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Mike Pony
@mikepony.bsky.social
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Passionate 🩷 Queer 🏳️‍🌈 Creative Director & Arts Producer 🎭 Manchester (UK)
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mikepony.bsky.social
Very proud to have produced this work for Factory International with artists BRiGHTBLACK, who co-created it with 14 Greater Manchester residents. Come along this weekend and spend some time in the clouds!

#TheatreSky #CreaTech #CreativeTechnology

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/art...
This new exhibition has turned Manchester into a playable video game
Family-friendly installation offers a very different kind of virtual experience - bringing people together, rather than apart.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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danielyorkloh.bsky.social
We really don’t. That’s a plain fact

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn
Exclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privately
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
mikepony.bsky.social
At @factoryintl.bsky.social this evening for Complicité and NDT1. Interval! Part 1: Satisfying but simplistic. Looking forward to Parts 2 and 3….
February 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
mikepony.bsky.social
Glad to see these potentially disastrous sounding plans are being given more time and thought. Getting funding is nigh on impossible at the moment and this would have ended many artists and companies who are already struggling 💀 #TheatreSky

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Arts Council England to shelve new funding plan after outcry from producers
Controversial plans dubbed ‘worst idea in the world’ would have stopped producers from applying for new grants before current projects end
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
mikepony.bsky.social
Hello from Hanover where I am seeing brilliant work at Real Dance Festival with the #ImaginingFutures network ❤️
February 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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lukejohnemmett.co.uk
An interesting, if slightly bleak read. I don’t disagree though. The sector, (and its people) are hanging by a thread at the moment. This government needs to wake up quickly (before it sleeps walks into America 2.0 which is where it’s heading).
‘Worse than the 1980s’ – that’s the arts sector now. It’s not a good look for a Labour government | Charlotte Higgins
So many pre-election promises: but still a cultural malaise spreads from our schools to museums, galleries and theatres, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
mikepony.bsky.social
“Even if thriving isn’t possible (which I really don’t think it is), protecting what is most important to us, supporting vulnerable communities across the globe, and ensuring a decent life for our kids can be possible and is worth working towards as best as we can.”
January 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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hclaytonwright.bsky.social
QUEERS IN BLACKPOOL - out now!

@queeramusements.bsky.social is a brand new queer arts festival in Blackpool that took place in 2024 and the incredible James Barnett (@makemeaoffer on TikTok) came up to make a film about it.

Popcorn at the ready and head to our website to watch: queeramusements.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
mikepony.bsky.social
Hi everyone! My first post on Bluesky! I’m an experienced arts producer in Manchester open for new work.

Specialisms include working with LGBTQ+ folx, creative tech, electronic music, and performance. Thanks in advance!

#OpenToWork
November 13, 2024 at 11:08 PM