Saturday 24th March + Sunday 25th March 11am-6pm
The Next Term Festival will transform the historic disused Varna Street School building in Openshaw like never before, through immersive art installations, live performances and hands-on creative workshops. Brought together with the help of our partners, the festival will celebrate the importance of creativity, curiosity and imagination in learning.
Through artistic platforms it will ask: “what is the future of education?”; at a time when creative exploration remains undervalued and under threat by our government. Expect performances from Manchester’s Cave Man, Keisha Thompson and Reece Williams, music from Brighter Sound plus workshops with Angel Sweeney, Sam Meech, Vicky Clarke and Nikky Storyteller.
All workshops and performances are free – no need to book. See the programme below and click here for info on travel and how to find us.
Saturday 24th March
Workshops
All drop-in running 11.30am-5.30pm
Digital Knitting with Sam Meech
Glitch Art with Vicky Clarke
Origami Paper Planes with Ciara Grant
Debate
12.30 / 14.00 / 3.30
Sofa debates led by Angel Sweeney
Performances
13.30 / 16.30
Spoken Word from Cave Man
13.40 / 16.40
Live Music from Bumerang all-female jazz trio
Sunday 25th March
Workshops 11.30am-5.30pm
All drop-in running 11.30am-5.30pm
Digital Knitting with Sam Meech
Spoken Word / Lyric Writing with Keisha Thompson
Origami Paper Planes with Nikky Storyteller
Glitch Art Workshop with Sophie Mahon
Performances
12.00 / 15.00
Spoken word from Keisha Thompson
12.40 / 13.40 / 4.10
Live Music from Bumerang all-female jazz trio
13.30 / 16.30
Spoken word from Reece Williams
Partners:
YPAC MANCHESTER | GROUNDWORK | BRIGHTER SOUND | CEDAR MOUNT ACADEMY | MANCHESTER COLLEGE | VARNA STREET COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL | ROGUE ARTIST STUDIOS
