THIS IS THE FULL PROGRAMME FOR NQL FESTIVAL 2024 LIST OF TICKETED EVENTS BELOW
THIS IS THE FULL PROGRAMME FOR NQL FESTIVAL 2024 LIST OF TICKETED EVENTS BELOW
VENUES FOR NOT QUITE LIGHT 2024 ALL VENUES ARE FULLY ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORT TO SWINTON: TRAIN TO SWINTON STATION FROM MANCHESTER VICTORIA BUS 36,37, 38 FROM PICCADILLY GARDENS BEE NETWORK LINK CAR: ALL DAY PARKING AT CHURCH STREET MAP LINK HERE ASDA, MORRISONS AND ALDI SUPERMARKET CAR PARKS, VARYING TIMES, FREE. SWINTON SQUARE SHOPPING PRECINCT: Swinton, M27 4BD OPENING HOURS: SATURDAY 9AM-5.30PM SUNDAY 10AM-4PM ARTS LET LOOSE: The Unit 69-73 The Parade, Swinton M274BD THE GRAND PALAIS: 11 Station Road, Swinton, […]
This month I visit The Meadow in Salford, and watch and listen as the sun rises over this ancient space… Sound / incidental music by Not Quite Light Music featured includes tracks by Ruby Tingle, Melody Gardot and Ralph Vaughan Williams LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST
3RD-10TH JUNE, THE WHITE HOTEL, SALFORD New dates have been released for ‘Dark Days, Luminous Nights’, my project in collaboration with Manchester Collective and the movement artist Blackhaine. The postponed event in January quickly sold out, extra time slots have been added. The immersive event at The White Hotel, Salford, will consist of photographs aswell as a film I wrote and directed, to illustrate the music recorded by Manchester Collective, featuring work by Bartok, Kilar and Edmund Finnis. For […]
DARK DAYS, LUMINOUS NIGHTS In 2019 I was commissioned by Manchester Collective to produce a collection of stills and a film, exploring the ancient and haunting Irk Valley in Manchester. The project was exhibited at Salford’s The White Hotel in June 2021. This was the Manchester Collective’s summing up of the project. “It’s 2021. Manchester. Gleaming apartments rise up over the ancient river Irk, and under the prime real estate of Angel Meadow, 40,000 bodies are buried. Cities change. […]
TIMEKEEPER’S SQUARE, SALFORD 05.24 Timekeeper’s Square, just off Chapel Street between Salford cathedral and St. Philips. WILTON PLACE, BEHIND ST. PHILIPS
BLACKFRIARS PUB, TRINITY WAY 04.05 The newly renovated Blackfriars pub, part of a new development by Fred Done. VIEW OF GREENGATE FROM BROTHERTON DRIVE, SALFORD
NQL now has an hourly, monthly show on Manchester based station Reform Radio In this episode, I head to the hills as I try to regain my energies after the NQL Festival. I interview poet Dom Conlon at dawn in the shadow of Winter Hill, and ask the question what would ‘here’ look like from somewhere else. With music that includes songs from Pentangle, The Blue Nile, Inge Thomson and David Bowie. FULL PLAYLIST LISTEN TO ALL THE NQL SHOWS […]