Celebrate St George’s Day with HEY! Festival as part of The Fete of Britain
The Centre For Fiction presents Hey! a free pop-up literary festival of talks, workshops, song and discussion . Hey! is the writer led wing of a rolling series of events across the UK called The Fete of Britain.
Wednesday 23rd April, Unitarian Chapel on Cross Street, Manchester City Centre
Presented by the Centre For Fiction, Manchester Metropolitan University and Hard Arts Collective present Hey! a free pop-up literary festival of talks, workshops, song and discussion . Hey! is the writer led wing of a rolling series of events across the UK called The Fete of Britain.
At Hey! you can talk to our Ear of Britain, Argue with a Woman, join in our interfaith blessing, sing your heart out, (mostly Manchester street songs) and listen to talks, also participate in writing workshops before you pluck up the courage to perform live. Curious? Below is more info.
Workshops and panel require booking – everything else just drop in!
The Fete of Britain. was devised by a collective of activists from across the arts; together they form a collective called Hard Art. The Fete of Britain asks how we would like to see the fate of our country play out in future years, given current challenges of climate change and societal divisions, and uses art forms to forge collaborative answers.
Hey! brings together WRITERS from Manchester Metropolitan University, ACTORS from Empathy Museum, organisers and ACTIVISTS from the Hard Art Collective and FAITH leaders from across Manchester as well as from the Unitarian Chapel, Cross Street, attended by famed author of Cranford, North and South and Mary Barton Elizabeth Gaskell.
We will also be showcasing 19th Century Manchester Street songs with legendary ballad Singer Jennifer Reid.
DROP IN ALL DAY
All day : Argue with a Woman with Anouchka Grose
All day : ‘The Ear of Britain’ from The Empathy Museum.
2:00pm – A blessing from 5 Faith Leaders, a call and response for unity and peace
2.45pm – Singing Back Radical – with ballad singer Jennifer Reid
3.30pm – Panel talk – Elizabeth Gaskell – More Relevant Than Ever – Booking advised
4-5.30pm Writing Workshops Booking advised
FATE WRITING – with author Gregory Norminton, Centre for Fiction, MMU
MAGICAL SOLILOQUIES – with Shakespeare experts Vance Adair and Nicholas Royle, on magical thinking and self-transformation
ST GEORGE, A MAN FOR OUR TIME – a chance to explore who this man was through letters and monologues, with author Catherine Wilcox, Centre for Fiction, MMU
6pm Live Lit Finale with song and new work, live on YouTube with Good Neighbours/ Fete of Britain TV channel.
FIND US ON:
Instagram: @thefeteofBritain, @hey.festival, @empathymuseum @aheadmmu
Metal Label: https://hardart.metalabel.com/
FUNDED BY: AHEAD, Centre for Fiction, Hard Art, Unitarian Chapel, Cross Street, Manchester.
