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Monthly Archives: June 2011

From factory floor to comedy showcase

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, June 16, 2011 — Culture

Events Manager

Earlier this year, Oliver Sykes went being a temp to producing events for Manchester arts charity Contact thanks to the DCMS Jerwood Creative Bursaries Scheme. Here he tells us about organising tours, dealing with budgets and creating (and performing in) his own monthly showcase for young aspiring comics in the north west.

100 days of work and play

, June 9, 2011 — Culture

Arts graduate on the DCMS Jerwood Creative Bursaries Scheme

What do you get when you combine Papier-mâché, TOP SECRET projects and copious amounts of caffeine? Iván González, an arts graduate on the DCMS Jerwood Creative Bursaries Scheme, takes us inside the world of Hide&Seek, a game design studio dedicated to inventing new kinds of play.