YOUNG IDENTITY
@YOUNGIDmcr
Manchester's premier spoken-word collective combined arts charity developing young writers and creatives. [email protected] for more info/bookings.
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This Kind of Black
This Kind of Black- Solo Show | 15-18 Nov @HOME_mcr |
Shirley A May
Director @YoungIDmcr, Honorary Fellow, Royal Society Of Literature, Visiting Fellow MMU, IOU Trustee, Neurodiverse, Poet. Views are my own.
Royal Exchange Theatre
Bringing theatre in-the-round and in communities. Now: A TASTE OF HONEY 🐝15 MAR - 13 APR Next: SWEAT💧26 APR - 25 MAY
Manchester Cultural Partnership
The Cultural Partnership is a network of Manchester's cultural organisations with support from strategic partners inc Manchester City Council.
Roxy Legane
‘A tall youth worker with discreet tattoos and a colourful wardrobe’ - NY Times • @kidsofcolourhq • PhD at MMU • #NoPoliceInSchools #FreeTheMcr10
We asked each of the #Vignettes writers what inspired them to write their Vignette 💡
Here is the brilliant Nasima Bee on her new play 'Gains' 🥊
Don't miss VIGNETTES 6!
📅 April 17-24
⏰ 7:30pm
🎫 hopemilltheatre.co.uk/event/vignette…
#newwriting #manchester #whatson Hope Mill Theatre
We're always open for #art + #poetry #submissions .
Guidelines: bit.ly/2dEn1cc
To submit:
Art: [email protected]
Poetry: [email protected]
There's still time to submit to the Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction. Cash prizes up for grabs + shortlisted writers will get the chance to have their work published, put in front of literary agents & shared internationally. D/L 14 April. Apply ➡️ buff.ly/38B1xEs
This weeks workshops ahead!
Monday: Found Poetry with Christopher Brown and Louise Registe
Tuesday: This Kind of Black & Louise Registe on the Black Canon
Wednesday: Politics & zine-making with Lauren Temple & Christopher Brown
Workshop Updates: tinyurl.com/2zuf2p3c
Trailer of new poetry video, stream on AndWhat TV: shorturl.at/ckyPV
“I know we all grieve different
But do we feel different
In summary my question is simple
Would you die for a vocation?” by Uncle SAF
Read new blog with YOUNG IDENTITY Cambridge Digital Humanities: shorturl.at/oEVZ3
We are launching the #creatives tartupsessions , a new 4-part webinar series to help #creatives , #artists , #entrepreneurs and communities of colour navigate the world of finance and creative enterprise - with confidence. bit.ly/CreativeStartU…
Open call for new poetry commissions from the North West or Yorkshire region for creative responses to John Lyon’s paintings and poetry the Whitworth
By 21 April
tinyurl.com/5n6cet77
Image: John Lyons, Before Ash Wednesday in Trinidad, detail, 1988 Photo: Anne-Katrin Purkiss
I love creating video content for YOUNG IDENTITY and their young poets.
Very grateful to Studio 91 Media 🎥 for allowing me to do this as reach-out work too, it's great working for a company that actively wants you to give back.
Jamie 👨🏾🦱
Celebrating #WorldPoetryDay with some clips of our favourite Young Identity performances. You can watch them all on our youtube channel! #WorldPoetryDay 2024 #WPD 🌎
🎥 Watch Now: youtube.com/youngidentitym…
'When they see what we left behind, they will see that is was impossible for us to envision earth without us, (...)'.
A huge thank you to poet @BillieMeredith from YOUNG IDENTITY for her moving performance on the many emotions wrapped up in climate action.
Happy World Poetry Day! 🌎
As part of our 2023 Cabaret for Freedom with YOUNG IDENTITY powerhouse local poets Billie Meredith Ella B!TEZ🫀 nasima ‘bad b’ bee poet created and performed this blazing tribute to ‘black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet’ Audre Lorde. youtube.com/watch?v=eld_Ox…
I would like to highly recommended. Silence its a play about partition. Brilliant, thought provoking and relevant. It’s on tour and you can see it at HOME, Manchester
30 APR – 4 MAY | 7:30PM, 2PM YOUNG IDENTITY Tara Theatre HOME Whalley Range 11-18 High School Levenshulme High School Burnage Academy for Boys