Blackpool Social Club, Author at Blackpool Social Club

11 Apr

Rubbish Seaside

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsColumns & OpinionBlackpool, opinion

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A little over a year ago, on the 29th of November 2019, the Guardian published a series of artworks entitled Rubbish Seaside. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It featured a satirical mock-up of an old fashioned railway poster advertising Blackpool. The artist had written: “ahead of us was a small army of scallies, all of whom had matching coldsores and were passing the time by gobbing on everyone below. It just seemed to sum the entire place up perfectly”.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="32462" img_size="large" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]My friend and fellow teacher Charlotte and I were incensed by what we saw as a lazy and puerile depiction of a place…

01 Apr

Could the electronic saxophone improve your breathing?

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLocal News, Opportunitieslearning, Music

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Blackpool Music School has been awarded funding to help people with breathing difficulties [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]They're looking for 4 adults and 4 young people, to take part in trials. They hope to prove that with regular use of a wind instrument, this can assist with controlled breathing. If you think you could benefit from this programme, and you are a diagnosed asthmatic, BMS would like to hear from you. They will show you how to control your breathing, which may help reduce your asthma attacks in the future. You will be loaned an electronic sax along with a tablet to…

29 Mar

BFI launches a Blackpool film club to support young aspiring filmmakers

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsFilm, Local NewsBFI, Film, filmfestival, filmmaker, filmmaking, young people

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The BFI has launched a programme of film clubs across England to offer high quality learning about film and wider screen media to aspiring young people aged 12 to 15. And the good news? There's one in Blackpool. The BFI Film Clubs, which will run this spring and summer, will offer online experiences, alongside more traditional face-to-face learning where possible, in locations identified as ‘Opportunity Areas’ by the Department for Education (DfE) due to social and economic challenges.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Coming to Blackpool The Blackpool Film Club is being hosted by Aunty Social and runs from 6 April 2021 – 19…

26 Mar

I stayed in the north to study, why do so many others leave?

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsColumns & Opinionfashion, photography, student

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Salford journalism student Simone Harrison speaks to London fashion photography student Lauren Tugwell to try and understand why so many of her peers feel that going far means travelling far The South of England has captivated students and graduates originally from the North for decades. With the South historically offering nearly three time more post-grad jobs for skilled professionals – it seems a no-brainer for many, particularly creatives, to relocate. However, with Manchester now voted one of the UK’s top cities for skilled graduates, why does the south continue to lure young people and contribute to Northern brain drain?…

25 Mar

Tramshed Theatre in Lockdown – the story so far

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsColumns & Opinion, Theatre, Dance & Performancecommunity theatre, Theatre

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] You might have heard of Tramshed Theatre an inclusive theatre company working across Fylde and Wyre. If you haven't Tramshed welcome individuals from all over the northwest and pride themselves in ensuring that no member at TramShed is excluded, only celebrated. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In this regular new column we will be joined by guest TramShed Theatre practitioners as they share their experiences, thoughts, feelings and achievements during a time of online delivery. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Director Zac Hackett tells us more. As we cast our memory back to this time last year. In March 2020, we were faced with the devastating reality of COVID-19…

23 Mar

A to Z with Tramshed Theatre

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsColumns & Opinion, Theatre, Dance & Performancecommunity theatre, Theatre

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Just over a year ago, Zac and I were planning to start the Silver Arts Award for TramShed and the week before the first lockdown I came to Woodlands to talk to prospective participants. I haven’t been there since, of course; instead, my TramShed work has almost all been delivered via my laptop from home, with my trusty screen backdrop! Nevertheless, over the last year, I have come to feel a real part of the TramShed family and love seeing now-familiar faces on the screen every session and meeting. Here is an A-Z of my first full year as a TramShed Arts Practitioner.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A is…

22 Mar

From West End to West Coast: Marisha Wallace comes to Lowther Pavilion

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLocal News, Music & GigsMusic, Music Venues, musicals

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Marisha Wallace is heading out on her first UK Tour in Autumn 2021 and is making her way to our very own Lowther Pavilion in Lytham. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Wallace, who is best known for starring in smash-hit stage shows including Waitress, Aladdin, and Dreamgirls, is embarking on a 6 date UK tour during September and October 2021, visiting Ilkley, London, Aberystwyth, Cardiff, and Birmingham before the finale of her tour in Lytham’s Lowther Pavilion.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]The autumn tour set to cover the UK has already been rescheduled once due to the pandemic in 2020 and so, with a year without playing theatres,…

18 Mar

A world of difference – Blackpool Artists calling for democracy in Myanmar

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLocal News, Visual Arts & Exhibitionsartist, artists, Blackpool

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] You wake up. You reach for your phone. You scroll aimlessly through various media, before peeling yourself out of bed for another tedious day of work and general chit-chat. Day after day. It’s become a little mundane after a year of lockdown, hasn’t it? [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]But what if you didn’t have that? What if you couldn’t instantly check and see which festival has optimistically announced the release of tickets in the distant, glorious future of faces free of coverings? What if you couldn’t even challenge your right to this ‘privilege’; to access the internet, to have your vote upheld, to…

08 Mar

Tim Minchin is BACK in Black(pool)

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsMusic & Gigs, Theatre, Dance & PerformanceComedian, Comedy, Music, tour dates, Winter Gardens

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We're all looking forward to the return of live shows, so it's no surprise to hear we're thrilled that Tim Minchin is BACK! The internationally renowned artist returns to the UK stage with more dates of his critically acclaimed BACK tour. Award-winning comedian, actor and composer Tim Minchin has confirmed new UK dates of his BACK tour. This autumn he's heading over the Blackpool for a show at the Opera House on Saturday 20 November 2021.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Billed as “Old Songs, New Songs, F*** You Songs”, Back has a set list of material from all corners of Minchin’s eclectic – and often…

01 Mar

MAN’s Guide to Prospecting: Online Workshop

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsArt, artist, Blackpool, workshops

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Material, things, stuff. Material Arts Network (MAN) is a growing group of artists and makers who believe that looking closely at material can tell us more about each other and the world around us. Based at Abingdon Studios in the heart of Blackpool, MAN was founded by Ellie Barrett and Kerry Tenbey, two artists who explore material meaning in their practice and research. They want to bring together artists, curators, critics, writers, researchers and makers to discuss and share ideas about material meaning and engagement. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Launch event To get things going, MAN is hosting a two-part launch event…