8TH JULY - THE CIRCLE CLUB MANCHESTER - FROM 5PM
Based on the book of the same name by John Robb, Join our respected panel of music bods as we delve into the Manchester Music scene, Past, Present and future. The Buzzcocks, Joy Division, The Fall, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Oasis. Manchester has proved to be an endlessly rich stream of pop-music talent over the last 30 years.
THE PANEL
Chaired by JOHN ROBB, Writer and Broadcaster and Cultural Commentator
CONRAD MURRAY manages The Courteeners
JOHNY JAY worked with and discovered many of Manchester's early dance music pioneers including A Guy Called Gerald , MC Tunes ,808 State, MC Buzz B, Ruthless Rap Assassins and managed The Dust Junkies and Produced and Remixed many big dance records for acts such as The Stone Roses, Gabrielle, East 17.
and more.. TBC
THE MUSIC
JAMES KELLY is an acoustic singer songwriter based in Chorlton Manchester. Its him, a guitar, a bass drum pedal and a guitar case… www.jameskellyacoustic.co.uk
DIRTY NORTH are three lads from Wythenshawe Johnny, Carl and Dave. They have started a musical movement inspired by Hip Hop and roots Reggae bringing a fresh style of music they call Wythenshawe Dub. myspace.com/dirtynorthband
THE WORDS are a 4 piece who have caused quite a stir in their own city of Manchester and across the country with their catchy melodical music for the masses. Clocking over 250 gigs in 18months across the UK. myspace.com/thewordsmusic
TIMINGS
5-7 Food at the Circle Club, special offer 2 courses for £15
7-8 Debate
8-10 Bands
10 - late DJs
BUY TICKETS
£6 buy tickets from SKIDDLE
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Thursday, 11 June 2009
THE SOCIAL MEDIA CONUNDRUM
Wednesday 17th June 2009 , 6:30pm at the Circle Club, Manchester.
THE PANEL
Chaired by BYRON EVANS, Presenter, Writer and Broadcaster
PHIL LEWIS head of marketing and social media at Winning Pitch. worked on integrated marketing campaigns for blue-chip clients including Sainsbury’s, Barclays Bank, Lend Lease, Coca-Cola, Christian Aid, Greenpeace and RNIB
STEVE DOWNES has been in marketing and advertising for 25 years and is founder and MD of Juice Digital, one of the leading Social Media Marketing agencies in the region
TOM CHEESEWRIGHT strategy director at and digital. Clients include BT, Orange, HP, IBM. Tom is also the technology expert for BBC Radio Manchester
THE TALK
Twitter, Second life, Bebo, Facebook, Myspace, Blogging… the way we interact and the way we use the internet is changing drastically. There has been criticisms in the past that Facebook and Second Life are barriers against ‘real’ face to face interaction. Is this true or does it aid in making and maintaining relationships? Is there a naivety about putting loads of personal information up on the internet? Lots of companies feel that it is a threat to their working practices such as use of social media in work time or blogging about work but can social media actually help businesses? Join our expert panel over supper as we find out…
THE TOPICS
Why has it become such a phenomenon?
What about privacy?
Us e in work time?
Can Social Media really be used for business?
How are consumers reacting to this?
THE PANEL
Chaired by BYRON EVANS, Presenter, Writer and Broadcaster
PHIL LEWIS head of marketing and social media at Winning Pitch. worked on integrated marketing campaigns for blue-chip clients including Sainsbury’s, Barclays Bank, Lend Lease, Coca-Cola, Christian Aid, Greenpeace and RNIB
STEVE DOWNES has been in marketing and advertising for 25 years and is founder and MD of Juice Digital, one of the leading Social Media Marketing agencies in the region
TOM CHEESEWRIGHT strategy director at and digital. Clients include BT, Orange, HP, IBM. Tom is also the technology expert for BBC Radio Manchester
THE TALK
Twitter, Second life, Bebo, Facebook, Myspace, Blogging… the way we interact and the way we use the internet is changing drastically. There has been criticisms in the past that Facebook and Second Life are barriers against ‘real’ face to face interaction. Is this true or does it aid in making and maintaining relationships? Is there a naivety about putting loads of personal information up on the internet? Lots of companies feel that it is a threat to their working practices such as use of social media in work time or blogging about work but can social media actually help businesses? Join our expert panel over supper as we find out…
THE TOPICS
Why has it become such a phenomenon?
What about privacy?
Us e in work time?
Can Social Media really be used for business?
How are consumers reacting to this?
Monday, 18 May 2009
The Future of Architecture
10TH JUNE 2009 - THE CIRCLE CLUB MANCHESTER- 6:30PM
There are so many pressures put upon architects in today’s society. Longevity, aesthetics and function are all obvious needs in a design but adding to this is global warming, anti social behavior, the recession, access legislation, fair trade and sustainability…the list goes on and is forever expanding. Does this make designing a building an impossible task? How are these pressures going to change the landscape of our urban sprawl? Join us over supper as we discuss this with our expert panel.
THE PANEL
Chaired by JONATHAN SCHOFIELD, Editor of Manchester Confidential
IAN BUTLER head of the NW office of Sheppard Robson
GAVIN ELLIOTT chairman of BDP, the UK’s biggest architect firm
JANE LEACH is a newly self-employed architect and coordinator of the Manchester Women´s Design Group
PHIL GRIFFIN is a writer and broadcaster with special interest in architecture and urban issues. He worked for Piccadilly Radio from 1974 to 1978 and Granada Television throughout the 1980s.
There are so many pressures put upon architects in today’s society. Longevity, aesthetics and function are all obvious needs in a design but adding to this is global warming, anti social behavior, the recession, access legislation, fair trade and sustainability…the list goes on and is forever expanding. Does this make designing a building an impossible task? How are these pressures going to change the landscape of our urban sprawl? Join us over supper as we discuss this with our expert panel.
THE PANEL
Chaired by JONATHAN SCHOFIELD, Editor of Manchester Confidential
IAN BUTLER head of the NW office of Sheppard Robson
GAVIN ELLIOTT chairman of BDP, the UK’s biggest architect firm
JANE LEACH is a newly self-employed architect and coordinator of the Manchester Women´s Design Group
PHIL GRIFFIN is a writer and broadcaster with special interest in architecture and urban issues. He worked for Piccadilly Radio from 1974 to 1978 and Granada Television throughout the 1980s.
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Censorship in the Media
13TH MAY 2009 - THE CIRCLE CLUB - MANCHESTER
THE PANEL
Chaired by MARK EDWARDSON presenter at the BBC for 15 years
DR DAVID A HOLMES Lecturer in Psychology & Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University Is studying the cut off between fantasy and pathology in film voyeurism
MOF GIMMERS. TV Critic, writer, talking head and all round claptrap.
PHIL HAMER, freelance journalist
JAMES STANNAGE, Controversial radio talk show host. Known as 'The voice of Manchester'
THE TALK
Join us for this provocative debate on the topic of freedom of expression. Whether your producing a film, a piece of music, clothing, a play, a building or some other form of creativity there will always be an idea, a message or some other form of communication spread within it. In this discussion we seek to explore how far you can and should go with a particular form of expression. How should professional bodies/ institutions deal with breaches of censorship on live broadcast such as the Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross incident? As people producing work within the public domain, should we respect peoples sensitivities or respect the publics right to information? What are the benefits of being controversial and why do people do it?
THE PANEL
Chaired by MARK EDWARDSON presenter at the BBC for 15 years
DR DAVID A HOLMES Lecturer in Psychology & Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University Is studying the cut off between fantasy and pathology in film voyeurism
MOF GIMMERS. TV Critic, writer, talking head and all round claptrap.
PHIL HAMER, freelance journalist
JAMES STANNAGE, Controversial radio talk show host. Known as 'The voice of Manchester'
THE TALK
Join us for this provocative debate on the topic of freedom of expression. Whether your producing a film, a piece of music, clothing, a play, a building or some other form of creativity there will always be an idea, a message or some other form of communication spread within it. In this discussion we seek to explore how far you can and should go with a particular form of expression. How should professional bodies/ institutions deal with breaches of censorship on live broadcast such as the Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross incident? As people producing work within the public domain, should we respect peoples sensitivities or respect the publics right to information? What are the benefits of being controversial and why do people do it?
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Affordable Architecture
WED 29TH APRIL 2009 - THE CIRCLE CLUB, MANCHESTER - 6:30PM
With the current economic downturn, more and more people are going to want affordable housing solutions. In the last recession there was noticeable innovation, with iconic buildings being designed and constructed such as the Manchester Central Library and big investments in infrastructure coming from governments. Architects need to be more creative in order to make buildings on a budget for people on a budget. We have all seen bad examples of social housing schemes and the problems they create (social exclusion, violence, turf wars) but what is the answer to affordable housing and what new innovations may arise from the demand? Join us over supper as we discuss the issue…
THE PANEL
Chaired by JONATHAN SCHOFIELD, Editor of Manchester Confidential
DR CHARLOTTE WILDMAN is a historian at the University of Manchester and specialises in twentieth-century British urban history.
HOW MUCH
Free to Circle Club members otherwise
£6 pay on the door. £3 for students with a valid student card. Either way, RSVP your place to
rsvp@thecircuitseries.co.uk stating your name
and company.
With the current economic downturn, more and more people are going to want affordable housing solutions. In the last recession there was noticeable innovation, with iconic buildings being designed and constructed such as the Manchester Central Library and big investments in infrastructure coming from governments. Architects need to be more creative in order to make buildings on a budget for people on a budget. We have all seen bad examples of social housing schemes and the problems they create (social exclusion, violence, turf wars) but what is the answer to affordable housing and what new innovations may arise from the demand? Join us over supper as we discuss the issue…
THE PANEL
Chaired by JONATHAN SCHOFIELD, Editor of Manchester Confidential
DR CHARLOTTE WILDMAN is a historian at the University of Manchester and specialises in twentieth-century British urban history.
HOW MUCH
Free to Circle Club members otherwise
£6 pay on the door. £3 for students with a valid student card. Either way, RSVP your place to
rsvp@thecircuitseries.co.uk stating your name
and company.
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
The Future is Digital
24TH MARCH 2009 - THE CIRCLE CLUB - MANCHESTER
Chaired by BYRON EVANS, presenter, writer and broadcaster.
COLIN MC CAFFERY - Head of Products and Marketing at 2ergo
SARAH HARTLEY - Journalist for MEN
DAVID BIRD - Course Leader MSc Digital Marketing Communications Manchester Metropolitan University Business School
ROB BROWN, Managing Director Staniforth (part of the TBWA advertising group) Before joining Staniforth, Rob set up the PR operation for McCann Erickson
THE TALK
Today only about 5% of global advertising is online, yet according to statistics 20% of media is consumed online. Does this suggest that design companies and clients are failing to take advantage of the new digital era?
There is a growing opportunity for full service agencies to use the large amount of media choice and advances in technology to their advantage. Companies now have a daunting range of new technological options available to improve their business. This has inevitably raised the problem of which ones to choose, or indeed whether they need to create their own.
The all-conquering social networking site Facebook now has 150 million members, yet its sustainability as a business whose revenues come from advertising is under scrutiny. The internet can be seen as a rapidly changing environment full of technological advances that can be crucial one day and disposable the next. So, in the new digital age, how do we know which business strategies can be effectively applied in line with the whims of the newly-empowered consumers?
THE TOPICS
How are agencies reacting to new media advances?
Which methods really work?
Should businesses opt for the cheapest strategies or is it risk v reward?
Are clients allowing agencies to try new things?
How are consumers reacting to this?
Is the future really digital?
Does traditional media still have a future?
What is the future?
Chaired by BYRON EVANS, presenter, writer and broadcaster.
COLIN MC CAFFERY - Head of Products and Marketing at 2ergo
SARAH HARTLEY - Journalist for MEN
DAVID BIRD - Course Leader MSc Digital Marketing Communications Manchester Metropolitan University Business School
ROB BROWN, Managing Director Staniforth (part of the TBWA advertising group) Before joining Staniforth, Rob set up the PR operation for McCann Erickson
THE TALK
Today only about 5% of global advertising is online, yet according to statistics 20% of media is consumed online. Does this suggest that design companies and clients are failing to take advantage of the new digital era?
There is a growing opportunity for full service agencies to use the large amount of media choice and advances in technology to their advantage. Companies now have a daunting range of new technological options available to improve their business. This has inevitably raised the problem of which ones to choose, or indeed whether they need to create their own.
The all-conquering social networking site Facebook now has 150 million members, yet its sustainability as a business whose revenues come from advertising is under scrutiny. The internet can be seen as a rapidly changing environment full of technological advances that can be crucial one day and disposable the next. So, in the new digital age, how do we know which business strategies can be effectively applied in line with the whims of the newly-empowered consumers?
THE TOPICS
How are agencies reacting to new media advances?
Which methods really work?
Should businesses opt for the cheapest strategies or is it risk v reward?
Are clients allowing agencies to try new things?
How are consumers reacting to this?
Is the future really digital?
Does traditional media still have a future?
What is the future?
Friday, 20 March 2009
Podcast!
Here is a Circuit Series FIRST! This is a 10 minute podcast from the 'Musical Genres Don't Exist' debate.
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Marketing vs The Recession
TUESDAY 10TH MARCH - CIRCLE CLUB - MANCHESTER
Marketing is known to be a communicative, creative and deliverable way in which to promote businesses, services and products. A customer’s desires and needs in a product are continually considered through the art of Marketing. However with the recession lurking over us and companies suffering financial difficulties, many marketing budgets in companies such as AOL, Nike and Fed-Ex have been axed. This leads us to our debate, is marketing an essential part of the way a business functions? Can a company survive without Marketing during this economic breakdown? Surely advertising is more important at a time when customers are hard to get and businesses are less than stable.
How are marketing/advertising agencies finding the current
Economical climate?
How are they reacting to this?
Is it important to market in this environment?
What new techniques are there to cut marketing costs?
Can DIY marketing be as effective?
How can Marketing survive the Recession?
PANEL
chaired by DALE HICKS, MD of The Fashion Network
ANDREW BROWN-ALLAN - Managing Director of And Partners, Ideas Agency
RICHARD BOND, Account Director at SKV Communications. He has worked at agencies across the NW.
DAVID WALTER, founder of Photolink creative group
HELEN THOMAS, Managing Director of Meredith Thomas PR
Marketing is known to be a communicative, creative and deliverable way in which to promote businesses, services and products. A customer’s desires and needs in a product are continually considered through the art of Marketing. However with the recession lurking over us and companies suffering financial difficulties, many marketing budgets in companies such as AOL, Nike and Fed-Ex have been axed. This leads us to our debate, is marketing an essential part of the way a business functions? Can a company survive without Marketing during this economic breakdown? Surely advertising is more important at a time when customers are hard to get and businesses are less than stable.
How are marketing/advertising agencies finding the current
Economical climate?
How are they reacting to this?
Is it important to market in this environment?
What new techniques are there to cut marketing costs?
Can DIY marketing be as effective?
How can Marketing survive the Recession?
PANEL
chaired by DALE HICKS, MD of The Fashion Network
ANDREW BROWN-ALLAN - Managing Director of And Partners, Ideas Agency
RICHARD BOND, Account Director at SKV Communications. He has worked at agencies across the NW.
DAVID WALTER, founder of Photolink creative group
HELEN THOMAS, Managing Director of Meredith Thomas PR
Sunday, 1 March 2009
News
Here are the photos from both the 'Tony Wilson - Whats Next!?' debate featuring new young band The Mandigans and the 'Five Star Prisons' debate:
Also, the 'Musical Genres Don't Exist' debate went really well! We will be hosting more regular music debates supported by resident Circuit Series DJ, Jamie Taylor If you have ideas for topics, speakers or would like to perform at a debate, get in touch - info@thecircuitseries.co.uk.
Guess what? The Circuit Series is moving with the times, we are starting to podcast the debates. Our first one is for Musical Genres Don't Exist, so keep your eyes peeled for that!
We currently looking for people to get involved with our next debates: Are you opposed to or in support of The Oscars? Are you involved in social housing schemes? Are you cutting back on your marketing spend? If so, we want to hear from you.
Also, the 'Musical Genres Don't Exist' debate went really well! We will be hosting more regular music debates supported by resident Circuit Series DJ, Jamie Taylor If you have ideas for topics, speakers or would like to perform at a debate, get in touch - info@thecircuitseries.co.uk.
Guess what? The Circuit Series is moving with the times, we are starting to podcast the debates. Our first one is for Musical Genres Don't Exist, so keep your eyes peeled for that!
We currently looking for people to get involved with our next debates: Are you opposed to or in support of The Oscars? Are you involved in social housing schemes? Are you cutting back on your marketing spend? If so, we want to hear from you.
Monday, 16 February 2009
Musical Genres Don't Exist
24TH FEBRUARY 2009 - THE CIRCLE CLUB - MANCHESTER
THE PANEL
Chaired by JOHN ROBB (Punk), Presenter, Writer and Cultural Commentator
More TBC
THE TALK
Musical genres have been colliding recently, haven’t they? Indie bands are making disco, R’n’B (aka rhythm and blues) producers are doing house, house disciples are dancing to electro. At least that might be the opinion of someone who believes that these ‘genres’ existed in the first place. Surely music is just music, isn’t it? Whether we agree or not, cultural divisions have existed for as long as culture itself, and music is no exception. What we’ll be discussing tonight is how and why these cultural divisions are becoming blurred and how far this is affecting the creation and classification of music.
Is it helpful to categorise music?
Who for and why?
How do we define a genre?
Who labels music and how are we going to label it in the future?
Can new advances in technology dictate musical genres?
What influence is the www having on the classification of music?
Is there a significant link between music and globalisation?
Is popular music amalgamating?
If so, why now?
THE PANEL
Chaired by JOHN ROBB, presenter, writer and cultural commentator
TIM WISE teaches popular musicology, music history, and style and genre analysis at the University of Salford where he is programme leader of the Popular Music and Recording degree
GAVIN SHARP CEO at Band On The Wall, Manchester music Institution and venue
DAVID SANJEK Head of the Popular Music Research Centre University of Salford. He has also worked the performance rights society BMI, R&R Hall of Fame, the Experience Music Project, Blues Foundation.
ENTERTAINMENT
An eclectic mashup of music will be provided by the Henmania DJs, from right of centre lofi triphop with a twist of bruk to hardcore two-step fidget swingbeat.
THE PANEL
Chaired by JOHN ROBB (Punk), Presenter, Writer and Cultural Commentator
More TBC
THE TALK
Musical genres have been colliding recently, haven’t they? Indie bands are making disco, R’n’B (aka rhythm and blues) producers are doing house, house disciples are dancing to electro. At least that might be the opinion of someone who believes that these ‘genres’ existed in the first place. Surely music is just music, isn’t it? Whether we agree or not, cultural divisions have existed for as long as culture itself, and music is no exception. What we’ll be discussing tonight is how and why these cultural divisions are becoming blurred and how far this is affecting the creation and classification of music.
Is it helpful to categorise music?
Who for and why?
How do we define a genre?
Who labels music and how are we going to label it in the future?
Can new advances in technology dictate musical genres?
What influence is the www having on the classification of music?
Is there a significant link between music and globalisation?
Is popular music amalgamating?
If so, why now?
THE PANEL
Chaired by JOHN ROBB, presenter, writer and cultural commentator
TIM WISE teaches popular musicology, music history, and style and genre analysis at the University of Salford where he is programme leader of the Popular Music and Recording degree
GAVIN SHARP CEO at Band On The Wall, Manchester music Institution and venue
DAVID SANJEK Head of the Popular Music Research Centre University of Salford. He has also worked the performance rights society BMI, R&R Hall of Fame, the Experience Music Project, Blues Foundation.
ENTERTAINMENT
An eclectic mashup of music will be provided by the Henmania DJs, from right of centre lofi triphop with a twist of bruk to hardcore two-step fidget swingbeat.
Friday, 30 January 2009
Five Star Prisons
10th FEBRUARY 2009 - THE CIRCLE CLUB - MANCHESTER
The prison population stands at a staggering 84,000, the largest per capita the population in Europe. Despite the acts of various politicians, both legislatively and metaphorically, the number of people banged away continues to grow. Is prison then the answer in a society that seems so morally flawed and if not what is? This Circle debate will attempt to answer this question and also pose the late John Mortimer’s query “isn’t the true test of a civilised society the way it treats it’s prisoners?”
TOPICS
What is it really like in prisons?
What are prisons costing the country?
Are conditions too hard/ soft?
Is there enough emphasis on rehabilitation?
Is there a better alternative?
Community service?
Are the new longer sentences an improvement?
Should we be ‘Tougher on the causes of crime?’
PANEL
Hosted by HOWARD SHARROCK, Chair of Manchester residents association
PHIL HAMER, freelance journalist
DR DAVID A HOLMES, Lecturer in Psychology & Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University, an expert on prisons and its issues.
AKIEL CHINELO freelance writer/performer/workshop facilitator. He was released from prison in 2004 after serving an 11 year sentence.
MO RIAZ has spent 20 years of a Life Sentence in every type of prison
The prison population stands at a staggering 84,000, the largest per capita the population in Europe. Despite the acts of various politicians, both legislatively and metaphorically, the number of people banged away continues to grow. Is prison then the answer in a society that seems so morally flawed and if not what is? This Circle debate will attempt to answer this question and also pose the late John Mortimer’s query “isn’t the true test of a civilised society the way it treats it’s prisoners?”
TOPICS
What is it really like in prisons?
What are prisons costing the country?
Are conditions too hard/ soft?
Is there enough emphasis on rehabilitation?
Is there a better alternative?
Community service?
Are the new longer sentences an improvement?
Should we be ‘Tougher on the causes of crime?’
PANEL
Hosted by HOWARD SHARROCK, Chair of Manchester residents association
PHIL HAMER, freelance journalist
DR DAVID A HOLMES, Lecturer in Psychology & Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University, an expert on prisons and its issues.
AKIEL CHINELO freelance writer/performer/workshop facilitator. He was released from prison in 2004 after serving an 11 year sentence.
MO RIAZ has spent 20 years of a Life Sentence in every type of prison
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