Arts Projects

Explore our past arts projects below! To find out about, and get involved with, our ongoing creative sessions click here

The Fire Within – May 2024

The Fire Within Exhibition was launched on the 23rd May at The Inspire Gallery at HOME Manchester, showcasing participant stories & artwork which explore identity and what makes us burn more brightly….

Social Script: here as we are

A mixed media project exploring themes of journeys, hopes, dreams and paradise, exhibited in Partisan Collective on 31st May 2024.

Burning Regrets – January 2024

Burning Regrets was an epic outdoor performance created by participants, artists, staff and volunteers at Our Room, performed on a cold January moonlight night to an intrepid and enthusiastic audience…

Consumed

August 23 we collaborated with the wonderful Company Chameleon to devise a dance piece exploring relationships of all kinds.

Photo Voice

The Men’s Room worked alongside Photo Voice to produce a digital storytelling project ‘Having Our Say 3’.

How Vincent Got His Money

London lad Vincent was trafficked to Manchester. This is his story.

Playing with Fire Residential – March 2023

‘Playing With Fire’ is our bold and exciting long-term creative strategy, which was co-produced by participants, artists and staff. To launch our fiery vision, we went on a three day creative residential and spent time indoors and outside, getting back to fire-building basics, and reflecting on what it means to ‘play with fire.’

Wild At Art @ The Whitworth

We want to reflect the diversity of our participants at our Thursday Wild At Art Sessions, whilst increasing LGBTQ+ visibility to the wider public.

What stops Us From Being Well?

We are proud to present our film!

What stops Us From Being Well?

We worked with artists to create visual representations of ideas we explored.

The Opening

The Opening was the first project we undertook when we received our funding from Arts Council England and Comic Relief.

SPARK!

‘Spark’ is our exciting 6 month creative research & development project.

Overdose Awareness Day

Lost and Found

Lost And Found a journey of discovery.

Detailed Labels

Look at this because I’ve been there and done it
Look at this because I’m still there now
Look at this because we care
Look at this because it didn’t just happen
Look at this because it might help you
Look at this because it might help someone you know
Look at this because it could change your life
Look at this because my eyes are in it

Looking From the Other Side Of The Street

An exhibition of painting, screen printing, photography and creative writing on the streets where the men live work and play.

Soup Collective

Working with multi-media artists, The Soup Collective, a winter project creating a o a fantastic range of animations, projections and model work.

Merry F***ing Christmas

Merry F***ing Christmas was The Men’s Room contribtion to the festivities!

Residential

Ten young men from took to the hills and stayed at Stackhead Farm in Yorkshire. What could possibly go wrong?

Down, Not Out

Our first three year round of funding with Arts Council England and Comic Relief came to an end and we celebrated by joining forces with the NHS Dual Diagnosis Team to host a conference attended by over 200 people.

Scene On The Street

Scene on the Street comprised of ten short scenes devised by the young men that explored different situations they may get into with ‘punters’.

Northern Soul

Working with The Royal Exhchange we started with trips to see shows, for many Men’s Room members, theatre was a new experience and only one or two had been to the Exchange.

The Tale Of Ronnie And Charlie

The Tale of Charlie & Ronnie, a simple series of 30 second scenes created by Kate McCoy and professional actor, Jimmy Foster.

Photo Voice Project

Photo Voice was a national project that worked with young people all over the UK who had experience of sexual exploitation.