Cultural Shenanigans

A quick round-up of four enjoyable shenanigans, in Manchester, in May. Watch, listen, do! This month: new musical by local young people, Cuban art, a whole day of flash fiction, and knitting. Oh, and vampires… If you’ve got suggestions of what to cover in Four for June leave a comment here, or tweet me @elle_c_emm. [...]

Inside shows the results of nine very different artists exploring the connections we make with our environment. In turn, walking round the exhibits, you make your own connections; become part of some of them and interact. I went along late Saturday afternoon and was lucky enough to find I had the whole place to myself [...]

A quick round-up of four enjoyable shenanigans, in Manchester, in April. Watch, listen, do! This month: cameras, sunflowers, theatre and – first up – flash fiction 1. FlashTag creative writing competition Open now – closes 27 April (free entry), part of Chorlton Arts Festival 17-27 May The FlashTag writing collective bring a flash fiction writing [...]

A quick round-up of four things you might not have heard about, in Manchester, in March. See, listen, take part! Move the mountain: An exhibition of original Chinese propaganda Posters 9 March – 7 April (free entry). Richard Goodall Gallery, High Street. A collection of posters charting a visual history of communism from the 1949 [...]

Arthur Seaton (Perry Fitzpatrick) has a loving family, works hard and earns good money which he likes to spend on clothes and drinking. He’s sleeping with his colleague Jack’s wife, Brenda (Clare Calbraith). He then starts sleeping with his colleague’s wife’s married sister, Winnie (Chanel Cresswell). Nothing phases Arthur, he’s out for what he can [...]