Exterior of Contact Theatre, Manchester, on a sunny day with blue skies and white clouds above.
Annabel Turpin and Gavin Barlow of Future Arts Centres standing on stage, introducing the Our Freedom Project. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and Darren Henley of Arts Council England are sitting behind them, and a group of community representatives from some of the participating projects are on their other side. Text on a large screen behind them reads: "Exciting projects and events across the UK, reflecting on what freedom means 80 years after the end of the Second World War."
Annabel Turpin and Gavin Barlow of Future Arts Centres standing on stage as the locations of the 60 participating projects are shown on a map of the UK on a large screen behind them. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and Darren Henley of Arts Council England are sitting behind them, and a group of community representatives from some of the participating projects are on their other side.
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage on stage about to read his new poem. Annabel Turpin and Gavin Barlow of Future Arts Centres, and Darren Henley of Arts Council England are sitting behind them, and a group of community representatives from some of the participating projects are on the other side.
Brilliant to be with the @artscentres.bsky.social team launching Our Freedom: Then and Now at @contactmcr.bsky.social today. And such a privilege to hear the first reading by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage of his new poem, #FreedomRoad.
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