WANTED
2 performers Friday 16 July 7pm and Saturday 17 July 2pm
Scratch 'n Sniff Cinema presents My Beautiful Laundrette.
Extrovert volunteers to participate in two unusual film screenings with a difference. Scratch 'n Sniff Cinema presents My Beautiful Laundrette will take place in a pop-up cardboard dressed cinema space inside a former shop unit THIS WEEK on Friday 16th July (7pm) and Saturday 17th July (2pm), at Hub Gallery opposite The People's History Museum in Manchester.
Event producer Bren O'Callaghan is looking for one or two volunteers to dress up and lend a hand, ideally as
a) a trashy 80s nightclub hostess and/or
b) a bedraggled laundrette assistant in housecoat and curlers.
Two friends or colleagues prepared to ham it up a bit together would be preferred. Your role would be to greet people at both screenings (the first night will include complementary detergent-inspired cocktails for all), distribute scratch 'n sniff cards, pass out retro sweets, present vintage raffle prizes and most importantly hold aloft giant numbered placards - eight in total - during key scenes in the movie. These indicate when the audience should scratch a particular number, and sniff. No knowledge of the film is required as the event producer will indicate when to do so via thumbs up and thumbs down.
Expenses will be met, food and drink provided, and a professional photographer will be taking photographs that will be yours to use in any way you wish. Unfortunately no further additional fee is available, but a good time will be had, and you will also receive a limited edition screenprint designed for the occasion as an extra thank-you.Contact: Bren O'Callaghan
brenocallaghan@gmail.com
www.brenocallaghan.co.uk
brenocallaghan@gmail.com
www.brenocallaghan.co.uk
Hey, do you want to get dumped? It will only take a minute.
Hop into a car with a stranger. Fall in love, fall out of love and get on with your life in a mere minute or two.
Getting let down never felt so good.
Out Of Hand Theater The Break Up 12-5pm
St Ann's Square
HAZARD MMX
17 July
For a short time only, this one-on-one performance offers you the chance to have a date in the middle of Manchester! Disguise your identity and receive instructions to give you the best chance possible. Remember, you want to show yourself off in the best light!
So be positive, individual, exciting and, if you wish, a little cheeky!
Larkin' About in Manchester Arndale's Hallé Square
a micro-festival within a micro-festival
HAZARD MMX 17 July, 12-5pm
Pervasive gaming is a growing global phenomenon as people find increasingly interesting ways to reinterpret their familiar city landscapes as playgrounds. Fun, adventure and self-expression in a seemingly mundane setting: join-in, dress-up, go-out and make your game what you want it to be. www.larkin-about.co.uk Larkin' About Greetings 12-5pm (ongoing)
Start point Hallé Square, self-guided.
Pick up a postcard and write to a lucky friend, telling them of the fine and wonderful, bizarre and ludicrous sightings you have witnessed at Hazard MMX.
Holly Gramazio Bees! 12pm (40 minutes)
Start point Hallé Square.
A treasure hunt with a difference - three teams of bees hunt for pollen, armed only with kazoos and bouncy head boppers.
www.severalbees.com Larkin' About The Forest Front of Mancunia 1.30pm (90 minutes)
Start and end point Hallé Square, self-guided.
Join the hunt around some of Manchester's finest parks and green spaces to find a lost and confused animal.
Supported by Red Rose Forest. www.redroseforest.co.uk Present Attempt Walking (s)Miles 3pm (90 minutes)
Start point Hallé Square, self-guided.
Choose a simple route. Bring a mobile phone. Try to collect as many strangers' smiles as you can.
Start point Hallé Square.
A treasure hunt with a difference - three teams of bees hunt for pollen, armed only with kazoos and bouncy head boppers.
www.severalbees.com Larkin' About The Forest Front of Mancunia 1.30pm (90 minutes)
Start and end point Hallé Square, self-guided.
Join the hunt around some of Manchester's finest parks and green spaces to find a lost and confused animal.
Supported by Red Rose Forest. www.redroseforest.co.uk Present Attempt Walking (s)Miles 3pm (90 minutes)
Start point Hallé Square, self-guided.
Choose a simple route. Bring a mobile phone. Try to collect as many strangers' smiles as you can.
Hannah Nicklin The Smell of Rain Reminds Me of You 5.00pm (10 minutes)
Piccadilly Gardens
A 10 minute flashmob, an unrehearsed performance, 100 people, listening to the rain.
To find out more, and to take part, go to http://rainreminds.tumblr.com/.
A 10 minute flashmob, an unrehearsed performance, 100 people, listening to the rain.
To find out more, and to take part, go to http://rainreminds.tumblr.com/.
Hannah Wiles : Beeline Oldham Street Homogenous, ominous and controlling, the BXPU1539 Manchester PU guards our streets: a black sentinel on every corner, a pillar of our uniform city experience.
Beeline is a playful investigation into this urban phenomenon, drawing attention to the ubiquitous black bollard and re-dressing it in keeping with the City's emblem.
Of all the many veins and arteries that pump the lifeblood of workers, shoppers and charmingly Mancunian oddities, none is bigger nor more clogged than Market Street. Though pedestrianised and car free, those who travel its bustling breadth and length are far from safe when they try to navigate it. For Hazard, Andy & Gaz & Jon will be donning the garb of the heroes of highway crossing: the Red Man, the Green Man and the Zebra coming to the aid of those having difficulty negotiating the hazard of Manchester's shopaholics on a Saturday afternoon.
HAZARD MMXSaturday 17 July 12-5pm
THE SMELL OF RAIN REMINDS ME OF YOU
A 10 minute flashmob, an unrehearsed performance, 100 people, listening to the rain.
The Smell of Rain Reminds Me of You is happening (rain or shine) at 5PM on Saturday 17th of July, at Piccadilly Gardens, in Manchester.
To take part, visit this site 24 hours prior to the event to download an MP3 and instructions. You will need an mp3 player to take with you on the day. In the meantime, pass it on.http://rainreminds.tumblr.com/ HAZARD MMX: 17 July 2010, 12-5pm
Manchester city centre