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May 2022
Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Tales
An interactive collection of inspirational stories about ordinary women who have had an extraordinary impact on people’s lives.
Queer Youth In Focus
Exploring issues affecting LGBTQIA+ young people in Greater Manchester through workshops, live debate, a short film and a photographic exhibition.
Creative Curriculum: Primary Schools
Creative ways of exploring topics using drama and art help to engage primary school pupils in the curriculum.
From Me To You
Performed on a Metrolink tram, From Me To You encouraged people to interact with strangers, building a community of commuters.
Workshops
We’ve developed a series of workshops for brand-new artists to experienced experts who might fancy an information top-up
A Little Piece of Our Heart
An intergenerational LGBTQ+ storytelling project with young people from The Proud Trust using audio stories and film. Created for Manchester Pride.
Thumbs Up For Turing
Commissioned by The Museum of Science and Industry, this interactive exhibition and workshop celebrated Alan Turing; the father of modern computing.
Memory Maps
An interactive community exhibition about the celebration of Manchester through LGBTQ+ eyes. Commissioned by Museum of Science and Industry.
IDAHoBiT – actions we can take to build hope
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia feels more important than ever before.
The role of a BSL consultant
BSL stands for British Sign Language and we use this language in theatres to make theatre performance accessible to deaf audiences.
Gemma Green: The stakes of separation when children are involved
When I realised that the possibility of separating from my husband was actually very real my first thought turned to my daughter.
Cast announced for our heart-warming family show Stan
Meet Alexandra James, Ross Thompson and Gemma Green- the cast of our new touring production, Stan.
Stan roars into venues across the UK for Spring tour
Stan, Art with Heart’s new play for children, roars into venues across the UK for Spring tour.
Rachel’s National Coming Out Day reflections
On #NationalComingOutDay Rachel’s been thinking about the ways that we come out, and the ways that they’ve come out.
Explore SPACE online- launching our virtual wellbeing space
SPACE is a mobile wellbeing room curated by Mental Practitioner Steph Walker and shaped by the people that occupy it.
Dial In – creative activities to build connections
Tired of talking about the pandemic? Out of practice in making conversation? Looking to connect? Dial is here to help.
Announcing our seed fund recipients
We’re over the moon to have received an impressive 88 applications for our seed fund for working class creatives based in Greater Manchester.
Being Transgender: the hurt and the pain – Poetry by Pauline Smith
Pauline identifies as a trans woman, and her powerful poetry really resonated with us after the launch of our podcast, Box Tickers, a few weeks ago.
Civic Spaces of Care
The arts has been pushing to be more inclusive for decades now with numerous strategies calling for change; there is clearly a problem in the arts. We know it, we feel it, and we want it to be better.
Every Act Impacts by Lesley Downing
One of our Dial creative collective Lesley wrote an opinion piece in response to her conversations with artist Alice. Here is Lesley’s call for change.
We need more than ‘coming out’ stories to come out
Sarah discusses why theatre needs better queer programming in order to compete with T.V & streaming services.
Ross Thompson: A letter to the powerful
This is a letter to the powerful, the people in charge. The people who can make the difference we so desperately need.