We know that being plunged back into lockdown so soon into the new year is proper pants. We’re back to juggling family, work and our sanity. Whilst we’re urged to stay at home, zoom catch-ups, classes and quizzes are the main ways that we’re going to communicate for the foreseeable! Read on for the free […]
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We are so excited to be featured on the latest episode of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Podcast Radio Hour – a weekly show, where the presenters recommend their favorite and latest podcasts. Armchair Adventures featured in a special show ‘Positive Podcasts’, centering around inspirational listening to start the year with a feel-good bang – because
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Christmas is coming and the struggle to choose your 3 households for your Christmas bubble is on. Well, have no fear, the latest, new Armchair Adventures podcast episode is here! You can take all of us in your ears wherever you go and we don’t even count towards your bubble limit. How great is that?!
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“I don’t even know how to listen to a podcast!” We hear this ALL the time. Actually if we had a quid for every time we heard this, we’d be well off enough to do our big shop in Marks & Sparks. This is the number 1 reason people don’t listen to podcasts – they don’t
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Me: Is Richard’s story unusual do you think? Nicola (laughs): I think we are all a lot like Richard at the moment. Yesterday we launched our ‘Hidden’ programme. ‘Hidden’ is a series of interactive audio experiences that challenge listeners to walk in someone else’s shoes using their own homes and lives as a theatrical backdrop.
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“On an Armchair Adventure you can go anywhere you like, on an Armchair Adventure imaginations fly!” …and fly they did when last week, more than 1,000 school children got together for an interactive virtual event for the long-awaited Armchair Adventures podcast launch. In their school bubbles, they were taken on a journey of their imagination
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‘Armchair Adventures’ is inspired by older peoples’ passions, interests and experience. Everyone’s experience has been clouded by coronavirus for months now and most people have missed out on a proper holiday this year. ‘Armchair Adventures’ is our attempt at helping people use their imaginations to escape and connect. Escape from the physical confines of the
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Do you fancy a bit of fun? Turn that lockdown frown upside down? Well, we’re dead chuffed to bring you the first episode of ‘Armchair Adventures’. It’s a brand-new colourful, fictional and interactive podcast series about Connie and her gang of plucky explorers – and YOU can come along on the adventure too. The voices
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Safeguarding teams in Oldham team up with a musical theatre duo to encourage people to ‘walk in another’s shoes’ Oldham Council’s Safeguarding team has teamed up with CIC Made by Mortals to launch a podcast and series of interactive online workshops, which help them learn more about safeguarding issues from people with lived experience. The Hidden
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Made by Mortals awarded £60,000 to support older people and children during the COVID-19 crisis. Manchester-based CIC Made by Mortals has been awarded just over £60,000 funding from two national funding pots to help carry on its important work during the COVID-19 crisis. The arts and theatre organisation, which is based at the Guide Bridge Theatre