May 2022

Ageism has been an issue in the UK for years, and the pandemic has only worsened it.

The pandemic has forced us to rethink and reshape our programme of work to ensure it is responsive and useful.

Alice Proctor reflects on her experience facilitating our LGBTQ+ History Month equalities workshops in February.

Hebe Reilly reflects on her experience facilitating our LGBTQ+ History Month equalities workshops in February.

Jenny Gaskel reflects on her experience facilitating our LGBTQ+ History Month equalities workshops in February.

If #BlackoutTuesday was a day for reflection, then each day forward must be a day marked with action.

We are thrilled to announce that we will be part of the Greater Manchester Culture Fund portfolio for 2020-2022.

Happy International Day of Older Persons! To mark this important day we are sharing a behind the scenes video from ‘Old Stock, New Stock’

Find out all about the brilliant team of older neighbours from the Manchester Cares network behind short film ‘This is Our Time’.

Alice reflects on how we can continue to learn and be a better ally to the LGBTQIA+ community.

Chelsea Morgan has been supporting us to deliver our Equalities Workshop for LGBTQ+ History Month. We asked her to reflect on her time in schools with us.

Jo-anne Cox, a cellist with a passion for inclusivity, creative interaction and cross art form collaboration came to watch Declaration at Stratford Circus.

Andrea Bell, founder of ADHD Norfolk shares her experiences of watching Declaration and joining our workshop for ADHD young people. 

Priscilla Eyles shares her experiences of Declaration and our ‘Coiled Spring Club’ workshop at Stratford Circus Theatre.

Co-creator and performer Sarah Emmott sat down to tell us all about what you can expect when you come to watch Declaration.

If you follow us on social media, you’ll have seen a lot of stuff about our play Declaration,a frank, funny and fearless journey through ADHD and mental health.

We’re super excited to be taking our Award-winning theatre project Declaration back on the road this Autumn.

Stan Writer/Director Sarah Emmott discusses learning curves, mental health and burn-out during a creative process.

Meet Rachel Moffatt-Feldman, a wonderful British Sign Language Interpreter. We asked her to offer her top tips for working with ‘terps.

See brilliant performer Vilma Jackson, who was cast in the role of ‘Girl’, share her experiences about Stan and the reaction to the use of BSL.

This Hate Crime Awareness Week within LGBTQ+ History Month has felt pretty significant. Read our reflections on discussing LGBTQIA+ history in schools.

World Theatre Day coincides with Belgrade Theatre, Coventry‘s 60th birthday! Sarah reflects on how an early experience at the Belgrade helped shape her career.

It’s fun to be in the G.M.C.A. We’ve secured funding to help aid positive social change across Greater Manchester communities.

We are saddened to hear of the loss of Peter Holden. In Peter, Manchester has lost one of its finest creatives, and one of the warmest, most generous men we had the pleasure of meeting.