined, no much more so than in Manchester. Celebrating this very fact is a new online project Queer Noise, launched by…

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over on the isle

 The weekend before last my All About Audiences colleague, Catherine, and I hopped across the Irish Sea to conduct an introductory marketing workshop. The workshop organised by the Isle of Man Arts Council was attended by a wide range of organisations, many of them voluntary, including the Manx Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Manx Operatic Society and the Isle of Man Queenie Festival. During a jam-packed session we covered; marketing & audience development, principles of good print, media relations, social media, e-mail marketing and audience research – surveys & online surveys. During the day the event highlighted to me the diversity and depth of the arts scene on the island, as well as the passion of the participants for their organisations. Social…

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