SOUND IDEAS AN EXCITING NEW 10 WEEK MUSIC AND SPOKEN WORD PROJECT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN AND AROUND MANCHESTER RUN BY ARTISTS AND INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, EACH 2-HOUR WORKSHOP WILL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE AND PERFORM ORIGINAL MUSIC, LEARN … Read more

YOUNG IDENTITY CREATE WRITE PERFORM Are you a poet, MC, singer or writer aged 13-25? Would you like the opportunity to develop your craft and perform your work locally, nationally and internationally? If so Young Identity is for you! We … Read more

The Secret Garden was a film project delivered in partnership with MediaBox, Manchester Libraries, Contact Theatre and Manchester Youth Service. The project involved 30 young people and engaged them in every aspect of film making(script writing, casting, storyboarding, acting, directing, … Read more

The Saul Williams Experience In 2010, Manchester welcomed Saul Williams when he made a one-off visit to the city as part of the Literature Festival and Black History Month. One of the most outstanding Slam poets of his generation, Saul … Read more

“There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns; that is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns; there are things we do … Read more

Where: Contact Theatre When: July 2010 Participants: 6 Audience: 200+ WORDCUP2010 is a national spoken word project for young people. From April to July 2010, teams of 13-16 year olds from nine regions of England worked with professional poets to … Read more

Where: Contact Theatre When: May 2009 Participants: 15 Audience: 70+ In preparation for The Brave New Voices International Slam Competition 2009, Young Identity members competed for a place on the Young Identity team of 6 which would represent Manchester at … Read more

Where: Contact Theatre When: December 2009 Participants: 19 Audience: 100+ ‘Journeys’ was Young Identity’s annual end of year show of 2009. The showcase featured 19 young people, including 7 first time performers and looked at the themes of identity, heritage … Read more

Evolving Words is a poetry writing and performance project spanning six UK cities that engaged 14-25 year olds in marking Darwin200. Darwin200 addressed the impact of Darwin’s ideas about evolution, as well as his approach to the understanding of the … Read more

Young Identity began developing the material for this show in late August 2008 and the themes that they challenged in this show were the recession, capitalism and child labour. This show illustrated just how much the group has matured to … Read more