We explored parables and sayings with lead facilitator This Kind of Black and support facilitator B!TEZ🫀 🗣️. It was great to see a full house AIU RACE Centre ✨

This Thursday, our slam One Mic Stand is back at The Blues Kitchen!

Come down to watch an evening of music and spoken word with Special Guest headliners. Poets have three minutes to wow industry judges and win a cash prize.

🎫Tickets: tickettailor.com/events/youngid…

Anyone Manchester way check out YOUNG IDENTITY upcoming Slam Night. Looks absolute 🔥

Full details and 🎟️'s below 👇

We’re bringing Black British Theatre Awards award-winning artist Gerel Falconer to Moston, with his hip-hop rap opera ‘Tones’, before it’s return to Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Go on a journey through black British culture, belonging & code-switching.

📅: 24 & 25 May
📍: nwtac
🎟️: shorturl.at/YhRlY

This week across North Manchester: audio experience ‘Let’s Talk About Cough/One In Ten’, the last Launderette Sessions and the stages at Simpson Memorial Hall & nwtac host hip-hop opera Tones, Famehungry, and Benched!

For info & tickets/registering: sickfestival.com

Manchester friends! One Mic Stand from YOUNG IDENTITY is back with even more slam poetry goodness next week 💥

An evening filled with industry powerhouses and thrilling new voices you won't want to miss 🔥

🎭 The Blues Kitchen
🗓️ Thu 30 May
🎟️ youngidentity.org/one-mic-stand

👦 Aged 13 - 25?
🖋️ Want to advance your career in the arts?
Or...
😁 Just stuck for something to do on Wednesdays and fancy a bit of ✨culture✨?

Why not come along to Young Identity's FREE creative writing workshop tonight?

🌟Can't wait to see you there!🌟

Spent Thursday morning at the Royal Exchange Theatre hearing the team at ERIC share their data on what outreach methods for creative careers work best on Gen Z.

It's great to meet with old and new friends.

It's also great to see an event's breakfast table that looks like this! 😜

Booked to be in the audience ✅
YOUNG IDENTITY’s One Mic Stand is always an enjoyable night out! See you there ⬇️

ADMIN: Some info regarding FREE writing and performance workshops for young people I've been sent through.

Love any initiative that gets young people's heads out of a screen and connecting with people and the world organically.

Calling Manchester's performance poets - apply to slam with a chance to win £100. Night of music and poetry with special guests headliners. Three minutes to wow industry judges!

🗓️ 30th May The Blues Kitchen
🎫 Apply & Tickets: youngidentity.org/one-mic-stand
❌ Deadline: 19th May

🌟Announcing the new Facilitator Leads anchoring our weekly workshops.

🏠 Monday at @homemcr with @nasimabeepoet Christopher Brown and @safs2e

🌆 Wednesday at OT creative space with @laurentemplepoet Jardel Rodrigues and Louis Registe

📰 Read more at youngidentity.org/news

We had a full house today AIU RACE Centre exploring the archive and black canon with lead facilitator This Kind of Black and support Ahsan Anjum

Young Identity poets opened for Poet Laureate Simon Armitage's #Blossomise Launch Castlefield Viaduct as part of ‘Festival of Blossom’ and their words blossomed alike! National Trust 🌸

Read more here: youngidentity.org/commisions

Behind the scenes of award-winning Respect and Dignity Creative Writers 🎥

Videographer Nick Farrimond captured the creative process for the exceptional 'Beautiful by Design' project under the mentorship This Kind of Black & Waqar Ahmed.

Read now: youngidentity.org/news

🦭🦀 I’m from An Island Under Water too 🐟🪼 Thank you Young Identity for publishing Half A Foot, Twice A Day in this beautiful collection🪝

This was an amazing night listening to world class poetic talent from both sides of the Pennines.

🐠Welcome to the surface Cyrus Larcombe Moore, so glad you're a part of our new publication!

🧜🏽 Grab your copy here: youngidentity.org/shop

Young Identity poets opened for Poet Laureate Simon Armitage's #Blossomise Launch Castlefield Viaduct as part of ‘Festival of Blossom’ and their words blossomed alike! National Trust 🌸

Read more here: youngidentity.org/commisions