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12 July 2017
The Welcoming Party review
In the mid-renovation 1830 Warehouse at the Museum of Science and Industry is a cross-form, multi-sensory, multi-location family production.
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10 July 2017
Last and First Men by Jóhann Jóhannsson review
One of the higher profiles on the MIF17 bill, expectations were suitably high for Oscar nominee, Jóhann Jóhannsson's score by the BBC Philharmonic.
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7 July 2017
Sampha supported by PAULi review
Electronic R'n'B dark horse, Sampha, was preceded by his own drummer, PAULi in a packed Albert Hall in the middle of Manchester and the middle of the festival.
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4 July 2017
Harrison Marks, Discover achiever
The latest young person to break down their Arts Award experience is the Discover done by Year 1 student, Harrison Marks from Abbey Catholic Primary with some help from Mrs. Howard.
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4 July 2017
Katie, Caitlin and Hannah, Bronze achievers
Three Year 6 students took on their Bronze Arts Award together and lived to tell the tale. With the help of their Advisor, Mrs. Lonergan, we hear about their experience.
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4 July 2017
Sangam 2017 with Harshdeep Kaur review
Kaur was supposed to be one half of this mega set of three hours from the first Indian artist to perform at MIF, but when forced to carry the whole thing alone, she still blew the roof off.
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2 July 2017
Interdependence: We Need to Talk About Power with Dr. Jason Hickel
The first Interdependence talk at MIF to discuss the big topics in society today. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, David Olusoga, Lubaina Himid, Dr. Jason Hickel, Andrew O'Hagan, and Deanna Rodger tackle Power.
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2 July 2017
Interdependence: We Need to Talk About Power with Lubaina Himid
The first Interdependence talk at MIF to discuss the big topics in society today. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, David Olusoga, Lubaina Himid, Jason Hickel, Andrew O'Hagan, and Deanna Rodger tackle Power.
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2 July 2017
Interdependence: We Need to Talk About Power with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy & David Olusoga
The first Interdependence talk at MIF to discuss the big topics in society today. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, David Olusoga, Lubaina Himid, Jason Hickel, Andrew O'Hagan, and Deanna Rodger tackle Power.
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1 July 2017
What goes on at... St. Bede's and St. Joseph's Catholic College?
We caught up with all of 2017-2018's Arts Award Good Practice Centres about what they do to make the Arts Award framework work so well for them.
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1 July 2017
What goes on at... Resonate Hub, Notre Dame Catholic College?
We caught up with all of 2017-2018's Arts Award Good Practice Centres about what they do to make the Arts Award framework work so well for them.
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29 June 2017
Charlotte and Amy, Silver achievers
DIY Theatre is a leading learning disability theatre company. We sat down with two of their recent Silver achievers, Charlotte and Amy, to hear about their experience.
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28 June 2017
What goes on at... the Abbey Catholic Primary School?
The first interview with a 2017-2018 Arts Award Good Practice Centre, advisor, Rebecca Lonergan tells us what they did to get the accolade.
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26 June 2017
20 lessons taught by the Harry Potter series
On the twentieth anniversary of the release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Voice Reporters look back on lessons learnt.
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11 June 2017
What goes on at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre?
We caught up with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, the host venue for the first networking event by Young People in the Arts and supported by Arts Award in Birmingham.
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8 June 2017
GE17: Why do we hate talking about politics?
It sounds perfectly simple: just bash it out with people willing to listen. At the same time, I understand people feeling reluctant about or bored with political chat.
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5 June 2017
What goes on at...City Arts?
We spoke to Alma from City Arts in Nottingham about the work they do ahead of the local networking event with numerous big and small cultural organisations on 1 July.
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5 June 2017
How to share your arts skills
This part of the Bronze Arts Award is notoriously sticky. Passing on an arts skill can be difficult for all sorts of logistical reasons but there's little more rewarding than teaching, so they say.
Comment posted on 20 June 2018
Yeah it's massively problematic and really irks me. While the body and identity politics are worth heeding - specifically that ITV have defended their position by saying that physical appearance is NOT a criterion on which contestants, which is incredibly difficult to believe - my issue with it is more overarching and something that Iain Stirling, the voice presenter, has addressed somewhat when he said Love Island is seen to 'dumb down' the nation. As opposed to dumbing down, I think it serves as an overwhelming indictment of the superficiality of modernity. It takes love and sex and places it on an economistic platform without regard for how the men and women - who are wildly segregated, be it by choice or not - take the experience differently. It is, however, heartening (if that's the right word) to see the viewing public rally against the more problematic (at the very least) behaviour. Prime of which is throwing camaraderie out of the window for self-serving sex and ill excuses for emotional infatuation. I have watched this season to fathom out the appeal and I've moved away from my previous allegation that it's as close as you can get to porn on primetime television and towards the view that its issues are, ironically, more complex. There's also the argument that bad television has value, something you can switch your mind off to watch, but I think the spectatorial appeal around Love Island is much more sordid than that.