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Blackburn Open Walls street art

Tourism and Blackburn is a combination about as comfortable as a honeymoon in Mogadishu. But if you’re looking for a free day out, especially somewhere to take your kids in the summer holidays, then Blackburn could be the highlight of your six-week break. That’s because of something called Blackburn Open Walls. And this is what […]

Review of Worn – Lancashire Post

Lancashire Post Jan 9, 2019. Review by Megan Titley.

Arrival! arts project by Buzz Bury (I made the film)

Arrival! was a film mae about Buzz Bury‘s LeftCoast-funded project working with international volunteers at Blackpool homeless charrty Streetlife, turning their first impressions of the resort into a beach art installation. The drone footage was done by Dave Severns-Jones, in collaboration with the University of Central Lancashire’s Civic Drone Centre (basically John Mills and Darren […]

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Brilliant show Fuck You Pay Me is coming to Preston as part of Lancashire Fringe Festival. DO NOT miss this show. Fuck You Pay Me is the debut play by award-winning artist Joana Nastari. It was developed with support of Soho Theatre Young Company, Lyric Hammersmith, Rich Mix and development residencies at Wiltons Music Hall and with, Brainchild (AIM Festival Award 2015 and 2016). In 2018, Fuck You Pay Me had sold out runs at Vault Festival 2018 - where it won a People’s Choice Award - and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Fuck You Pay Me will run for two weeks at The Bunker Theatre, London in May, 2019. And the show will also be in Preston on Friday, May 24. I'm delighted to link up with Derelict Live's Derelict Mayhem festival, who have their own brilliant two days of new performances in Preston on Friday, May 24 and Saturday, May 25. This show will end the first night of their shows - and also mark the end of Lancashire Fringe Festival's 10 nights. About FYPM More often than not, strippers are portrayed in the media as voiceless bodies, statistics or through cheap stereotypes. Fuck You Pay Me is a no-holds-barred, explosive trip through the world of stripclub culture, telling a story often left out of public conversations surrounding sex work. As Bea navigates the politics of the strip club, she explores stigma, shame and sisterhood, and discovers a little more about herself. Writer and performer Joana Nastari says: “Even within social groups, there is still no topic that divides people like sex work does. I think this is because there’s so much to unpick in our cultural and social relationships to both sex and work. People either want to hear a scandalous tell-all about ‘happy hookers’ or a tragedy-porn sob story." See Fuck You pay Me by Joana Nastari at Media Factory, University of Central Lancashire, at 8.15pm on Friday, May 24. Lancashire Fringe Festival is a FREE event. The festival operates a Pay What You Decide model, where audiences can make an optional donation after the show. No tickets required. www.enjoyshow.co.uk #lancsfringe Twitter: @fypmshow Photo: Alex Brenner #photography #theatre #preston

The Woolly Hat Poet will be part of Lancashire Fringe Festival as he stops off on his own 12-date tour to perform in Preston. Lancaster-based Benjamin Guilfoyle is walking 125 miles taking in 12 venues as part of his wandering Poet tour between Lancaster and Brighouse. He will be joined on stage at Vinyl Tap, Preston by Lyndsay Price, Flora Martyr, Rikin Parekh and Lorna Smithers. The show starts at 7pm on Thursday, May 23. And there will be a special appeal by Benjamin on the night - when he asks someone in the audience to put him up for the night. But audiences on the 12-date tour are in for a shock - because he will make an on-stage appeal every performance for one of them to give him a bed for the night. Benjamin is raising money for two charities - the Lancaster and District Homeless Action Service and the Lancaster Children’s Library - with every penny from ticket sales and donations while on the tour donated to the charities. And to raise awareness of the issue of homelessness, the poet will have nowhere to stay each night of his tour - that's why he will be asking you for a bed for the night. Benjamin said: “The Wandering Poet tour is all about being kind and doing something for others to make their day a little bit brighter. I want to be able to use my poetry and this tour to make a difference, however small, and to support these two local charities because without support they might not be around that much longer. “My poetry comes from a place of happiness. I use my poems to tell stories and to focus on the smaller things in life that we might overlook and those small victories that get us through our everyday lives. “I hope I will make my audiences laugh and there will be at least one poem in the show that they can relate to on a personal level.” The performance poet - know as The Woolly Hat Poet - heads out on the road in May. No tickets required. Just turn up! www.enjoyshow.co.uk #lancsfringe Website: https://woollyhatpoems.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @woollyhatpoems #poetry #photography

Can you believe I got a credit in the new New Order Movement Definitive Edition release?Cos I fooking can't. #neworder #photography ✌✔

Joan said: That man is looking at you because he thinks you just took a photo of him. I said: That's because I just did. 💪👍📸✌ #documentaryphotography #photography #southshields #marsden #eastersunday #photography #newcastle #sunderland

Marsden Rock. #photography #seaside #northsea

Back at the spiritual home. #southshields #photography #marsdenrock

Dad's music cupboard comes with CD genre labels. Rod Stewart gets his own. 👀 #music #cd #music #rodStewart #photography

Oh look, me on a go-kart. Photo by Teddy. 💪📸

Owl man, Adventure Valley. #farm #owl #durham #photography @adventurevalley

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