Scratch Night
Join us on Friday 31st January at 7pm for SCRATCH NIGHT 2.0 at Levenshulme Old Library. We’ve selected SIX acts for the next in our triannual event, and we couldn’t be more excited about them. Get your tickets here. BYOB!
Black Forest gateauh-ohhh! We are proud to present esteemed academic FRAU MAGA to give her world-class lecture on desire - strap in...
We welcome guest artists THE JOE MEEK COMMERORATIVE MARCHING BAND as our warm-up act: Adam Hart and Tim Wise (saxophone and electronics) - unintentional sounds or glitches are reworked to bring unnoticed elements into the moment of performance.
XHI NDUBISI (writer and painter) will perform their in progress ‘Love letter to a monolyth’: Icarus’ sister recounts her fathers, and sons, kings and princes, men and monsters around her and tells that brother did not fail because of his hubris, he failed because of fear, a fear so old and terrible it could only be quietened by blood. ROSIE MIDDLETON (vocalist) introduces Palimpsest, an iterative year-long work for voice and recording about memory that invites us to participate in its distortion on the night. This intimate handling of gesture seeks the imprints of the audience around it. JAMES CREED (composer and guitarist) performs part clown piece, part lecture piece — letting all the tendencies of his long-gathering collection of notations and pieces collapse in upon themselves into an amorphsc muse, music object. LUMEN (comedian and theatre maker) will delve into your experiences of love, listening to your romantic tales and weaving together serenades that Shakespeare wished he could’ve written.
We invite all curious and inquisitive attendees to ask questions to the artists about their works and interdisciplinary practice as we go through the night. This night is about crossover, community and curiosity. Get your tickets here. BYOB!
Our Vision
Bonjour Claude aim to connect experimental artists working across various disciplines in Manchester. Inspired by and in association with eavesdropping in London, we are looking to create a culture of regular sharings, conversation, and interdisciplinary support for each other. Our vision is to hold three initial scratch nights (September 27th 2024, January 31st 2025, and May 2025) before holding a festival in Autumn 2025. We want to open cross-disciplinary dialogues in experimental performance, building community for the fragmented network of experimental artists in the north of England. There is inadequate provision for artists like us to perform locally and little connection or conversation between artists within or across disciplines. We would therefore like to provide regular opportunities for experimental performers to get together and share their work, building an interdisciplinary network of creativity and inquiry.
If you would like to help us achieve this vision, please contact us to see how you can get involved.