Do you fancy a bit of fun? Turn that lockdown frown upside down? Well, we’re dead chuffed to bring you the first episode of ‘Armchair Adventures’. It’s a brand-new colourful, fictional and interactive podcast series about Connie and her gang of plucky explorers – and YOU can come along on the adventure too. The voices […]
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Safeguarding teams in Oldham team up with a musical theatre duo to encourage people to ‘walk in another’s shoes’ Oldham Council’s Safeguarding team has teamed up with CIC Made by Mortals to launch a podcast and series of interactive online workshops, which help them learn more about safeguarding issues from people with lived experience. The Hidden
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Made by Mortals awarded £60,000 to support older people and children during the COVID-19 crisis. Manchester-based CIC Made by Mortals has been awarded just over £60,000 funding from two national funding pots to help carry on its important work during the COVID-19 crisis. The arts and theatre organisation, which is based at the Guide Bridge Theatre
Learning in Lockdown has presented opportunities to develop new skills and realise new opportunities. This opening statement is true for us as an organisation and for the people we serve. We have seen people overcome their fear of technology, make connections in new ways, extend their social networks, discover the joy of independent learning and find
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Creative podcast project launching across Manchester to help socially isolated people during lockdown. A creative lockdown music and arts project is launching to help people across Manchester who are feeling lonely and isolated. The Armchair Adventures interactive podcast launches on Thursday, November 12 with a large interactive online event with 50 school bubbles, together with
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This blog is about Made By Mortals approach to coproduction and how it has been informed by the ‘Be More Pirate’ movement. When you hear a word that you’ve heard before but in a new context- and where other people seem to understand what it now is/means- you panic. I know I did when first hearing
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A vision for The Arts Councils ‘Let’s Create’ strategy and the role theatre can play in (re)building communities during these unprecedented times, Made By Mortals style. This blog explores how the principles of coproduction have influenced our work and given us a theory of change/growth to hang our theatrical hats on. As a Director of
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