One of the highlight’s of this year’s Chorlton Arts Festival was a performance from Ren Harvieu & Romeo Stodart (of the Magic Numbers). It was an incredible gig, full of warmth and intimacy, and well deserving of the rapturous standing ovation it received at it’s close. You can see some of my images from the evening in the gallery below:
Yesterday I got to play along with ‘The Switchover‘, a Theatre Exterior production by The Larks theatre company for Chorlton Arts Festival. Part theatre and part game, it involved travelling around the local metrolink network looking for clues and talking to various colourful characters. As is usual in Manchester, we started off with glorious sunshine and ended with a torrential downpour but it was a lot of fun for everyone and a great and was a great experience for young and old. Here are my images from the event.
Images from The Travelling Band’s gig at Chorlton Arts Festival, with support from Walk.
Images of folk duo O’Hooley & Tidow’s performance at St Ninians last night, as part of Chorlton Arts Festival 2015.
Images from yesterday’s Theatre Exterior production on the Chorlton-Manchester Aiport tram, part of Chorlton Arts Festival 2015
I’ve been photographing Chorlton Arts Festival for a number of years now and it’s always a blast. This year saw a great range of music, theatre, comedy and spoken word events, plus exhibitions and workshops across the M21 postcode. My personal highlight was the Blues & Gospel Tram, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of Muddy Waters, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and others playing an incredible live show at Chorlton Train Station in 1964.
This year I had the pleasure of shooting Rachael Dadd, John Smith, Bells in the Birches and Paper Aeroplanes, as well as the wonderful Blues & Gospel Tram. Here are a small selection of my favourite shots.
(You can see the full galleries for each of these events by following these links: Rachael Dadd & John Smith, Bell in the Birches & Paper Aeroplanes, Blues & Gospel Tram)
2013 was a great year, full of all the good stuff: music, travel, festivals, friends and family. So here’s a selection of some of my favourite shots from the past 12 months. Here’s looking forward to 2014!
Every year the Chorlton community hosts an amazing two week multi-arts festival, featuring musical performances, comedy, theatre and visual arts.
I always have a great time shooting for Chorlton Arts Fest and this year was no different. I got the chance to photograph some incredible acts for the festival – Heath Common & The Thin Man, The Candle Thieves, Misty’s Big Adventure, The Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band, Viv Albertine, Pins and Toy – in some beautiful venues, and met lots of lovely people in the process.
The Candle Thieves gig was probably the highlight for me as it was their swansong, their last gig together as a band. By the end of the night there was barely a dry eye in the house and it was a real privilege to capture such a special performance.
Toy at St Clements Church was a fantastic gig but had some of the most challenging lighting I’ve ever had to work with as a photographer. However, with perseverance a bit of creative thinking I ended up with some great shots, some my favourite of the whole festival.
So, here are a selection of my personal favs. If you’d like to see my full set from Chorlton Arts Festival, you can view them on my Flickr site
