Emma Fox will be leading another series of Gangs of Manchester walks this summer. Tickets are now available for walks on 21 August and 25 September. For booking details, click here.
Yer wot?
Manchester poet and novelist Mike Duff has just brought his third book out. Yer wot? is set in the heartlands of North Manchester and it’s as close as you could get to a twenty-first century story of scuttling. It costs £10, and you can order a copy by emailing yer_wot@yahoo.co.uk.
Angels with Manky Faces
To see some audience feedback on Angels with Manky Faces, visit Aidan O’Rourke’s website here. As one of the posters points out, the show is ideal introduction to live theatre for younger people who might not have been to the theatre before.
Additional performances of Angels with Manky Faces
Following a hugely successful week of sell-out performances at Manchester’s Library Theatre, MaD theatre company is arranging two additional performances of Angels with Manky Faces. Details will be posted here as soon as the dates are confirmed. Thanks to everyone who came to the shows at the Library; double thanks to the people that started [...]
Angels with Manky Faces
MaD Theatre Company’s production, Angels with Manky Faces, now opens at the Library Theatre in Manchester on 17 August. Five performances were originally scheduled (19-22 August). These have all sold-out; extra nights have been added on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th. There are a few tickets left at the time of writing, so if you’d [...]
Preview of Angels with Manky Faces at the Bluecoat, Liverpool
A special preview of Angels with Manky Faces will be held in the upstairs bar of the Bluecoat, Liverpool, on Wednesday 24 June from 6.30-7.30 p.m. The preview will feature a talk on the historical research that went into The Gangs of Manchester, an introduction to Angels with Manky Faces by script-writers Rob Lees and [...]
Thinking Allowed
The Gangs of Manchester is the subject of a special edition of Thinking Allowed to be broadcast on New Year’s Eve at 4 p.m. on BBC Radio 4. Hosted by Laurie Taylor, Thinking Allowed offers a weekly review of social research. Recent programmes covered topics such as the “cocaine girls” of 1920s London and the [...]
Book signing at Borders, Manchester Fort, and some plans for 2009
One more book signing has been arranged: at Borders, Manchester Fort (Cheetham Hill) on Sunday 21 December from 11.00 till 1.00. More events are in the pipeline for 2009. These include a reading from the book in Strangeways (HM Prison, Manchester) and an illustrated talk at the Manchester Histories festival, to be held at Manchester [...]
Are you Russell Brand?
The first of the three scheduled book signings took place at Waterstone’s at the Trafford Centre this afternoon. Thanks to Kate and the rest of the staff – and to everyone who bought a copy of the Gangs of Manchester. There will be a few scuttlers tumbling out of stockings around Manchester come Christmas morning. [...]
Meet the Author
If you’re in the Manchester area during November and would like to meet the author of The Gangs of Manchester, come along to one of the following bookstore events: Saturday, 15 November, 12.00: Waterstone’s, Trafford Centre Saturday, 22 November, 2.00: Waterstone’s, Deansgate DATE TO BE CONFIRMED: Borders, Cheetham Hill Road (Manchester Fort) Andrew Davies will be [...]
Gangs of Manchester: on sale now
Available from the 'Buy Gangs of Manchester' webpage (see links on left), Amazon, Milo Books and all good bookshops
