Full Programme
Alongside our public performances, Future Flares Festival includes workshops, presentations/talks and a panel discussion.
Full programme information coming soon.
Wednesday 22 January 2025
- Presentation and discussion: Theatre and sustainability – Tom Bailey (Mechanimal)
1 – 1.50pm, Grosvenor East Performance Studio (1.04) - Workshop: Theatre and Social Engagement – Sick! Festival
2 – 5pm, Grosvenor East Building (Studio 1.09) - Performance: Vigil – Mechanimal
6 – 6.50pm, Grosvenor East Performance Studio (1.04) - Performance: Deluge – Gabriela Flarys and Andrea Maciel
7.30 – 8.30pm, Grosvenor East Studio Theatre (GF.11) - Walking Tour: A Night Grit Walk – Dan Dubowitz
8.30 – 9.15pm, meet in Grosvenor East foyer. Ends in Sureshot Taproom, Sheffield St M1 2DN
Thursday 23 January 2025
- Workshop: Contemporary dance and creative reflection – Dr Rachel Rimmer-Piekarczyk
10am – 1pm and 1.30 – 2pm (public sharing), Grosvenor East Performance Studio (1.04) - Panel Discussion: Innovative Performance and Social Engagement with
Neil Mackenzie (Future Flares Curator), Tracy Gentles (Sick! Festival), Matthew Eames (The Lowry), Lowri Evans (artist), Jack Dale-Dowd (Contact Theatre)
1.30 – 3pm, Grosvenor East Building, Room 3.13 - Performance (work in progress): Journey’s End Working Title – Neil Mackenzie, Mole Wetherell and Phoebe Woodbridge
5.30 – 5.50pm, Grosvenor East Building (Studio 1.10) - Performance: 30 Minute Set – Lewys Holt
6.30 – 7pm, Grosvenor East Performance Studio (1.04) - Performance: Get Off – Katy Baird
7.30 – 8.30pm, Grosvenor East Studio Theatre (GF.11)
Friday 24 January 2025
- Workshop: Contemporary dance and creative reflection – Dr Rachel Rimmer-Piekarczyk
10am – 1pm and 1.30 – 2pm (public sharing), Grosvenor East Performance Studio (1.04) - Workshop and talk: Get Out of the Theatre! – Lowri Evans
10am – 1pm, Grosvenor East Studio Theatre (GF.11) - Performance (work-in-progress): A Seventh Man – Michael Pinchbeck and Ollie Smith
12 – 12.45pm and 2 – 2.45pm, Grosvenor East Building (Studio 1.09) - Promenade performance: Vermisserin (Eng. the female surveyor) (draft 3) – Brigitte Jurack
1 – 2pm, Grosvenor East Building (Studio 1.10) - Closing reception hosted by the Performance Research Group
3 – 4.30pm, Grosvenor East Performance Studio (1.04)
This series of events is supported by AHEAD, the public engagement programme of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Festival Venue
Manchester Metropolitan University
Grosvenor East Building
Cavendish Street
Manchester
M15 6BG
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