Megan Holland

Stan Programme

Stan toured in 2022 throughout the UK, and the programme contains an overview of the play alongside useful links to relevant organisations.

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Declaration Case Study

Read about audience reactions, highlights, and the positive social impact Declaration made during its run.

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Declaration Programme

Declaration’s programme includes useful information about the play alongside links to support organisations.

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Dial In

Designed for use over the phone, in person or via video call, Dial In is a booklet of activities created by artists from Greater Manchester

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Bucket List Bingo

Bucket List Bingo was developed as part of Golden Years Caravan, used to encourage elders to try new experiences and think of the life they have ahead, not behind them.

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Small Voices

Small Voices is a special edition episode of our podcast Box Tickers, created with and centred on children’s equality.

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The purpose of Pride in 2022

This Pride we’re hoping for more togetherness. More protest. More allyship.

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‘Bury Your Gays’ trope is still plaguing TV

Bury Your Gays is a trope that has plagued TV and film for years – but is it getting better?

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Box Tickers

A 4-part podcast series to mark the 10th anniversary of the Equalities Act 2010, featuring provocations from 13 artists.

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Dial

A creative phone based project which connected isolated elders and artists during lockdown.

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Secret Diaries

Set to a soundtrack of 80s and 90s guilty pleasures, laugh, love and re-capture your youth with this honest look at the world through teenage eyes.

A woman leans on a table to write on a luggage tag. Next to her, a small lightbox reads share a story #IWD2016. On the wall in front of her is a map with other luggage tags pinned to it.

Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Tales

An interactive collection of inspirational stories about ordinary women who have had an extraordinary impact on people’s lives.

Twelve people sit in rows of a large civic chamber. The walls are panelled with wood and there is a microphone in front of each person. .

Queer Youth In Focus

Exploring issues affecting LGBTQIA+ young people in Greater Manchester through workshops, live debate, a short film and a photographic exhibition.

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WHY? Festival – The Rights of a Child

A creative project on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child for Contact and Southbank Centre.

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Creative Curriculum: Primary Schools

Creative ways of exploring topics using drama and art help to engage primary school pupils in the curriculum.

Sarah is on a tram holding a giant red pencil. She is talking to the passenger next to her.

From Me To You

Performed on a Metrolink tram, From Me To You encouraged people to interact with strangers, building a community of commuters.

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Kiss My Heart

Kiss My Heart collects stories of love for intimate performances and exhibitions.

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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.

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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.

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Memory Maps

An interactive community exhibition about the celebration of Manchester through LGBTQ+ eyes. Commissioned by Museum of Science and Industry.

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IDAHoBiT – actions we can take to build hope

International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia feels more important than ever before.

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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.

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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.