NEWS

06/01/2010

THE FULL FUN LINEUP FOR NOT PART OF NYE HAS BEEN REVEALED!
CLICK ON THE NOT PART OF NYE LINK ABOVE TO SEE THE TREATS WE HAVE IN STORE.

20/07/2009

TONIGHTS CLOSING PARTY WILL SEE THE FOREVER MANCHESTER AWARDS JUDGED BY CITYLIFE.CO.UK AND THE NORTHWEST PLAYWRIGHTS AWARDS FOR BEST NEW PLAY PRESENTED. THEN THE NOT PART OF FESTIVAL WILL BE OVER FOR ANOTHER YEAR. SO GOOD NEWS FOR THE WINNERS BUT BAD NEWS FOR THE REST OF MANCHESTER

BUT WE'LL BE BACK!!

13/07/2009

ALL YOU HEAR IS RADIO NOT PART OF!
TUNE INTO BBC RADIO MANCHESTER TONIGHT AT 8PM TO HEAR VERY SPECIAL INTERVIEWS ABOUT UNDONE AND SANDY IN MY SHOES ON THE LGBT CITIZEN SHOW.
THAT'S ON TOP OF THE GUESTS WE HAVE EVERY WEEKNIGHT ON THE 10PM SHOW ON THE VERY SAME STATION.
ALSO IF YOU MISSED SUNDAY'S EDITION OF ARTBEAT ON ALLFM THERE WAS A LOT OF NOT PART OF COVERAGE ON THERE. TUNE IN TO THE REPEAT ON ALLFM AT 9AM TOMORROW.

11/07/2009

INCLUDING WHAT'S IN STORE TODAY THERE ARE 8 PACKED DAYS OF NOT PART OF TO GET YOURSELF DOWN TO. THIS WEEKEND WE HAVE FUTURE ARTIST FILM-MAKERS TAKING OVER URBIS, BRAZILIAN DRUMMING AND CIRCUS AT THE GREAT NORTHERN AMPHITHEATRE, MURDER MYSTERY ON THE STREETS OF CHORLTON, AND MUCH, MUCH MORE.
ALSO IF YOU'RE IN OLDHAM BETH FROM NOT PART OF WILL BE TALKING AT THE WORDSMITH FESTIVAL AT THE OLDHAM COLISEUM ABOUT GETTING YOUR PLAYS ON.
THERE'S LOTS AND LOTS TO DO IN MANCHESTER'S LARGEST ARTS FESTIVAL. HAVE A LOOK AT THE LISTINGS AND CHECK IT OUT!

06/07/2009

WHAT AN OPENING WEEKEND! SOLD OUT SHOWS, GUEST APPEARANCES AND OPEN AIR PERFORMANCES UNTOUCHED BY MANCHESTER RAIN! WE ALSO GOT SOME GREAT PRESS COVERAGE OVER THE WEEKEND THAT WE HOPE YOU SAW / HEARD.
REMEMBER TO TUNE INTO BBC RADIO MANCHESTER EVERY WEEKNIGHT FROM 10PM WHERE ALONGSIDE LOTS OF SLIGHTLY INTERESTING INFO ABOUT MIF YOU WILL USUALLY FIND AN AMAZINGLY INTERESTING INTERVIEW WITH SOMEONE PUTTING ON AN EVENT FOR NOT PART OF.
YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK AND MYSPACE FOR UP TO THE SECOND NOT PART OF NEWS DURING THE FESTIVAL.
WHAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT THE NOT PART OF FESTIVAL?? THERE'S STILL 12 DAYS LEFT. GET OUT THERE!

02/07/2009

AND WE'RE OFF! ART EXHIBITIONS ALL DAY, NATIVE AMERICAN POETRY THIS AFTERNOON AND LOADS TO SEE AND DO THIS EVENING. GET OUT THERE AND ENJOY IT.

30/06/2009

NEWSFLASH! NEWSFLASH! AN EXCELLENT TWO PAGE SPREAD IN THIS WEEKS BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH AND A PREVIEW ON CITYLIFE. THE MOMENTUM IS BUILDING!

26/06/2009

A LARGE ARTICLE IN LARGE MANCHESTER ABOUT NOT PART OF. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PICK UP A COPY AROUND MANCHESTER NEXT WEEK BUT IF YOU CAN'T WAIT THEN READ THE ONLINE VERSION HERE

18/06/2009

TRAILER FOR A NOT PART OF EVENT - WHAT'S HIS WILL? IMAGINES SHAKESPEARE TRYING TO CONTROL HIS FEMALE CHARACTERS ON THE PAGE. IT'S SOON TO BE ONSTAGE AND YOU CAN SEE THE TRAILER HERE.

ALSO, TUNE INTO ALLFM TOMORROW AS NOT PART OF TAKES OVER THE AIRWAYS ON THE REPEAT OF THE GREENROOM RADIO SHOW (WHICH I CAN'T FIND ON THE LISTINGS BUT I RECKON IS ON AT 9AM AND AN INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR OF NOT PART OF BETH MCCANN ON THE MAINSTREAM AT 1PM.

17/06/2009

NOT PART OF NEWSFLASH!!

WHAT'S ON STAGE PREVIEWS NOT PART OF HERE.

16/06/2009

NOT PART OF NEWSFLASH!!

WESTEND BROADWAY WORLD PREVIEWS NOT PART OF HERE.

15/06/2009

FULL NOT PART OF LISTINGS NOW AVAILABLE ON THIS WEBSITE! CLICK 2009 FESTIVAL LISTINGS TO UNCOVER THE WHOLE PROGRAMME.

04/06/2009

FULL PROGRAMME LAUNCH TODAY. ALL WILL BE REVEALED. FROM THIS AFTERNOON YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PERUSE THE FULL LINEUP ON THE WEBSITE.
ALSO TUNE INTO THE GREENROOM RADIO SHOW ON ALL FM ON FRIDAY 5TH JUNE FROM 10 AM FOR EVEN MORE REVELATIONS.

02/06/2009

INTERVIEWS, INTERVIEWS... LISTEN TO MANCHESTER RADIO ONLINE FROM 3PM ON WEDNESDAY 3RD JUNE WHERE BETH WILL BE GIVING OUT A FEW HINTS ABOUT THE FULL PROGRAMME FOR THIS YEARS NOT PART OF. LISTEN HERE.

01/06/2009

IF YOU MISSED THE INTERVIEW ON THE 24TH THEN YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE PODCAST HERE.

24/05/2009

TUNE INTO ALLFM ON 96.9FM OR WWW.ALLFM.ORG FROM 11AM TO BE TEASED WITH INFORMATION ABOUT NOT PART OF.

11/05/2009

IF YOU ARE ON TWITTER AND ARE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING NOT PART OF IN THE BUILD UP TO THIS YEARS EXCITING FESTIVAL THEN FOLLOW US;

HERE.

02/05/2009

THE DEADLINE FOR EVENTS TAKING PART IN NOT PART OF HAS NOW CLOSED. WE HAVE AN AMAZING ARRAY OF EVENTS LINED UP. MORE DETAILS TO BE REVEALED SOON.

30/04/2009

OURS IS NOT THE ONLY DEADLINE TOMORROW. IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF THEN IN OUR OPINION YOU ARE THE BEST OF MANCHESTER. SO YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT APPLYING BELOW;

There’s only 1 day left to enter The Best of Manchester Awards 2009! Art, Music, Fashion Hurry and get your submissions in – there’s only one day left to the deadline! Anyone can enter who works in art, music or fashion and is living or working in Greater Manchester. Winners receive a £2000 cash prize, a major exhibition at Urbis and the kind of contacts and professional development that money can’t buy. Enter online now – http://www.urbis.org.uk/bestofmanchester

24/04/2009

ONE WEEK TILL THE DEADLINE TO BE NOT PART OF. IF YOU HAVE BEEN RESTING ON YOUR LAURELS IT IS TIME TO GET OFF THEM AND GET INVOLVED. WE WILL NEED ALL THE DETAILS FOR YOUR EVENT AND TO HAVE MET YOU BY THAT DATE. HAVING OUR DEADLINE IN MAY MEANS WE CAN GET OUR BROCHURE TOGETHER AND MAKE THE MOST OUT OF PROMOTING EVERY SINGLE EVENT.

THE OPEN DOOR HAS TO SHUT. MAKE SURE YOU ARE THROUGH IT BEFORE IT DOES.

26/03/2009

SYMBOLIC OF THE NOT PART OF FESTIVALS RISING STOCK IN MANCHESTER, THE NOT PART OF IS NOW FEATURED ON THE ARTS & CULTURE PAGE OF VISITMANCHESTER. VISITMANCHESTER IS THE FIRST PORT OF CALL FOR GUESTS TO THE CITY (THE NEW NAME FOR TOURISTS) AND BEING ON THERE IS A BOOST FOR ALL NOT PART OF EVENTS.

HAVE A READ HERE.

24/03/2009

CITYLIFE HELPS PEOPLE TO BE NOT PART OF!

READ THE ARTICLE HERE.

LISTEN TO CITYLIFE AND GET INVOLVED.

19/03/2009

NOT PART OF WERE AT THE LAUNCH OF MIF TODAY RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH THE LUMINARIES. AND VERY IMPRESSIVE IT WAS TOO. BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY SHOW IN TOWN.

THIS SUMMERS NOT PART OF FESTIVAL IS SHAPING UP TO BE THE LARGEST ARTIST-LED, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FESTIVAL MANCHESTER HAS EVER SEEN. FAIRLY SOON WE WILL BE ABLE TO START LETTING YOU KNOW ABOUT WHO HAS SIGNED UP. WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.

27/02/2009

LAST NIGHTS GET TOGETHER WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND THE UPSTAIRS OF ODDER WAS PACKED WITH VISUAL ARTISTS / ACTORS / DIRECTORS / POETS / DANCERS / FILM-MAKERS / PRODUCERS / COMEDIANS / CREATIVE CATS. IF YOU MISSED IT YOU CAN STILL BE NOT PART OF. GET IN TOUCH. A BIG THANKYOU TO THOSE AT ODDER AND THE NOT PART OF VOLUNTEERS FOR HELPING IT BE SUCH A SUCCESS.

01/02/2009

THE NEXT GET TOGETHER WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE 26TH FEBRUARY 6.30PM UPSTAIRS AT ODDER. COME DOWN AND MEET THE FESTIVAL DIRECTORS, NETWORK WITH OTHER CREATORS FOR POTENTIAL COLLABORATION OR JUST COME DOWN AND HEAR ALL THE EXCITING PLANS FOR THIS SUMMERS NOT PART OF FESTIVAL. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED THEN PLEASE EMAIL GARETH@NOTPARTOF.ORG SO WE KNOW HOW MANY TO EXPECT.

18/01/2009

WHAT A NIGHT! THANKS TO THE ARTISTS, THE AUDIENCE, THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE STAFF AT THE DANCEHOUSE NOT PART OF NYE WENT FANTASTICALLY WELL. A GREAT TASTE OF THINGS TO COME.

05/01/2009

TICKETS ARE NOW ONSALE FOR NOT PART OF NYE ON 17TH JANUARY ARE NOW ONSALE THROUGH QUAYTICKETS PRICED ONLY 8 POUND. 30 ACTS, AN ART GALLERY AND MORE BESIDES, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT NIGHT.

01/12/2008

NOT PART OF ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THEIR NEXT EVENT - NOT PART OF NYE AT THE DANCEHOUSE, OXFORD RD ON THE 17TH JANUARY 2009. IF YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY CAPACITY THEN PLEASE DO GET IN TOUCH.

09/10/2008

A BIG THANKYOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME DOWN TO FONT LAST NIGHT FOR OUR GET TOGETHER. WE HEARD ABOUT A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS WHICH WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING COME TO FRUITION IN NEXT YEARS FESTIVAL.

26/09/2008

THE PREPARATION FOR 2009 IS WELL UNDERWAY. BETWEEN NOW AND THEN WE WILL BE HOLDING A SERIES OF GET-TOGETHERS WHERE YOU CAN MEET OTHER ARTISTS AND CREATORS WITH A VIEW TO POTENTIAL COLLABORATION OR JUST DISCOVER WHAT GREAT IDEAS PEOPLE HAVE FOR 2009'S FESTIVAL.

THE NEXT GET-TOGETHER WILL BE HELD AT FONT BAR, NEW WAKEFIELD ST ON WEDNESDAY 8TH OCTOBER FROM 7PM. WE WILL BE MEETING EVERYONE TO SEE WHERE WE CAN HELP YOU WITH YOUR EVENTS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND PLEASE EMAIL BETH@NOTPARTOF.ORG

13/7/08

THIS YEARS TRAILBLAZER FESTIVAL HAS BLAZED ITS TRAIL LEAVING US ALL WITH HAPPY MEMORIES AND A TASTE FOR MORE. OUR THANKS TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN BUILDING THIS YEARS FESTIVAL TO ONE THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF. BRING ON 2009!

10/07/2008

THIS WEEKS NOTCAST RECORDED AT TAURUS, ONE OF OUR HUB VENUES. WITH CHAT AND PERFORMANCES FROM NEIL CROSS AND GORDON ZOLA AHEAD OF THEIR APPEARANCE AT NOT PART OF NYE ON SATURDAY 12TH JULY. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD BELOW;

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09/07/2008

TUNE INTO ALLFM TOMORROW AT 10AM TO LISTEN TO THE BRIDES OF COMEDY TALKING ABOUT THEIR UPCOMING PERFORMANCE AT NOT PART OF NYE.

07/07/2008

WATCH THE CHANNEL M BREAKFAST SHOW TOMORROW AND SEE MIA DARLONE TALK TO BYRON AND NIKKI ABOUT HER PLAY 'BELOW THE BELT'.

READ A REVIEW OF A NOT PART OF EVENT - THE INDEPENDENCE WEEKEND SHOW AT TAURUS - HERE.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/07/07/050708_run_toto_run_feature.shtml
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT TOMORROWS KINOFILM EVENT HERE;

http://www.greenroomarts.org/archive/events/kino-shorts/

06/07/2008

TUNE INTO PURE FM TOMORROW AT 12.20PM TO HEAR AN INTERVIEW WITH FESTIVAL DIRECTOR GARETH MCCANN.

04/07/2008

AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY! THERE IS A SPECIAL NOT PART OF EVENT TOMORROW IN CELEBRATION! THE INDEPENDENCE WEEKEND SHOW AT TAURUS FEATURING INTERNATIONAL ACTS. CHECK OUR BROCHURE TO FIND OUT MORE.

PICK UP THE MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS TODAY FOR A PREVIEW OF THE NOT PART OF FESTIVAL.

THIS WEEKS NOTCAST RECORDED AT ONE OF OUR HUB VENUES - THE MARTIN HARRIS CENTRE ON 1/7/08. FEATURING COMEDIAN PAUL SCHMITZ AND POST-FOLKIE IAN MILLER. HOSTED BY FESTIVAL DIRECTORS GARETH & BETH MCCANN. LISTEN TO IT OR DOWNLOAD IT HERE;

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03/07/2008

FESTIVAL STARTS TODAY! AN EXCELLENT FESTIVAL PREVIEW IN TODAY'S METRO (ALTHOUGH NOT PART OF NYE IS £7/£5 NOT £37/£6!) AND ON CHANNEL M NEWS TONIGHT. PICK UP TOMORROWS MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS FOR MORE PREVIEWS OF THE FESTIVAL.

02/07/2008

A SLIGHTLY DELAYED NOTCAST INCLUDING READINGS AND CHAT FROM THE CAST OF A LITTLE PHALLACY AND SLAGS WALL, AND CHAT AND A COMEDY SONG FROM PAUL HAND, COMPERE OF STAND UP IN BED. LISTEN TO OR DOWNLOAD IT BELOW.

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PICK UP A COPY OF THE METRO TOMORROW TO READ EVEN MORE ABOUT THE NOT PART OF FESTIVAL

01/07/2008

TODAY WE RECORDED AN INTERVIEW WITH CHANNEL M PROMOTING THE FESTIVAL, ALONGSIDE INTERVIEWS WITH PAUL SCHMITZ AND IAN MILLER. IAN ALSO PERFORMED LIVE. KEEP WATCHING CHANNEL M NEWS TOMORROW TO SEE IT.

ALSO PICK UP A COPY OF PROPERTY MAGAZINE URBAN LIFE TOMORROW AND READ THEIR FEATURE ON THE NOT PART OF FESTIVAL.

29/07/2008

TUNE INTO THE BREAKFAST SHOW ON ALLFM 96.9FM FROM 7AM - 9AM TOMORROW AND HEAR FROM THE NOT PART OF DIRECTORS AS THEY DISCUSS THE FESTIVAL AND PLAY SOME TRACKS FROM ARTISTS INVOLVED.

25/06/2008

THE NOTCAST IS NOW ONLINE FEATURING PERFORMANCES AND CHAT WITH DAMION LARKIN AND MATT TILLER. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD IT BELOW.

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18/06/2008

MANCHESTER BLOGGER MANCUBIST HAS COVERED THE FESTIVAL. READ ABOUT IT HERE;

www.mancubist.co.uk

17/06/2008

FESTIVAL BROCHURE IS NOW AVAILABLE! CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE FOR THE FULL FANTASTIC LINEUP.

16/06/2008

oUR BROCHURE IS JUST GETTING FINETUNED AND WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA THIS SITE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

08/06/2008

DUE TO THE PHENOMENAL DEMAND OF ARTISTS GETTING IN TOUCH WE'VE HAD TO STOP APPLICATIONS FOR NOT PART OF NYE.

WE'VE HAD ENOUGH INTEREST TO FILL TWO EVENTS AND IT'S SURE TO BE A FANTASTIC DAY. SUNSHINE INDOORS!

TICKETS ARE ONSALE NOW THROUGH QUAYTICKETS.

02/06/2008

AS PART OF OUR CONTINUING MISSION TO PROVIDE NEW EXCITING PLATFORMS FOR CREATORS WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE SECOND NOT PART OF NYE.

ON 12TH JULY MOHO LIVE WILL HOST AROUND 30 ARTISTS IN IT'S 2 SPACES AND HOST AN ART EXHIBITION. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BEING INVOLVED WE ARE LOOKING FOR COMICS, BANDS, POETS, ETC, ETC, ETC.

EVERY ACT GETS 15 MINS AND WE'RE GIVING EVERYONE A WEEK TO GET IN TOUCH AND THEN WE'LL WORK OUT THE BEST BALANCED MIX. SO IF YOU'RE INTO IT GET IN TOUCH.

01/06/2008

DEADLINE REACHED! OUR TARGET OF A TRAILBLAZER FESTIVAL FOR 2008 OF 20 EVENTS OVER THE 10 DAYS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED AND SMASHED. THE BROCHURE FOR OUR FANTASTIC 30 EVENT NOT PART OF WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE SOON! WATCH THIS WEBSPACE!

24/04/2008

MORE COVERAGE! THE MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS BLOG HAVE DONE AN INTERVIEW WITH NOT PART OF DIRECTOR GARETH MCCANN. CHECK IT OUT HERE;

http://blogs.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/arts_and_minds/2008/04/not_part_of_inclusive_festival.html

06/04/2008

THE NOT PART OF FESTIVAL HAS BEEN COVERED BY THOSE NICE FOLKS AT THE BBC MANCHESTER WEBSITE. READ ALL ABOUT IT ON;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/04/04/040308_not_part_of_feature.shtml

01/04/2008

CALL FOR ENTRIES - THE NOT PART OF TEAM ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING EVENTS FOR THIS YEARS FESTIVAL 3RD -12TH JULY. YOU MIGHT HAVE AN EVENT ON ALREADY BETWEEN THOSE DATES OR WANT TO PUT ON AN EVENT. RATHER THAN DOING THAT IN ISOLATION COME JOIN THE NOT PART OF MOVEMENT. WE DON'T CHARGE OR TAKE A CUT, WE JUST ASK YOU TO TAKE THE OATH AND HELP YOURSELF, THE FESTIVAL AND ALL THE OTHER NOT PART OF EVENTS. IF YOUR EVENT IS STILL AT THE PLANNING STAGE, JUST AN IDEA OR EVEN A LONG HELD SECRET DESIRE WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU AS BEST WE CAN. INTERESTED? EMAIL US TO FIND OUT MORE.

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