Wonder Women: Girl Gang Manchester #1: Mean Girls FRI SOLD OUT LAST SAT TICKETS REMAINING CLUB NIGHT TICKETS ADDED!

<3 FRIDAY TICKETS SOLD OUT! FINAL SATURDAY TICKETS REMAINING- CLUB NIGHT TICKETS FOR BOTH EVENINGS JUST ADDED! <3 Come with your clique, find a new one and join ours at our first event, an immersive screening of the 2004 cult classic, Mean Girls! Step into Girl World where we re-write the rule book and go forward together stronger... <3 North Shore's Spring Fling is transposed to Manchester for one night only, with a fully decorated venue and interactive elements from the film such as a Reclaim Your Shame Anti-Burn Book and Share The Love Candy Cane Post Box. Including workshops ranging from crafts and creative skill-sets to positivity and empowerment, The Ultimate Mean Girls Quiz, a mini market of female run businesses, pop up performance Personally Vicitimsed By Regina George, film introduction, our signature party bags and a female anthem danceathon, join Girl Gang Manchester for an unforgetable evening of celebration, skill sharing and silliness! <3 <3 The event was awarded Best Single Event at the national Cinema For All Awards after it's first outing in Sheffield, and now journeys to Manchester, completely re-made with a local team of female creatives. <3 Dig out your prom dresses, your tuxedos and whatever attire makes you feel lush enough for our gorgeous Spring Fling themed venue and get stuck into a vast array of treats... <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 LIMITED CAPACITY 45 MIN WORKSHOPS- Sign up on the day 7PM-7.45PM THST'S JUST LIKE, THE RULES OF FEMINISM: A poetry workshop inspired by the wise words of Gretchen Wieners with members of Stirred Poetry and Inna Voice. Through group discussion we will explore and critique the unwritten societal rules of modern womanhood by drawing up a list of such rules. We will then create our own feminist manifesto to counter these. Participants will be invited to write a poem based on one of the rules. The workshop will be facilitated by Jasmine Chatfield, Lenni Sanders and Keisha Thompson, and is open to all genders, though the focus will be on feminism and womanhood. OR.... TOO GAY TO FUNCTION: A workshop on intersectional feminism and inclusivity with Rainbow Noir Workskop focussng on themes of LBQ women's needs and visibility within feminism, acknowledging and encourage people to reflect and consider the impact of other intersections of race, class, disability and gender on LBQ living their lives. 7.50PM-8.35PM THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF EVIL PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD- PEOPLE WHO DO EVIL STUFF AND BEING WHO SEE EVIL STUFF BEING DONE AND DON'T TRY AND STOP IT: A workshop in assertiveness Are you guilty of being a mean girl? Do you know anyone who is cold shiny hard plastic? Would you write in the burn book or show it to the principal? Come and help us try and re-allign girl world by standing up for yourself and others in this 45 minute workshop. We will discuss what it means to be assertive and if standing your ground makes you a boss or a bitch. OR... MY NAIL BEDS SUCK: A workshop on body positivity. Are you eyebrows on fleek? Do you have really bad breath in the morning? Is your nose on upside down? Are you even bothered?! Meet rad babes in a 45 minute discussion (turned dance off) where we talk openly about the relevance of body image without fear of ridicule or rejection. Chapter 1 - Being Shady; 'I thought there was only fat and skinny, but apparently there are a lot of things that can be wrong with your body' Chapter 2 - 'I can’t come to Taco Bell, I’m on an all carb diet' Chapter 3 - 'Boo you whore,' I’m awesome the way I am DURATIONAL DROP IN WORKSHOPS 7PM-9PM A CAKE MADE OUT OF RAINBOWS AND SMILES: Cake and cookie decorating workshop. Have a lot of feelings? Us too! Help us eat them at our workshop, where there’s ample cake filled with rainbows and smiles that everyone can eat and be happy. For a small donation, craft your own empowerment rainbow cake or design your personal mantra on a totally fetch cookie. Whether you inhale the lot yourself or share the love, we cannot be held responsible if following this activity sweatpants are all that fit you… ART FREAKS- THE GREATEST PEOPLE YOU WILL EVER MEET: Art and craft workshops. The world can seem like a pretty mean cafeteria at times, we can feel excluded, self conscious or picked on but never fear! You can come sit at the art freaks table and create girl love cards using your favorite mean girls quotes and characters to send to friends/family. Draw positive self-portrait collages to celebrate your radness and help promote self-love. MODERATELY PRICED SOAPS ARE MY CALLING: Smelly and pamper product making session. Keep yourself smelling like a baby prostitute in this durational bath salt and sugar scrub making workshop. A small donation is requireed to cover ingredients for this workshop. MATHLETES: Quizzes and challenges. Enjoy sodouku puzzles and ven diagrams in the mathletes corner where we guarentee no-one will accuse you of commiting social suicide. MADE OUT WITH A HOT DOG?! Reclaim your shame Anti-Burn Book! Purge the past and write down the meanest insult or rumour someone spread about you at school to affirm that you are totally awesome and they were nothing but a mean jerk! CANDY CANE GRAMS: Two for Glen Coco, you go Glen Coco! Send your best gal palz a candy cane to say "Thanks for being such a great friend" (None for Gretchen Weiners) SPRING FLING PHOTOBOOTH: Capture your night in our beautiful floral photobooth complete with an array of daft props. IS BUTTER A CARB? One on one nutritional advice and information from 360 Nutrition. THE LIMIT DOES NOT EXIST: Careers advice and life coaching appointments to spur you on to reach your goals! MINI MARKET OF MANCHESTER FEMALE BUSINESS BABES including... Keep It Bright! Caroline Dowsett Cutesy Huge Mighty Pop! Swalk Creative Sew What Mariel Osborn THE ULTIMATE MEAN GIRLS QUIZ: Expect a ridiculous level of detail in this uber fan testing mega quiz. FILM INTRODUCTION: Ruth Hartnoll from The Crown Rules talks about the religious experience she and her friends had watching Mean Girls for the first time, it's cultural impact and why girl gangs are important. PERSONALLY VICTIMISED BY REGINA GEORGE: Is your Muffin buttered? Would you like us to assign someone to butter your muffin? A pop up/mash up performance from Pull Your Finger Out Productions and The Army of Skanks abstracting all your favourite quotes and characters. Sip MEAN GIRLS COCKTAILS and chomp POPCORN during... MEAN GIRLS FILM SCREENING! I mean, that's why we're all here right?! FEMALE ANTHEM DANCATHON: DJ's Vanhessa Fruits and Jen Cockerill will ensure you dance your pants off and scream lyrics into the faces of all your friends/strangers with a female fronted music party with artists including but not limited to: Le Tigre / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / MIA / All Saints / Beyonce / Ashanti / Salt N' Pepa / Lauryn Hill / Mariah Carey / Ace of Base / Solange / TLC / En Vogue / The Go-Gos / No Doubt / Friends / Tina Turner / Destiny's Child / Taylor Swift / Aaliyah / Lil Kim / Chaka Khan / Hole / Missy Elliott / Kelly Clarkson / Garbage / It sounds hard to believe, but there are actually SURPRISES to be unveiled ON THE NIGHT too!! And don't forget.. GIRL GANG MANCHESTER EXCLUSIVE PARTY BAGS including Girl Gang merchandise, event zine, mix CD and more!! COME TO OUR MEGA BABE DANCEATHON PARTY FROM 11.15-2AM FOR £5! You get to experience our beautifully decorated venue, dance to a ludicrously good sound track PLUS surprises on the night! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 This event is open to and actively encouraging of all genders and ages above 12! Girl Gang Manchester is a newly launched collective of female creatives, party instigators and doers who run immersive screenings, workshops, dance-offs, skill sharing sessions and socials to create a community of people of all genders promoting creativity, collaboration, confidence and positivity, to help inspire and support women to succeed in life work and society. <3 We promise to create fun, welcoming atmospheres, beautifully decorated spaces and unique events. We want you to celebrate yourselves, your friends and the new women around you! Let’s learn, play, laugh and dance together. Join us in creating a completely accessible community open to people of all genders and back-grounds to feel celebrated, supported safe and nurtured, provide a platform for and nurturing the talent that exists within our city! <3 This event is part of Wonder Women, Manchester’s annual feminist festival. From 3-13 March 2016, we celebrate the women’s movement born in our city through film, art, music, walking tours, gallery takeovers, comedy and debate, asking how far we’ve come in 100 years – and how far we have yet to go. Visit creativetourist.com/wonderwomen For more Girl Gang Manchester updates please like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter! @GirlGangMcr