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Since 1992, Queer Up North has played an important part in Manchester’s cultural scene, presenting and commissioning the very best in queer culture throughout the city. In 2010, we’re proud to still be here, with another tempting festival programme packed with theatre, cabaret, music, art and ideas. Let me take this opportunity to thank everyone who has been involved in Queer Up North over the last 18 years: the artists, our venue partners, our funders – particularly Arts Council England North West, Manchester City Council and Manchester Airport – our staff and volunteers, and of course our audiences, without whom we couldn’t do what we do. Finally, I’d like to share some news with you. After this year’s festival, Queer Up North will undergo some changes. We will no longer stage an annual festival each May. However we are developing new plans that will still see us present and develop exciting queer work in Manchester. Sign up to our email newsletter to be the first to hear about the future plans of Queer Up North. ANDREW STOKES CHAIR, QUEER UP NORTH 2010 marks Queer Up North’s 18th Birthday. As we reach this remarkable milestone, we’re looking back and celebrating a handful of our biggest hits, with a new production of Starving Artists award winning Road Movie and a new version of Quarantine’s Susan & Darren in the iconic surrounds of Sachas Hotel. We remain committed as ever to bringing brand new work to Manchester. This year we have five world premieres and a further three UK premieres, including the launch of a major exhibition by Qasim Riza Shaheen.

At the heart of Queer Up North are genre-defying artists who make work that resists easy categorisation. So this guide isn’t split up into the usual categories you might find in a festival brochure – theatre, comedy, music and so on. Instead, we like each event to speak for itself. However, to help you navigate your way through the guide, here are some useful tips. PAGES 03 — 10 Here you will find our headliners – the must-see events that we are enormously proud to be presenting in Manchester. PAGES 11 — 15 A collection of groundbreaking performances that play with the role of the audience and challenge the kind of work Queer Up North presents. PAGES 16 — 23

A host of brilliant international performance talent visits our city once more, with the legendary Peggy Shaw returning to the festival and the Queer Up North debut of Europe’s hottest theatre company, Ontroerend Goed.

Step inside our beautiful 1940’s Spiegeltent to join a starry line-up of cabaret’s most provocative performers.

We’re also delighted to be working with Manchester Pride to welcome back the Queer Up North Spiegeltent. Join us over a very extended Bank Holiday weekend to enjoy the glamorous surrounds of our 1940’s wooden tent and a stellar line-up of cabaret’s brightest stars including Justin Bond, Taylor Mac, Meow Meow and many more.

Our small but perfectly formed ‘boutique’ events include club nights, debates, readings, films and BLAZE, our participatory programme.

There’s something here to tickle most fancies,and we look forward to celebrating our 18th Birthday with you. RIC WATTS FESTIVAL PRODUCER, QUEER UP NORTH

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PAGES 31 — 32 A city map and event guide to help plan your festival schedule. WELCOME TO QUEER UP NORTH 2010 SEE HOW QUEER THIS WORLD CAN BE

Queer Up North in association with Contact presents

SUSAN & DARREN Quarantine and Company Fierce A new version for 2010

Pre-festival trailblazer Fri 30 April – Sat 8 May (no shows Sun 2 / Mon 3 May) Performance: 8pm (90 mins) Disco: 9.30pm until late. Pre-show workshop: 6.30pm (60 mins) Sachas Hotel £15 / £13 concession Ticket includes full buffet and disco. To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com A Queer Up North commission. Supported by Sachas Hotel, Contact, Royal Exchange Theatre and The University of Salford. Quarantine are regularly funded by Arts Council England. Part of the Queer Up North commissioning programme funded by The Foyle Foundation. Photography by GAVIN PARRY

Susan Pritchard is Darren Pritchard’s mother. She is fifty-five and he is thirty. Darren lives at home with Susan, in the house he grew up in. Darren is a dancer and Susan is a cleaner. They dance together at home to John Holt, Althea and Donna and Diana Ross. You’d spot that they were mother and son instantly. To kickstart Queer Up North’s 18th Birthday celebrations, Susan and Darren prepare for one of their famous parties in the iconic surrounds of Sachas Hotel. Along the way there will be intimate conversation, devastation and a lovely selection of finger foods. Friends and neighbours might pop in. Come and join the party. Susan & Darren is an event with dancing that returns to the festival, updated and reinvented for 2010, as a special trailblazer event. This specially commissioned site-specific version, complete with buffet, bar and disco, is a must-see for fans and first-timers alike. Based in Manchester, Quarantine makes and tours work with both experienced performers and people who have never performed before, using personal histories and experiences to invent a theatrical form that’s tailored to each piece. The company makes remarkable theatre that often blurs, exchanges or even removes the distinction between spectator and performer. PRE-SHOW WORKSHOP Darren Pritchard will lead a dance workshop before each performance of Susan & Darren which will alter the course of that night’s show. All ages & levels of dance experience are welcome. Free to ticket-holders, but booking is essential. Please book by emailing susananddarren@queerupnorth.com with Susan & Darren in the title of the email and which night you’re attending and your ticket reference number in the base of your email. We’ll then send you a confirmation email for the workshop. There will be a BSL-interpreted performance on Fri 7 May. RELATED EVENTS ‘We Are Family’ exhibition by Gavin Parry (see page 29)

“QUARANTINE IS QUITE SIMPLY A MARVEL, A COMPANY THAT’S RIGHT AT THE FOREFRONT OF BRITISH THEATRE” THE GUARDIAN

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A Queer Up North Production

ROAD MOVIE

By Godfrey Hamilton

Starving Artists A new version for 2010

Wed 19 - Sat 22 May 8pm (80 mins) Library Theatre

On the road-trip of a lifetime through cities, fields and deserts, Joel travels westwards across the United States to be reunited with the lover who pulled him out of a gutter one fateful drunken night.

£9.50 / £7.50 concessions

Along his journey, he encounters poignant tales of love and loss, from an elderly couple at a Vietnam Memorial to a grieving mother with an inspiring message.

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Road Movie combines Godfrey Hamilton’s evocative writing with an astonishing central performance by Mark Pinkosh to create a compelling, moving tale of a mid-90’s America at the height of the AIDS crisis.

Directed by Jonathan Best. Performed by Mark Pinkosh Lighting by Doug Kuhrt. Part of the Queer Up North International Performance. Programme sponsored by Manchester Airport Group. Supported by Opal Property Group.

To help celebrate our 18th birthday, festival favourites Starving Artists create a powerful new production of their award winning play, directed by Jonathan Best.

Photography by JORGE CAMERO

Road Movie was first seen at the Edinburgh Festival in 1995 where it won a Fringe First and Stage Award. It made its Manchester debut during Queer Up North 1996, where Mark was awarded a ‘Manchester Evening News Best Actor’ award. Starving Artists were last seen at the festival in 2009 with their new play, Eat Me, which was nominated for a Manchester Evening News award for Best Studio Production. There will be a BSL-interpreted performance on Fri 21 May. RELATED EVENTS Post-show talk: Thu 20 May HIV and Culture discussion: Sat 22 May (see page 26) Go It Alone: Tue 25/Wed 26 May (see page 30)

“A MONUMENTAL PERFORMANCE” THE TIMES “A TOUR-DE-FORCE OF ACTING AND WRITING” PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

NINE ACTS OF RECIPROCITY Qasim Riza Shaheen WORLD PREMIERE

‘Nine Acts of Reciprocity’ is an ambitious venture by Qasim Riza Shaheen.

Sat 15 May – Sun 11 July Launch Event: Tue 18 May

According to the Natya Shastra (an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts) the human being is comprised of nine sentiments; love, humour, sadness, fury, heroism, disgust, wonderment, terror and peace.

Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm (last admission 30 mins before closing) Launch Event: 7pm Gallery Oldham The gallery is a few minutes walk from Oldham Bus Station. Bus routes 83 and 180 run regularly to Oldham from the Northern Quarter. Free Admission Log on to www.queerupnorth.com or www.galleryoldham.org.uk Co-commissioned by Queer Up North and Gallery Oldham. Part of the Queer Up North commissioning programme funded by The Foyle Foundation. Photography by AYESHA BEGUM

‘Nine Acts’ is a series of engaging artistic responses to these nine elements through video, sound and art installation. Qasim’s ‘Acts’ that blend fantasy and reality, drawing on personal experience and pop culture iconography. ‘Nine Acts’ started in 2007 with the first act in this series ‘Queer Courtesan’. This ‘act of love’ occurred through a two-way mirror in a small cubicle as a minute long dance in a one-on-one peep show. Under commission by Queer Up North, Qasim has developed eight new ‘Acts’ in this series, which will be presented together with documentation of ‘Queer Courtesan’ in a major new exhibition at Gallery Oldham. The exhibition launches on 18 May with a unique event involving live performance and contextual discussion. Qasim Riza Shaheen is an acclaimed artist based in Manchester. His work has been programmed widely, including at The National Review of Live Art in Glasgow; Liverpool Biennial; Port City & Breathing Space at Arnolfini in Bristol; Castlefield Gallery in Manchester; Victoria & Albert Museum in London; British Dance Edition 08 in Liverpool; CityArts in Dublin and Alhamra Gallery in Lahore, Pakistan where he has recently completed a residency with the National College of Arts. RELATED EVENTS ‘Nemesis’ exhibition of artistic responses (see page 29)

“A COLLABORATIVE CELEBRATION OF SOCIAL DIFFERENCE AND SARTORIAL INVERSION’’ GUARDIAN UNLIMITED

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MUST THE INSIDE STORY Peggy Shaw in collaboration with Clod Ensemble Produced by Fuel

Tue 25 – Wed 26 May 8pm (60 mins) Library Theatre £9.50 / £7.50 concessions To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com By Suzy Willson and Peggy Shaw. Performed by Peggy Shaw. Directed by Suzy Willson. Music by Paul Clark. Designed by Sarah Blenkinsop. Lighting by Hansjörg Schmidt. Musicians include John Paul Gandy and Calina de la Mare. Produced by Fuel. Part of the Queer Up North International Performance Programme sponsored by Manchester Airport Group. Supported by The Granada Foundation. Photography by MANUEL VASON

In collaboration with the acclaimed performance company Clod Ensemble, legendary New York performer Peggy Shaw returns to Queer Up North with a beautiful and poetic new show that takes the audience on a journey across the landscape of her own body. Renowned for her own gender-bending autobiographical work, Peggy recounts her extraordinary experiences of the medical profession from her perspective as a 65 year old lesbian grandmother. MUST The Inside Story weaves together the stories of a lifetime - giving birth on the way to Woodstock, her mother’s electric shock treatment in 1950’s America, the loss of a loved one – with live musicians performing a powerful score for piano, double bass and violin and a breathtaking backdrop of microscopic images. Praised during its run at the Edinburgh Festival, MUST cements Shaw’s position as one of the world’s most important queer artists. As well as a celebrated performer, writer and teacher, Peggy Shaw co-founded the world famous Split Britches Theatre Company. She is the recipient of three Village Voice Obie Awards and has been awarded a Stonewall Award for ‘making the world a better place’. Clod Ensemble is a performance company led by Suzy Willson and Paul Clark. Music and movement is at the heart of all their work. Productions include Red Ladies (2008) and Under Glass (2009 Winner of Total Theatre Award for Visual and Physical Theatre). Supported by a Wellcome Trust People Award, this project is part of a nine-month UK-wide season of activity about identity from the Wellcome Trust. See www.theidentityproject.org.uk There will be a BSL-interpreted performance on Wed 26 May. RELATED EVENTS Post-show Talk: Tue 25 May

“EXQUISITE… THIS IS OPEN-HEART SURGERY OF THE ARTISTIC KIND, PERFORMED WITHOUT ANAESTHETIC” THE GUARDIAN 10

TALES FROM THE BAR OF LOST SOULS imitating the dog Wed 19 May 7pm and 9pm (60 mins) greenroom £9 / £6 concessions To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com Part of the British Council Creative Collaborations programme. Direction: Andrew Quick; Text: Andrew Quick; Music: Simon Wainwright, Ed Waring, Richard Huxley from Hope and Social; Video: Simon Wainwright; Design: Laura Hopkins. Photography by IMITATING THE DOG

Through the windows of a dingy quayside bar, the audience looks in on an unsavoury carnival of pimps, whores and sailors, as haunting tales of murder, love and forgiveness unfold. Tales from The Bar of Lost Souls is a magical realist story of forbidden love, criminality and the possibility of finding redemption in the unlikeliest of places, with an exquisitely designed set by Laura Hopkins. Tales from the Bar of Lost Souls is a beguiling collaboration between imitating the dog, The National Theatre of Greece and the Cyprus Theatre Organisation. imitating the dog are one of the UK’s leading experimental theatre companies. They experiment with story-telling and narrative, and use digital media, design and physical performance to create off-kilter worlds in which public and private obsessions are explored.

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THREE Chris Goode, Chris Thorpe & Rachael Walton Queer Up North has teamed up with our friends at Bradford’s Development Lab to lay down an artistic gauntlet. As we ask ourselves what ‘queer’ might mean in 2010, we’ve commissioned three leading experimental theatre makers and challenged them to create short pieces that capture their own personal take on ‘queer’. All three are performed together for two nights only. CHRIS GOODE – WHERE YOU STAND How is your sense of who you are shaped by where you find yourself? Where You Stand is a cross between a performance, a poem and a puzzle, exploring ideas around (dis)orientation - both sexual and spatial. Chris Goode is a writer and theatre-maker who created the much-loved storytelling show The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley in last year’s festival. Where You Stand is a companion piece to Who You Are, which Chris recently made for Tate Modern. CHRIS THORPE – HIGH SPEED IMPACT. TEST NUMBER ONE. This is just a story about some things that happened to me once. It was all true. At least I think it’s true at the moment. There’ll be some stuff about aeroplanes. Most of the stories involve aeroplanes at some point. We’ll have to see where it goes. Chris Thorpe is a writer and performer from Manchester. As well as devising and performing Unlimited Theatre, Third Angel and others, he also writes plays and screenplays, and sometimes radio drama for the BBC. He is currently working on a new book of solo pieces called Eating Wasps.

WORLD PREMIERE Thu 20 – Fri 21 May

RACHAEL WALTON – IT’S ALL ABOUT THE FULL STOPS Jogelen: to entertain by performing tricks. That’s exactly what Rachael will be trying to do in this one-woman piece; trying to keep everything together, all the balls in the air and not end up with egg on her face.

7.30pm (90 mins) Contact £10 / £6 concessions To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com

Rachael Walton is co-Artistic Director of Third Angel, a company making projects in theatre, live art, video, photography, visual art and on the internet. They regularly tour both here and abroad but are proud to be from Sheffield and have made work there for the last 15 years with many extraordinary people.

Co-commissioned by Queer Up North and Development Lab. Part of the Queer Up North commissioning programme funded by The Foyle Foundation. Photography by ALEXANDER KELLY

“SOME OF THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL WORK I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME” AUDIENCE MEMBER, EXTINKED

EXAM Ultimate Holding Company WORLD PREMIERE Sun 23 May Doors open 12.30pm Event starts 1pm (90 mins) Maxwell Hall, University of Salford Free, but must be booked in advance. Places at this event can only be booked by emailing exam@queerupnorth.com A Queer Up North commission. Part of BLAZE 2010, supported by Celebr8 and North West Development Agency.

Ultimate Holding Company is a radical visual arts collective that never fails to leave a lasting impression. Whether it’s spending 10 days incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay, faithfully recreated in Moss Side/Hulme (This Is Camp X-Ray, 2003) or being permanently tattooed with an endangered species alongside 100 others (extInked, 2009), audiences at UHC events are always taken on a unique, memorable journey. Exam is a new commission for Queer Up North, developed by artists Joe Richardson and Jai Redman in collaboration with local community groups. It explores queer political history, power and dissent in an entertaining and thought-provoking experiment. UHC are staying tight-lipped about the finer details of this intriguing immersive project. To find out more you need to book a free place, come along to Maxwell Hall, University of Salford and take part. You may learn and be challenged; be engaged or be changed. One thing is certain - you will be tested.

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QUEER UP NORTH’S BIG BIRTHDAY BASH Christopher Green With Ursula Martinez and Mrs Barbara Nice WORLD PREMIERE Sun 23 May 8pm (120 mins) Carlton Club £10 / £8 concessions To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com A Queer Up North commission. Photography by PAUL JONES, EXPOSURE

Queer Up North is 18 this year. To mark our coming of age we’ve asked Christopher Green (the talented chap behind outrageous comedy creations Tina C and Ida Barr) to throw us a bash. Rather than the sophisticated ‘do’ we were hoping for, he’s hired a social club called The Razzle, got a deal on a bumper crop of sausage rolls, hired the stripper and put up some streamers. It’s certainly going to be a night to remember! Our Big Birthday Bash is an interactive extravaganza and subversive homage to that most Northern of institutions, the Social Club. The party will be hosted by festival favourite Chris, who promises the first appearance anywhere of his new comedy character, magical stage hypnotist, Derek Diamond. He will be joined by a dream team of party guests, including Stockport housewife Mrs Barbara Nice on the Tombola; a new strip routine from Ursula Martinez, and a whole host of surprises that will have you questioning what’s real and what’s not. So dress up big, bring a gift and help Queer Up North celebrate in style.

“CHRISTOPHER GREEN IS A TRUE STAR” THE CAPE TIMES, SOUTH AFRICA

INTERNAL Ontroerend Goed in association with Richard Jordan Productions Ltd Tue 25 – Wed 26 May

Dear Spectator,

2pm / 2.30pm / 3pm / 3.30pm / 4pm / 7pm / 7.30pm / 8pm / 8.30pm / 9pm (25 mins)

We are five performers in search of a partner. We’d like to invite you to Internal, our individual playground, where you can get to know us in a cosy and spontaneous atmosphere.We guarantee you an intimate and highly personal treatment. Please, inform us in time if you are unable to control your feelings. We will provide an elegant and discrete solution. Yours sincerely,

The Midland Hotel £8 / £6 concessions To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com

The Actors

A performance by Alexan der Devriendt, Sophie De Somere, Aurélie Lannoy, Nicolaas Leten and Joeri Smet. Presented with the support of the Flemish Community, the province of East-Flanders & the City of Ghent. Part of the Queer Up North International Performance Programme sponsored by Manchester Airport Group.

Ontroerend Goed invite you to share your stories; to talk, laugh - maybe even flirt - in the impressive surrounds of The Midland Hotel during this intriguing and intimate encounter.

Photography by VIRGINIE SCHREYEN

A unique 25 minute experience for five audience members at a time, Internal is a provocative and engaging exploration of our need for trust and intimacy, quite unlike anything you’ve experienced in a theatre before.

“IT GETS UNDER YOUR SKIN MORE EXCITINGLY THAN ANY OTHER SHOW” THE SCOTSMAN

After three award-winning critically-acclaimed years at the Edinburgh Festival, Belgian company Ontroerend Goed have quickly become stars of Europe’s experimental performance scene with their immersive theatrical creations. They make their Queer Up North debut with this unmissable event.

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The festival reaches a glamorous climax with a very extended six-day Bank Holiday weekend inside the magnificent surrounds of La Gayola – Queer Up North’s Spiegeltent. Step inside our beautiful 1940’s wooden tent to find a world of outrageous cabaret, world-class performance and glorious music. Presented in association with Manchester Pride. Spiegeltent programme developed in collaboration with Tim Whitehead Management.

The Very Best of Empress Stah with Ryan Styles and Dusty Limits

“SUBLIME AND RIDICULOUS” THE ADELAIDE ADVERTISER Following her show-stealing cameo at last year’s Spiegeltent finale, the award winning aerialist and twisted cabaret starlet Empress Stah returns to Queer Up North with her full-length avant-garde spectacular, joined by surreal mime artist Ryan Styles and Dusty Limits, singer, composer and drunken raconteur. Marvel as Empress Stah swings naked from her chandelier! Be dazzled by her glittering gold star! Cry with Ryan Styles as he ponders old age! Pray that his giant balloon does not pop! The Very Best of Empress Stah is a cabaret spectacle for the 21st century. Erotic Circus meets Live Art meets Neo Burlesque to create an utterly unique and memorable floor-show that is by turns humorous, blasphemous, pornographic, light hearted, challenging and camp. Not for the faint-hearted! Wed 26 May 7.30pm (90 mins) La Gayola – The Queer Up North Spiegeltent £12 / £10 concessions To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com Photography by DORALBA PICERNO

Justin Bond is Close To You “JUSTIN BOND IS A TRANSATLANTIC CABARET MESSIAH” TIME OUT

UK PREMIERE Thu 27 May 7.30pm (90 mins) La Gayola – The Queer Up North Spiegeltent £12 / £10 concessions To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com Musical Director: Lance Horne. Photography by LIZ LIGUORI

Justin Bond is a Tony-nominated performer, New York icon and one of the world’s great queer performers. Justin makes a triumphant return to Queer Up North with the must-see UK premiere of his critically acclaimed new show. Justin Bond is Close To You sees Justin perform a complete song cycle, in original order, of the classic early Carpenters album Close To You. The show includes hit singles We’ve Only Just Begun and Close To You, performing alongside Emmy Award winning pianist, Lance Horne. First hearing the album as a seven year old, Justin was profoundly affected by Karen Carpenter’s voice, describing it as “both reassuring and profoundly sad”. His deep connection with the material is evident in this sincere, respectful and highly personal homage that has stunned audiences in New York, San Francisco and the Sydney Opera House. An Obie and Bessie award winner, Justin Bond was recently named by Time Out as one of ‘New York’s Icons’. He starred in John Cameron Mitchell’s film Shortbus and as the Kiki half of the legendary performance duo Kiki & Herb, Justin headlined at Carnegie Hall, performed on and off Broadway and supported the Scissor Sisters on tour.

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Bourgeois & Maurice Shedding Skin

WORLD PREMIERE Fri 28 May 7.30pm (60 mins) La Gayola – The Queer Up North Spiegeltent £12 / £10 concessions To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com Developed with Gary Reich. Development supported by Queer Up North. Photography by THE TWO

Bourgeois & Maurice have created a monster, and they want to introduce it to you. Taking time out from their busy schedule of gazing at their own reflections, the critically acclaimed alt. cabaret duo present their second full-length show. Inspired by their own experiences in the fourth dimension, Shedding Skin invites the audience deep into the folds of Bourgeois & Maurice’s peculiar world, looking at the layers of beauty and reality that lurk underneath us all. Brand new songs are accompanied by a visual feast of stunning costumes and projected films. Bourgeois & Maurice are a musical double act with style as sharp as their wit. Part-cabaret, part-theatre, part-catwalk freakshow, their songs blend unashamedly catchy pop hooks with bitingly satirical lyrics, performed on piano by the effortlessly glamorous femme fatale Maurice Maurice, with Georgeois Bourgeois on vocals. In the past year, they have enjoyed sell-out Edinburgh festival shows and performed at The Queen Elizabeth Hall, The Royal Opera House, The Royal Academy of Arts, Bistrotheque, and sold out their debut run in the West End at Soho Theatre.

“GLORIOUSLY INAPPROPRIATE DECADENCE” THE GUARDIAN 18

Meow Meow Beyond Glamour The Absinthe Tour Sat 29 May 7.30pm (90 mins) La Gayola – The Queer Up North Spiegeltent £12 / £10 concessions To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com Musical Director: Lance Horne. Photography by HARMONY NICHOLAS

International singing sensation and purr-fect post, post post-modern showgirl Meow Meow (no fixed address) descends upon Queer Up North in her long awaited Manchester debut. A wild journey of obsessive love songs, tired old tricks, and gorgeous cabaret ditties. Meow Meow navigates the uncharted territory between Weimar era wit, 1930’s Shanghai show tunes, 60’s French pop, and post-punk hilarity, creating a parody of glitz and cocktail of high art that defies categorisation. A star of the Olivier award winning show La Clique and favourite of David Bowie and Pina Bausch, Meow’s unique brand of kamikaze cabaret kitsch and performance art exotica has hypnotised, inspired and terrified audiences worldwide with sell-out seasons from Baryshnikov’s US Festival to the Highline Ballroom New York, Berlin’s Bar Jeder Vernuft to Sydney Opera House.

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Taylor Mac The Notion of Belief (the beginnings of a concert manifesto) UK PREMIERE Sun 30 May 7.30pm (90 mins) La Gayola – The Queer Up North Spiegeltent £12 / £10 concessions To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com

Could belief be overrated? The sensational Taylor Mac returns to the UK to flirt with the disengagement of belief in the UK Premiere of his new theatrical concert, complete with live band. Taylor Mac is one of America’s most original and brilliant performance artists. Over the last three years, Manchester audiences have fallen for this vulnerable, fierce, political and hugely entertaining performer. He first wowed us with his compilation show ‘The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac’ in 2007, and last year was the star of the festival, impressing all who came across him with his affecting theatre piece ‘The Young Ladies of...’ and his riotous turn as compere in the Spiegeltent. For 2010, Queer Up North will see a different side of Taylor, fronting his new band with a mix of original compositions and unexpected cover versions.

Musical Director: Lance Horne. Photography by LUCIEN SAMAHA

“ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THEATRE ARTISTS OF OUR TIME” TIME OUT NEW YORK

MY NAME IS SUE Dafydd James and Ben Lewis in association with notebook

Jonny woo’s gay Bingo with Ma Butcher and John Sizzle

“PLEASINGLY DAFT, INCONSEQUENTIAL AND BRILLIANT” THE GUARDIAN

“WOO HOO... THE ICING ON THE CAKE” VOGUE

The cult smash of last year’s Edinburgh Festival, My Name Is Sue hits Manchester to tell the story of the piano-wielding prophet from Wales who has so far kept her thoughts to herself. But now she has cleared her throat and is ready to sing. She cordially invites you into her lounge to sing you through her life from finishing school to doomsday. With virtuosic piano skill, a soaring falsetto and her faithful backing band, Sue brings to life tales of economic bus travel, tragic schoolgirl longing, a Cardiff-based armageddon and the work of Julia Roberts.

Join Queer Up North for a Sunday afternoon game of bingo like you’ve never played before. Hosted by cult drag superstar and all round fabulous entertainer Jonny Woo, Gay Bingo has gained a reputation for being one of London’s most extravagant and unpredictable events. With plenty of songs, dancing, delightful costumes and the chance to win fantastic bingo prizes, this is not your average afternoon down the bingo hall with your chain-smoking Nan.

An unforgettable hour of music and comedy from talented newcomer Dafydd James and director Ben Lewis. Winner of the Total Theatre Award 2009 for Theatre & Music.

Jonny Woo is an icon of London’s East End fashion, performance art and gay scenes. He found success with his show Night of a Thousand Jay Astons, and his solo shows International Woman of Mr ‘E’ and Faggot have enjoyed sell-out runs in London and Edinburgh.

Sat 29 May

Sun 30 May

3.30pm (60 mins)

3.30pm (90 mins)

La Gayola – The Queer Up North Spiegeltent

£7 / £6 concessions

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Photography by CATHERINE SHEPHERD

Photography by MAGNUS HASTINGS

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Our Lady J The Gospel of Dolly and Original Sin(g)

“VIRTUOSIC! OUR LADY J IS A BIG, BRASSY BLOND, WITH AN ABIDING LOVE OF GOSPEL” TIME OUT NEW YORK Our Lady J opened the 2009 Spiegeltent season in style with her uplifting and powerful show ‘Gospel for the Godless’, and we couldn’t resist inviting her back for more. This time round, she presents the UK premiere of ‘The Gospel of Dolly’, an annual event in NYC celebrating Dolly Parton’s most beloved gospel music. Accompanied by a choir, Our Lady J sheds new meaning and light on Ms. Parton’s greatest hits, as well as her lesser-known spirit songs, in this homage to the Queen of Country. Alongside I Will Always Love You and The Grass is Blue, Our Lady J promises a handful of original treats, unveiling some brand new compositions, alongside a couple of Our Lady J favourites you might recognise. UK PREMIERE Mon 31 May 3.30pm (60 mins) La Gayola – The Queer Up North Spiegeltent £9 / £7 concessions To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com Photography by MARC SHEPPARD

Amy LamÉ’s Grand Finale with special guest David Hoyle and friends

Mon 31 May 7.30pm (120 mins)

Bring your Bank Holiday weekend to a jaw-dropping finish by joining performer, presenter and all round chubby glamour-puss Amy Lamé for our Grand Finale, celebrating 18 thrilling years of Queer Up North.

La Gayola – The Queer Up North Spiegeltent

For one night only, the Spiegeltent will become a veritable jukebox of dazzling cabaret, sensational music and raucous comedy.

£15 / £13 concessions

Amy Lamé is your hostess with the mostest, guiding you ably through an evening of enthralling entertainment from a stellar line-up of artistic talent.

To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com Photography by: BRYON FEAR for Amy Lamé KARL GIANT for Meow Meow LEE BAXTER for David Hoyle

Manchester’s own performance art legend David Hoyle makes his La Gayola debut with his unforgettable and incomparible brand of biting wit and observation. Amy and David will be joined by many of the shining stars of the 2010 Spiegeltent season – including Meow Meow, Taylor Mac, Jonny Woo and Bourgeois & Maurice – who are sticking around to join in the fun and who are saving up some special treats that you won’t see in their full-length shows. We’ll also announce other equally fabulous names in the lead-up to what promises to be an unforgettable evening.

“A PHENOMENON” THE INDEPENDENT ON AMY LAMÉ “A GENIUS” TIME OUT ON DAVID HOYLE

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Contact presents

Peter Grist & Company A quartet of exhilarating dance pieces that take a stark look at human relationships and how we live our daily lives. A humorous, honest and exquisitely detailed combination of contemporary, ballet, jazz and tap. i) Why leave me in the dark? – A dramatic solo about homeless young people that takes you on twists and turns through Manchester’s streets. ii) Let go – A broken relationship and two people refusing to let go. iii) Change – An exploration on change from a human perspective. iv) Peel Me – A humorous look at the secrets beneath our many layers. Peter Grist is an emerging Manchester based choreographer who has worked with the likes of Wendy Houston and Henri Oguike. Sat 22 May 8pm (90 mins) Contact £10 / £6 To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com

Earl Dax, Rod BOLLOX and Queer Up North present

Switchflicker Records presents

Bollox vs PUSSY FAGGOT!

Club Brenda

The first weekend of Queer Up North 2010 begins with a bang, with a special transatlantic clubbing extravaganza.

Our party-filled first weekend continues with a special festival edition of Club Brenda in the quirky surrounds of The Deaf Institute.

Manchester’s much loved alternative queer club night Bollox joins forces with NYC’s PUSSY FAGGOT! – the downtown performance party from independent curator Earl Dax. Together they take over every corner of Legends for an unmissable night crammed full of top notch music and live performance.

A scrapbook of live bands, performance art and general debauchery, Brenda is a shining star in Manchester’s underground scene, putting the ‘arty’ into party for an eclectic crowd.

Internationally celebrated DJ Larry Tee (“Licky” feat. Princess Superstar) works the decks, with DJ Dawn Right Nasty (Royal Vauxhall Tavern) and featured performers including ALEXANDER. Fri 21 May

Coming together for Queer Up North are the indisputable talents of the performance art provocateur Ursula Martinez; gloriously brash femmepunk band (hooker) and Australian circus icon Jess Love, with local legend David Hoyle holding proceedings together for a night of fantastic music and subversive art thrills. www.switchflicker.co.uk Sat 22 May

11pm – 3am

10pm – 3.30am

Legends

The Deaf Institute

Photography by PHIL HALL

£6 To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com You can also pay on the door

Photography by MATTHEW BRINDLE Photography by ORI LATTER & SHEKHAR BHATIA

TALKING SHOP

is supported by The Kobler Trust and the Scotshill Trust.

As well as a banquet of performance, cabaret, music and art, Queer Up North is a place for ideas, discussion and debate about things that matter. Talking Shop is a feast of lectures and contextual events designed to stimulate the hungriest of minds and satisfy your intellectual cravings.

Queer question time “What will a new government mean for equality in the UK?”,“Do we really believe in free speech? Or only when we agree with its point of view?”,“In the 21st century, is there any longer a need for a festival like Queer Up North?” Following successful outings in 2007 and 2008, Queer Question Time returns to the festival, hosted by velvet voiced raconteur Tom Allen, star of BBC Radio 4’s The Correspondent and Bleak Expectations, and winner of the BBC New Comedy Award. Joining Tom will be a panel of esteemed thinkers and writers including Linda Bellos, equality activist and founder of Diversity Solutions; Matthew Todd, Editor of the UK’s best selling gay magazine Attitude; Angelia Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Sexuality at The University of Manchester; and infamous human rights activist Peter Tatchell who will tackle questions from the audience. This event will be BSL-interpreted. Mon 24 May 7.30pm (90 mins) Contact £5 To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com

Mind The (Gender Pay) Gap Sponsored by Cobbetts LLP.

Sat 29 May | 3pm (90 mins) | The Midland Hotel | £3 To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com How is it in 2010, the female workforce still earns around 12% less on average than their male counterparts? On the 40th anniversary of the day the Equal Pay Act was passed, we take a frank look at inequality between the genders in the workplace. Our panel features a clued-up collection of speakers, including Sheila Wild, Head of Earnings Inequalities at EHRC, Michelle le Marinel from Unison, and Kevin Jaquiss, employment lawyer and partner at Cobbetts. WWW.QUEERUPNORTH.COM

HIV & CULTURE Sat 22 May | 3pm (90 mins) | Library Theatre | £3 To book call the festival box office on 0843 208 1840 or log on to www.queerupnorth.com The world is a different place since Queer Up North first sprang into life in 1992, with new laws to protect our rights and queer visibility in the mainstream. Yet despite advances in both education and treatment, HIV infection rates are still inexplicably on the rise. Inspired by our new production of Starving Artists’ Road Movie, we take an in-depth look at the changing face of HIV and AIDS in popular culture over the last 18 years with short readings of plays, novels, poetry and film clips.

PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES In partnership with the University of Manchester’s Sexuality Summer School, we present a thought-provoking triple bill of lectures from leading academic minds. THE QUEER SPACE OF CHINA DAVID ENG (University of Pennsylvania) Mon 24 May | 5pm (90 mins) | University Place, Lecture Theatre A | Free – no booking neccessary A lecture exploring the contemporary emergence of gay and lesbian life in the People’s Republic of China in relation to liberal distinctions between public space and private desires. Following anthropologist Lisa Rofel’s recent work on expressive desire, David Eng investigates the ways in which certain self-identified Chinese gays and lesbians are positioning themselves as individuals who are uniquely capable of embracing their private desires and thus claim to represent the vanguard of a new modernity in China. Co-sponsored with Research Institute for Cosmpolitan Cultures, RICC SCREEN TESTS: ANDY WARHOL FILMS SUSAN SONTAG MANDY MERCK (ROYAL HOLLOWAY UNIVERSITY, LONDON) Tue 25 May | 5pm (90 mins) | University Place, Lecture Theatre A | Free – no booking neccessary A middle-class Jewish intellectual. He painted Coke bottles. She endorsed Absolut Vodka. He liked her look. She doubted his sincerity. They were both homosexual. In 1964 he filmed her portrait. In 1967 she called his work ‘inhuman’. THE ANGEL’S SONG: WHAT ABOUT QUEER MUSIC? RICHARD DYER (KINGS COLLEGE LONDON) Thu 27 May | 5pm (90 mins) | University Place, Lecture Theatre A | Free – no booking neccessary There has been much research in recent years into the presence of lesbians and gay men in music, but can one hear their sexuality in the music itself? Richard Dyer looks at some of the arguments around this question and focuses on the case of the film composer Nino Rota (most famous for his scores for Fellini and The Godfather films), trying to think of the music of queers more in terms of strategies of pleasing, passing and pastiche than in terms of sexual self-expression.

LAN YU STANLEY KWAN, CHINA 2001. IN MANDARIN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES Mon 24 May | 8.40pm (86 mins) | Cornerhouse | £7 / £5 concessions To book call the Cornerhouse on 0161 200 1500 or online to www.cornerhouse.org Controversial for its frank depiction of homosexual themes and contemporary politics, the film follows a tragic love affair between two men against the rapid changes facing China during the 1980’s and 1990’s. Introduction by Professor David L. Eng, University of Pennsylvania. In collaboration with the Sexuality Summer School and Queer Up North 2010. Supported by the Research Institute of Cosmopolitan Cultures (RICC) at the University of Manchester, co-presented with the Chinese Film Forum UK.

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POETRY

SUNDAY BRUNCHES What better way to ease into your Sunday morning than with prolific authors reading you their latest work over coffee and croissants in the intimate surrounds of Bluu in the Northern Quarter.

Contact in association with Apples & Snakes presents

Outspoken Manchester’s Queer Vegan Performance Poet Dominic Berry hosts a night of alternative voices with headliner Gerry Potter and breakthrough North West lyrical talent. JOIN IN Outspoken Performance Workshops Tue 25 and Wed 26 May, 6pm to 10pm. FREE

STELLA DUFFY

NIVEN GOVINDEN

Stella Duffy

Niven Govinden

Are you an aspiring poet, but have little or no experience of being in front of an audience? Join Dominic for two workshops to help you develop your poetic performance and take part in Outspoken. Apply by sending no more than 40 lines of verse by 1 May to: outspoken@contact-theatre.org

Stella Duffy will be talking about her work and reading from the earliest possible edition of her new novel ‘Theodora; Actress, Empress, Whore’ which isn’t actually published until 3 June, making this event officially the ‘Out-of-London, Ten-Days-Early, Unofficial Book Launch’ of her twelfth novel.

Niven Govinden is the author of novels ‘We Are The New Romantics’ and ‘Graffiti My Soul’, and is currently hard at work on his third book. Over brunch, Niven will be reading from his critically acclaimed novel ‘Graffiti My Soul’, as well as sharing a couple of brand new short stories.

Thu 27 May

Sun 23 May

Sun 30 May

7.30pm (90 mins)

11.30am (60 mins)

Contact

Bluu

£5/£3 concession

£5

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Photography by RACHEL ADAMS

Photography by GERAINT LEWIS

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ALSO RECOMMENDED If you can’t get enough during the festival, why not try these additional events organised by our friends and partners. NB. These events are not organised by Queer Up North and cannot be booked through the festival box office.

FUNNY WOMEN AWARDS The Funny Women Awards, now in their 8th year, return to the Frog & Bucket in Manchester to seek out the newest female comedy talent in the North West. Hosted by everybody’s favourite comedy mother and keen Take a Break reader, Mrs. Barbara Nice. The best new acts will get a chance to perform for this year’s prestigious title at the national final in London on Mon 20 September. To enter visit www.funnywomen.com or call 020 8948 4444. Wed 19 May Doors 7.30pm for 8pm show (120 mins) Frog and Bucket Comedy Club £7 / £5 concessions Online: www.funnywomen.com or www.frogandbucket.com Phone: via Frog & Bucket on 0161 236 9805 / 0844 847 2265

Mother’s Ruin

FREED UP Freed Up is Manchester’s friendliest open-mic night for new poetry & spoken word; free admission for the freshest words & newest poets making their debut. Sit back & enjoy or to book your slot to perform call 0161 615 0500. For more information visit www.dominicberry.net or email freeduppoets@yahoo.co.uk. This month’s theme for poets is ‘adventure’.

Mother’s Ruin: where underground performance meets end-of-the-pier entertainment - a sumptuous celebration of all things beyond the straight and narrow. Presented in three sensational halves by the inimitable Timberlina, with shows from Scott Cappurro, Topping & Butch, Nathan Evans, live jazz from house band Quartertime, a weave stall and more! www.mothersruin.co.uk Fri 21 May 8pm (90 mins) greenroom

Thu 20 May

£15 / £12 concessions

7.30pm (90 mins)

Online: www.wegottickets.com or on the door greenroom: www.greenroomarts.org or 0161 615 0500

greenroom Free

Photography by DAVID WINDMILL

BLAZE – INTERACT, PARTICIPATE BLAZE is an ambitious series of collaborative projects working with a wide range of people in Greater Manchester. Developed in consultation with community groups, BLAZE creative projects are inspired by – and contribute to – the work of artists in the festival. BLAZE 2010 is part of Woven Cultures, the arts strand of Celebr8, supported by North West Development Agency with Government Office NW and 4NW. www.nwda.co.uk/celebr8. Supported by The Granada Foundation.

NEMESIS

We Are Family

Qasim Riza Shaheen

Gavin Parry

To accompany his new exhibition, Nine Acts of Reciprocity, Qasim Riza Shaheen will collaborate with Peshkar Productions and the Out in Oldham Youth Group, inviting participants to create artistic responses to his work.

Inspired by festival trailblazer Susan & Darren’s unique look at family life, photographer Gavin Parry will spend time with nine self-defined families to create intimate portraits that reflect their relationships, to be displayed at Sachas Hotel during the show’s run.

The groups will work with a variety of visual arts media and performance techniques to make work that will be displayed alongside Qasim’s exhibition at Gallery Oldham.

Alongside targeted participants, we are inviting our audience to put themselves forward to get involved in this project. Being Queer Up North, we let you decide what a family is - from one person to a football team and anything in between. To express interest, contact nicki@queerupnorth.com

Sat 12 June – Sun 11 July Gallery Oldham Admission Free

Exhibition runs from Fri 30 April – Sat 8 May Sachas Hotel

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Go It Alone

Tue 25 – Wed 26 May 12pm-5pm

Mark Pinkosh (Starving Artists)

Zion Arts Centre

Master of the one-man play, Mark Pinkosh, who stars in Road Movie at the Library Theatre, will lead a two-day workshop on solo performance. This is a unique professional development opportunity for established and emerging artists alike. Limited places so book early.

WE NEED MORE THAN THIS TO LIVE A unique project that sees lesbian refugees and asylum seekers from Greater Manchester working with locally based artists to create writing, theatre and film. This runs alongside an initiative from our partners Community Arts North West, who through their Exodus Refugee Arts Programme are working with a group of gay male refugees.

Free, but advanced booking is essential Places at this workshop can only be booked by emailing blaze@queerupnorth.com

WRITING ON THE BODY Peggy Shaw Accompanying her show ‘MUST: The Inside Story’, Peggy Shaw leads a series of workshops looking at perceptions of the body and difference. Peggy will work with students from Manchester Medical School on a pilot initiative exploring creative approaches to patient care, and with a HIV positive group from George House Trust.

Supported by CAN

Exam Ultimate Holding Company Exam is a special one-off event in this year’s festival, created by Ultimate Holding Company. In the lead up to May, artist Joe Richardson from UHC is working across queer communities in Manchester gathering ideas and input that will shape the event. See page 12 for more detailed information of Exam and how to take part.

Queer up north 2010 LISTINGS Date Time Title

30 April– 8 May 8pm (not 2 & 3 May) 15 May– 11 July Tue 18 May 7pm Wed 19 May 7 & 9pm Wed 19 May 8pm Wed 19 May 8pm Thu 20 May 7.30pm Thu 20 May 7.30pm Thu 20 May 8pm Fri 21 May 7.30pm Fri 21 May 8pm Fri 21 May 8pm Fri 21 May 11pm Sat 22 May 3pm Sat 22 May 8pm Sat 22 May 8pm Sat 22 May 10pm Sun 23 May 11.30am Sun 23 May 12.30pm Sun 23 May 8pm Mon 24 May 5pm Mon 24 May 7.30pm Mon 24 May 8.40pm Tue 25 May Various Tue 25 May 5pm Tue 25 May 8pm Wed 26 May Various Wed 26 May 7.30pm Wed 26 May 8pm Thu 27 May 5pm Thu 27 May 7.30pm Thu 27 May 7.30pm Fri 28 May 7.30pm Sat 29 May 3pm Sat 29 May 3.30pm Sat 29 May 7.30pm Sun 30 May 11.30am Sun 30 May 3.30pm Sun 30 May 7.30pm Mon 31 May 3.30pm Mon 31 May 7.30pm

Artist

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Susan & Darren

Quarantine & Company Fierce

Sachas HoTel

Nine Acts of Reciprocity Launch Event: Nine Acts of Reciprocity Tales from the Bar of Lost Souls Road Movie Funny Women Awards Three (post show talk) Freed Up Road Movie (post show talk) Three Road Movie Mother’s Ruin Bollox vs PUSSY FAGGOT! HIV & Culture Road Movie Peter Grist & Company Club Brenda Sunday Brunch Exam Big Birthday Bash The Queer Space of China Queer Question Time Lan Yu Internal Screen Tests Must: The Inside Story (post show talk) Internal The Very Best Of Must: The Inside Story The Angel’s Song Justin Bond Is Close To You Outspoken Shedding Skin Mind The (Gender Pay) Gap My Name Is Sue Beyond Glamour Sunday Brunch Jonny Woo’s Gay Bingo The Notion of Belief The Gospel of Dolly & Original Sin(g)

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Gallery Oldham Gallery Oldham

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Tom Allen & panellists Stanley Kwan Ontroerend Goed Many Merck Peggy Shaw with Clod Ensemble

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Ontroerend Goed Empress Stah Peggy Shaw with Clod Ensemble Richard Dyer Justin Bond

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Dominic Berry & various Borgeois & Maurice Various Dafydd James and Ben Lewis Meow Meow Niven Govinden Jonny Woo Taylor Mac Our Lady J

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08 FESTIVAL MAP & VENUE DETAILS 01 | BLUU SMITHFIELD MARKET BUILDINGS THOMAS STREET MANCHESTER M4 1BD FULLY ACCESSIBLE 02 | CORNERHOUSE 70 OXFORD STREET MANCHESTER M1 5NH FULLY ACCESSIBLE 03 | FROG AND BUCKET 96-102 OLDHAM STREET MANCHESTER M4 1LJ FULLY ACCESSIBLE 04 | GREENROOM 54-56 WHITWORTH STREET WEST MANCHESTER M1 5WW FULLY ACCESSIBLE. INDUCTION LOOP

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THE CARLTON CLUB 113 CARLTON ROAD WHALLEY RANGE MANCHESTER M16 8BE SOME STEPS, VENUE WILL ASSIST WHEELCHAIR USERS

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BOARD Andrew Stokes (Chair) Roz Campion Ruth Gee PATRONS John Addy & Tomek Sliwinski Joan Armatrading Jake Arnott Antony Cotton Tracey Emin Tony Lloyd MP Andrew Logan Design by True North Printed by John Good Website by Glitterfish Box Office by Quay Tickets A massive thank you to all of our artists, venues, sponsors, partners, supporters, volunteers and everyone else who has helped put this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festival together. IQUN Ltd Green Fish Resource Centre 46-50 Oldham Street Manchester M4 1LE Tel 0161 234 2942 Fax 0161 234 2966 info@queerupnorth.com www.queerupnorth.com Queer Up North International Festival (IQUN Ltd) is a registered charity. Registered Charity Number: 1105510. Registered Company Number: 2955392

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FUNDRAISING & SPONSORSHIP QUN embraces diversity, dialogue, connection and communication. We are proud of our queer heritage but are not exclusive to it. This year we are launching a new Development Programme aimed at establishing new networks and dialogues across Manchester and beyond to encourage even more people to come to the Festival, discuss it, create a dialogue with it and enjoy it.

Anonymous Arts Council England Manchester Airports Group Celebr8 2010 Manchester City Council Cobbetts LLP Manchester Pride Ethical Property Company North West Development Agency The Foyle Foundation Opal Property Group John Good Q Hotels The Granada Foundation Ramada Hotel Salford Quays Jury’s Inn The Scotshill Trust The Kobler Trust

The Festival operates on modest means and relies on the generous support of a wide range of partners, donors, sponsors and supporters whose contribution makes a crucial difference in our ability to continue commissioning and producing high-quality work by world-class artists here in Manchester. We want to say a big thank you to:

TASKFORCE COMMITTEE: Patrick Alexander, Rowan Dodd, Mark Fitzgibbon, Edward Moss, Peter Shrigley, Gemma Smith, Andrew Stokes.

FESTIVAL CHAMPIONS 2010 sees the launch of our Festival Champions Scheme sponsored by North West Development Agency – a new subscription package aimed at the local business community and offering an opportunity to showcase commitment to diversity and equality in the workplace through support of Europe’s oldest queer arts festival. The founder members of the scheme are:

If you are interested in supporting Queer Up North or becoming a Festival Champion please contact Charlotte Platt charlotte@queerupnorth.com or Gwen Oakden gwen@queerupnorth.com. Alternatively, call us on 0161 234 2942 or see the website www.queerupnorth.com. Queer Up North (IQUN Ltd) is a registered charity. 34

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Situated in the heart of the Gay Village on Canal Street, Taurus provides a haven of sanity and sophistication. — We are proud to announce the award-winning Taurus Bar & Restaurant as our official festival bar partner. — Each night between 18 and 31 May, festival staff and artists will be found in Taurus after that evening’s performance. — Join us there for drinks and interesting post-show chat. Open 12pm until 11pm (Mon-Fri) 1am (Sat), 10.30pm (Sun). Food served 12pm-10pm daily. Free wi-fi access 1 Canal Street, Manchester M1 3HE www.taurus-bar.co.uk

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