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Manchester Animation Festival

Manchester Animation Festival

15.12.2017

The Manchester Animation Festival launched in 2015, and in 2017, we were delighted to deliver the festival’s press and publicity for the first time. We’d met the team through our work with our animation clients and with a team of huge animation fans at Sundae, we were delighted to be part of such an up […]

Creating a buzz about Bee in the City

Creating a buzz about Bee in the City

01.11.2017

In November we had the privilege of managing media for a special launch for Wild In Art, announcing that a giant colony of super-sized bee sculptures would be winging its way to Manchester in the summer of 2018 for one of the biggest public art exhibitions the city has ever seen. Wild in Art is […]

The journey to Be//Longing

The journey to Be//Longing

30.09.2017

This is a surprise project, the one you don’t expect and didn’t imagine, but then becomes a defining moment that opens a whole world of new possibilities. Earlier this year the University’s of Manchester’s new Migration Lab got in touch with the brilliant, but ambitious, idea of using writing, theatre, and live events to ignite […]

Factory goes Off The Leash

Factory goes Off The Leash

29.09.2017

It has been a very busy summer season here at Sundae and this year we had the pleasure of working with our good friends at the award-winning animation studio, Factory, to announce a whole host of new and exciting plans! One of the first projects to be developed this year is a lovely fun-filled collaboration […]

It’s time to Head for the Hills

It’s time to Head for the Hills

12.09.2017

This year, Ramsbottom Festival became Head for the Hills, with a gorgeous re-brand from our partner design agency Instruct Studio, and an incredible line up, bringing Beth Orton, Maximo Park and The Stranglers to headline this year’s event at Ramsbottom Cricket Club. We couldn’t be happier to head to Bury to meet the team at […]

Sundae’s Summer Holiday – Britain on Film Coast and Sea

Sundae’s Summer Holiday – Britain on Film Coast and Sea

04.09.2017

Every now and again a project comes along that really lights up the office and the BFI’s latest ‘Britain on Film’ online collection, Coast and Sea has done just that. With 21 projects and 190 screenings between May and October in some of the most beautiful coastal areas across the UK, working on this has […]

Donmar Warehouse Presents: Julius Caesar

Donmar Warehouse Presents: Julius Caesar

04.08.2017

Sundae was thrilled to be asked to handle the publicity campaign for Donmar Warehouse’s Julius Caesar. This was the first in the on-screen versions of their phenomenally successful, groundbreaking all-female Shakespeare Trilogy, both directed by Phyllida Lloyd. The film was released in cinemas on 12th July, and had its World Premiere at the Edinburgh International […]

Emancipation of Expressionism: an 11-minute hip-hop dance from Boy Blue Entertainment

Emancipation of Expressionism: an 11-minute hip-hop dance from Boy Blue Entertainment

28.05.2017

We are mega excited to be working on Emancipation of Expressionism, an 11-minute hip-hop dance, from Boy Blue Entertainment, that is being captured on film by, the one and only, Danny Boyle in a staged performance at London’s Barbican Theatre. The dance, choreographed by Kenrick Sandy with music composed by BBE co-founder and fellow artistic […]

Creative England – CELive: Synthesise

Creative England – CELive: Synthesise

20.03.2017

Sundae was tasked with managing national media relations for Creative England’s annual event CELive. At this event, the not-for-profit announce their CE50 for 2017, companies that they’ve identified as ‘ones to watch’ in their work in the digital creative space. From this list, they selected a shortlist of ten, funded by Creative England, called the […]

A royal success for King Lear: The Film

A royal success for King Lear: The Film

25.01.2017

Throughout 2016 we have had the absolute pleasure of working on the multi-platform release of King Lear: The Film for digital arts commissioning body The Space. Captured at the Royal Exchange Theatre, a co-production with Talawa Theatre Company, where it played to sell-out crowds, the production was critically acclaimed, with the Guardian calling it ‘as […]

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Grassroots music venues are the lifeblood of our music industry. Without them, would we have our favourite bands, or core memories? Would the UK have its international renown? The GMV crisis is worsening, and we are losing venues at an unprecedented rate, so it’s vital that we come together to support change. We’ve had the […]

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Not to be missed! The Irish Nation, a collection of Irish iconography by renowned mosaic artist Mark Kennedy including works featuring George Best, Oscar Wilde, Sinead O’Connor and Shane McGowan, is being exhibited now in cultural and creative venues throughout Manchester City Centre and will be on display ’til 31st March 2024. Commissioned by Irish […]