The Dance, Drama & Performing Arts Pathway of the Northwest Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (@NWC_DTP) is pleased to invite applications from prospective PhD candidates for AHRC-funded studentships for September 2025 entry. More information here.

Thank you to everyone who attended our awards ceremony for the QuietManDave Prize 2024 on Friday and a huge congratulations to our winners: Fiction - Kate Carne and Non-Fiction - Angela Cheveau! Read their work and all of our shortlist at: https://t.co/HW3IKNJT50

We're delighted to reveal the winners of short-form writing competition the QuietManDave Prize 2024, as Kate Carne and Angela Cheveau! 👏👏 Find out more 🔗 https://t.co/JyaPk8w7De @performancemst @mcrschart_prg @mstdcp @McrPoetryLib

Look forward to showing work-in-progress of A Seventh Man by @PinchbeckSmith & working with @OllieDSmith @hayleydohertyuk @OlwenCDavies @gabriellebenna again to mark the 50th anniversary of the book. Great to to take part in @flarefestival @McrSchArt_PRG.

After over 900 entries, we're delighted to reveal the shortlist for the QuietManDave Prize 2024, a short-form writing competition honouring much-loved Manchester critic Dave Murray. ✍️🙌 Find out more 🔗 https://t.co/ekZ5MTVDay @McrWritingSchl @MSTacting

Talk #143 is now available feat. @RecklessSleeper in conversation with @lumeteatro. Thanks to our guest speakers @DrRachelRP @kevinsegan, Patrick Campbell, Renato Ferracini & Jesser de Souza. Watch talk online here @mcrschart @mcrschart_prg @mcrschart_arg

His writing is published in Artforum International, The Brooklyn Rail, on Arterritory as well as in exhibition catalogues & artists' books. He lectures at art schools & universities in LA, Chicago, Detroit, Bloomington IN, Riga, Tallinn, Vienna & Helsinki.

Talk #148: Jurriaan Benschop in conversation with Jenny Eden. Jurriaan Benschop is a Dutch writer & curator based in Athens and Berlin. He is author of Why Paintings Work (2023) and Salt in the Wound: Encountering Contemporary Artists across Europe (2019).

Research update: Future Flares Festival (@flarefestival) will return @mcrschart @manmetuni @MMUEnglishDept in January 2025. Curated by Neil Mackenzie and showcasing work of our Performance Research group members alongside invited artists - more info here:

UPCOMING DEADLINE: 9th December 2024 Vol. 30, No. 4: On Land/scapes Read the full call and submission guidelines at: https://t.co/ipqSgaCZUQ Here you can also find the details for our other open call for submissions for Vol. 30, No. 6: On Scores.

Don't miss #DreamingSpecies by @MelanieWilson14! An online listening experience for headphones, exploring the possibilities of machine learning to imagine new sonic meeting grounds for human and animal narratives. Experience now on

Save the date! Thursday 5th December to Sunday 8th December 2023, 4pm-10pm. Lightwaves Salford is coming back this winter with 14 spectacular light art installations. FREE to attend, no booking needed, just turn up and enjoy!

Immerse yourself into a digital audio world with the Singing Graphics in VR exhibition by Adinda van ’t Klooster 🔊 You can book a private slot to experience the interfaces in Holden Gallery on Thursday 5 December between 10:00am and 4:00pm. https://t.co/t36MzdE6Cq

I'm so pleased my piece Dreaming Species has made it into the next round of Digital Culture Awards! Well done and thank you to my talented collaborators & partners: @akhila_k_design @actuallystudio @FuelTheatre @soundandmusic @RNCMPRiSM

Free tickets for next Friday’s celebration event ➡️ 🎟️ https://t.co/uDymAflwS5

More images of Melanie Wilson's talk last night by Lui Bauer @mmufilmmaking @SODAmcr. Thanks to @mdpinchbeck (@mcrschart_prg @mcrschart) for hosting our 144th talk. We have now finished for the year. Talks resume on 28 January 2025 with Dan Dubowitz (@MSArch_Research @TheMSArch).

Research repost Adinda van't Klooster @SODAmcr @mcrschart: Thank you to those who have visited the Holden Gallery to experience the AudioVirtualizer and VRoar. We still have places on Thursday 5 December if you would like to help us. More information here: https://t.co/M1ZRN6RXej

Research repost @kevinsegan: Been building this set again this week for another round of thinking about, trying & mapping out ideas for the Binary Opposition project by @RecklessSleeper. Always a joy working with Mole Wetherell and other company members. @mstdcp @PerformanceMST

I just attended a great talk by composer, sound artist and performance maker @MelanieWilson14 on her Dreaming Species AI listening experience and her overall work which spans both the digital and physical theatrical space. @BunkerTalks @mdpinchbeck

Great to host @MelanieWilson14 tonight for Bunker Talk #144 @mcrschart @mcrschart_prg. Presenting on her recent work combining human and non-human voices using AI for her Culture Awards longlisted project Dreaming Species. Thanks to audience and our @mmufilmmaking crew @SODAmcr.

Our friends @QuaysCulture are presenting a free artist in conversation event with GAIKA and LAZERIAN - both artists are premiering brand new commissions at Lightwaves Salford this year & will be talking about their work & practice. Saturday 7 December 4pm.