Featured image and gallery: Matt CrockettBy Lowri Simmons and Amy Corringham Award-winning musical Wicked flies back to Manchester’s Palace Theatre this December. Based on the acclaimed novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked explores the magic between two unlikely friends as they go on an emotional journey – full of spells, love and green – to become…
By Lowri Simmons and Amy Leeks Manchester Metropolitan University’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence festival hosted a powerful open mic event at the Manchester Poetry Library, offering a space of creativity, solidarity and healing. Led by Forward Prize-winning poet Dr Kim Moore and final-year creative writing student Katie Davies, the event brought together…
Featured image: Molly Goble Manchester Metropolitan University’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence festival continued with a powerful evening of multilingual poetry and discussion led by poets Anjum Malik and Charlotte Shevchenko Knight. Both poets explored themes of gender hierarchies, the female body and hunger, weaving personal and cultural narratives into their readings. While…
Featured image and gallery: Molly Goble Manchester Metropolitan University’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence festival continued with a passionate reading from award-winning choreopoet and researcher, Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa. Day five of the 16-day series saw Kinshasa bring her unique fusion of dance and poetry to campus, delivering an emotional tribute to the…
By Lowri Simmons, Megan Hall, Imogen Lambert-Baker, Freya BarwellFeatured image: Siro Micheroli Manchester Metropolitan University is hosting the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign from 25 November to 10 December, featuring a packed programme that explores how poetry can challenge societal injustices and inspire activism. The 16-day programme will examine how poetry can create…
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