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We Like... Why Men Have Nipples by Brothers McLeod

The latest instalment in The Brothers McLeod’s online animation series, Existential Pleading, asks the big questions in life. Kind of. Why do parents dress their kids as Darth Vader? Why do men have nipples? These...

Creative Times | 01/02/12

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2011: A year of Creative Times features

It’s been a busy and exciting year for Creative Times. So, as 2011 draws to a close, we thought we’d cast an eye over the year’s features, picking out some of our favourites. We hope...

Creative Times | 19/12/11

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Introducing our Fringe Virgins

Edinburgh’s annual Fringe Festival is nearly upon us, and this year Creative Times will be hosting the thoughts and experiences of five Fringe first-timers throughout August. Back in June, Creative Times posted a call-out for...

Creative Times | 28/07/11

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Why I decided to be a Fringe virgin

It’s the biggest arts festival in the world and this year boasts over 1300 premieres, but that doesn’t stop performers playing to miniscule, and sometimes disinterested audiences. So what’s so alluring about the Edinburgh Fringe?...

Creative Times | 04/07/11

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Comedy film fest plans to stand up and deliver

Cofilmic is a new kind of short film festival, focusing specifically on comedy and featuring stand-up comics too. Chris Sharratt talks to managing director Janet Harrison and finds out that the festival is just one...

Creative Times | 24/05/11

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MIF director Alex Poots: "There's unfinished business."

Now on its third outing, the biennial Manchester International Festival has put the city firmly on the arts map with its bold programming and focus on new, commissioned work. Chris Sharratt talks to its director...

Creative Times | 16/05/11

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Robert Farquhar, playwright

Why have you gone back to Dead Heavy Fantastic after 15 years? Well, initially it only ran for four nights. People always talked about it fondly, but it was written when I was trying to...

Creative Times | 18/03/11

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Heard the one about the funny PR?

When I first came to Manchester in the late 1980s I had the idea of being a comedian. I wasn’t so mad as to give up the day job, but as well as being part...

Creative Times | 23/08/10

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A comic view of the Fringe

The uniqueness of the Fringe The Fringe is an adventurous landscape for a comedian. It’s somewhere you can try stuff you’d never normally do in a comedy club. It gives you that freedom. It’s a...

Creative Times | 16/08/10

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Frank Sidebottom remembered

Chris Sharratt pays tribute to a fantastic talent. Sometimes life’s poetry and pathos can be embodied by the most unlikeliest of things. Such was the case with Chris Sievey’s masterful comic creation Frank Sidebottom. So...

Creative Times | 24/06/10

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