Ghost Machines – digital commission by Joe Cooper
We’ve commissioned writer and performer Joe Cooper to produce a new piece of digital art to sit alongside our Letters on Nocturnal Magic event at The Portico Library. Joe was inspired […]
FROM, STRANGER – Digital commission by Lydia Hounat
We’re delighted to share our second digital commission produced in our collaboration with Manchester Jewish Museum, which comes from stunning poet and photographer Lydia Hounat. Take a look at her beautiful […]
SUCH A WONDERFUL CLUB – DIGITAL COMMISSION BY ISLA BADENOCH
Our first digital commission produced in our collaboration with Manchester Jewish Museum is the video ‘Such A Wonderful Club’ and images by multimedia artist and filmmaker Isla Badenoch. Isla was inspired […]
My Troubles – Digital commission by Rickerly
Our second digital commission comes from fantastic Manchester-based musician and sound artist Rick Hartley – aka Rickerly. Rick’s amazing new tracks were inspired by the diaries of Victorian teenager Dora […]
The diaries of Dora Turnor – digital commission by Mark Mace Smith
Mark Mace Smith has taken on our very first digital commission as part of our project ‘Let the artists in!’, which commissions brand new work inspired by collections in museums […]
Let the artists in!
We’ve had some fantastic news to start 2018 with. Thanks to generous support from Arts Council England and an exciting new partnership with The Writing Squad, we have been funded […]
Listen: First Draft on the Six Degrees of Separation Podcast
Back in the summer, we recorded an interview with comedian James Beck for his brand new Six Degrees of Separation Podcast. First Draft producers Abi and Harry talk about how […]
Flim Nite’s guide to the Edinburgh Fringe
Our friends at the brilliant Flim Nite have put together a handy guide to the Fringe this year – something we’ve been meaning to do at First Draft for YONKS. […]
Five Good Things (Up Yours, 2016)
Abi Hynes, one of the producers behind First Draft, looks back on what we’ve been up to over the past 12 months… I’ve spent the last half hour writing and […]
Tom and Trisha’s Film Club
Oh my, have we got a treat for you… Brilliant fiction regular and First Draft favourite, Trisha Starbrook, shares the piece she performed at our Fan Club event last month. […]
