Alex Kelly is a theatre & games maker, writer, performer and mentor. He creates performance and participatory projects that connect the territories of theatre, games, conversation, installation and digital media. Since 2023 he has been making projects under the name Voyager 3. From 1995–2023 he was Co-Artistic Director of Sheffield-based, internationally acclaimed theatre company Third […]

Mufaro Makubika is an award-winning writer of Zimbabwean descent from Nottingham. He won the Alfred Fagon Award for the best new play in 2017 with SHEBEEN which opened at Nottingham Playhouse before transferring to Theatre Royal Stratford East in London. Other credits include MALINDADZIMU (Hampstead Theatre), THIS IS NOT A COUP (Paines Plough) and WE […]

Rachel Smith is a writer and performer living in the North West. She has written on many long running BBC TV series including DOCTORS, CASUALTY, FATHER BROWN, THE DUMPING GROUND, and has created and written dramas for BBC Radio 4. She wrote 3 episodes of political spy thriller RED ELECTION, now streaming on Disney+. She […]

Asia Triennial Manchester (ATM) returns in 2025 with a bold new theme: Transvaluation. Developed by an international Curatorial Assembly, this sixth edition explores how we can rethink the idea of value—moving beyond profit, measurement, and norms to imagine more generous, inclusive, and creative ways of seeing the world. Since its launch in 2008, ATM has […]